New Haven : Yale University Press, [2011]

©2011

ix, 245 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

text

unmediated

volume

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The nothing-to-hide argument -- The all-or-nothing fallacy -- The danger of deference -- Why privacy isn't merely an individual right -- The pendulum argument -- The national-security argument -- The problem with dissolving the crime-espionage distinction -- The war-powers argument and the rule of law -- The Fourth Amendment and the secrecy paradigm -- The third party doctrine and digital dossiers -- The failure of looking for a reasonable expectation of privacy -- The suspicionless-searches argument -- Should we keep the exclusionary rule? -- The first amendment as criminal procedure -- Will repealing the Patriot Act restore our privacy? -- The law-and-technology problem and the leave-it-to-the-legislature argument -- Video surveillance and the no-privacy-in-public argument -- Should the government engage in data mining? -- The Luddite argument, the Titanic phenomenon, and the fix-a-problem strategy.

Privacy, Right of -- United States.

Law enforcement -- United States.

National security -- Law and legislation -- United States.

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