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Court says: 'Terror Fears Can't Curb Liberty'

Posted by Hemos on from the good-steps dept.

jettoblack writes "Finally, a glimmer of sanity... according to the AP, "Fear of a terrorist attack is not sufficient reason for authorities to search people at a protest, a federal appeals court has ruled..." Another great quote: "We cannot simply suspend or restrict civil liberties until the War on Terror is over, because the War on Terror is unlikely ever to be truly over..." Judge Gerald Tjoflat wrote for the panel. "Sept. 11, 2001, already a day of immeasurable tragedy, cannot be the day liberty perished in this country.""

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  1. Re:Article Summary. by mabu · · Score: 0, Troll

    I wish Slashdot would just report political news without the slant. Anyway, while the Summary stated that

    Until there are robots that can collect information from other robots, none of whom have any emotions or sentience, everything will be biased. Get used to it and stop your whining.

    I wish stupid people on Slashdot would stop complaining about "bias" and recognize that they have brains they can use to research things themselves. We could go around forever in a circular argument over who is biased in what direction. And nothing would get settled.

    I have an idea, do your own research. Don't rely on other people to try to match your brain wave patterns when providing you data.