A very good piece of work on a possible grave conflict. Let us not abandon freedom to preserve it. - John Kenneth Galbraith, Harvard University ""The normal tension between freedom and security is under particular strain since 9-11, and Mark Sidel documents the silent and steady erosion of privacy and the public's right to know. At the same time that ... Read moregovernment agencies and their private sector partners are quietly building databases to store information about the public, it is becoming harder and harder for the public to learn what government agencies themselves are up to even about those new databases. Mark Sidel shows how government for, by, and of the people can quietly become an indirect casualty in a war on terrorism, unless we are vigilant."" - Sen. Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee ""More Secure, Less Free? deftly parses the major civil liberties debates swirling around the policies of the US government in the aftermath of 9/11, and holds some of the most troubling aspects of these policies up for intense scrutiny. The question Mark Sidel poses in his title is at the fulcrum of America's conscience, and his reasoned consideration is sure to inform concerned readers at every level."" - Anthony Romero, Executive Director, ACLU ""An essential and exceptionally well-documented resource for all civil libertarians concerned with the encroachments on liberties in the name of 'security.'"" - Michael Gorman, President-elect, American Library Association Show Less