Analysis: Civil liberties during times of war

From: Talk of the Nation (NPR) | Date: October 23, 2001| Author: NEAL CONAN | Copyright information


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10-23-2001

Analysis: Civil liberties during times of war

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This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Neal Conan in Washington.

In the early days of the Civil War, amid grave doubts about the loyalty of Maryland and the security of the nation's capital, President Abraham Lincoln suspended one of our basic rights: the writ of habeas corpus. Effectively that allowed...

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