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Vol. 32 No. 02
In This Issue
How Free? Liberties In Post-9/11 New York
Around the five boroughs, New Yorkers are divided over the freedom they have, what they are willing
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On Camera: Surveillance In Transit, Schools
A 1998 New York Civil Liberties Union survey identified 2,397 surveillance cameras at street level i
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Amid the Surge: Security On Display
Police are strikingly visible in post 9-11 New York City—in long lines of police cars, in body armor
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Subway Searches Raise Questions Of Efficacy, Legality
There's no way of knowing if the subway bag searches are working; it's supposed to be a deterrent, a
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Immigrants Felt Brunt of U.S. Reaction
The FBI generated a list of 7,600 people whose profiles shared similarities with the hijackers, and
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For Justice System, 9/11 Aftershocks
Secret evidence, new anti-terrorism laws, and special restrictions on lawyers who handle terrorism c
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Muslim Communities See Informers In Their Midst
Saying there's a serious threat that local Muslim youth will become radicalized, the NYPD dispatched
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The War on Terrorism—at the Library
Section 215 of the Patriot Act amended the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to allow th
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Infiltration, Mass Arrests Mark Policing Of Protests
During the week of the 2004 Republican National Convention, the NYPD arrested more than 1,800 people
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After WTC Attacks, More Surveillance at Work
A 2005 survey found that keystroke monitoring was used by 36 percent of companies queried. Fifty-fiv
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From Jogging Tracks to Atlantic Yards, Everyone Loves the T-Word
The fear of terrorists permeates places and conversations where it was once barely present, if at al
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At the Airport: No-Fly Lists and Behavior Analysis
People carrying spear guns, cattle prods or meat cleavers (these items are actually singled out in t
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Has Government Transparency Suffered?
The Bloomberg administration has made much of city government more transparent. But the mayor and Po
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Wiretapping Shrouded In Secrecy
The federal judge had made a decision in an important wiretapping case. At least everybody thought s
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Sometimes, Even Cops Don't Like Cops Taping Protests
In September 2004, the NYPD issued Interim Order 47, which created a system for police commanders to
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About Handschu: 80s Case Still (Sort Of) Governs Surveillance
The NYPD moved in 2002 to loosen the rules on police spying, saying that they tied the department's
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Summer 2008
For some, the security measures that New Yorkers live with now are reasonable reactions to the terrorist threats detected in the summer of 2001 and the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center. But others believe that a new dangerous threat is rising. This time it's the risk that New Yorkers' essential freedoms and liberties are being eroded. The latest issue of City Limits Investigates reports in "Freedom/Fear: Civil Liberties in Today's New York" that city residents now occupy a place where freedom and liberty are starkly different from seven summers ago.
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Secrecy Shrouds NYPD's Anti-Terror Camera System
In documents describing the multimillion-dollar Ring of Steel surveillance network, the redactions a
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City Limits Magazine is devoted to the in-depth investigation of pressing civic issues in New York City. Driven by a mission to inform public discourse, the Magazine provides the factual reporting, human faces, data, history and breadth of knowledge necessary to understanding the nuances, complexities and hard truths of the city, its politics and its people.
