What is Cole and Dempsey's thesis regarding antiterrorism legislation? Discuss the evidence they use to support their thesis
What will be an ideal response?
David Cole and James Dempsey sent out a warning after the 1996 counterterrorist law took effect in the wake of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and reiterated their warning after passage of the 2001 USA PATRIOT Act.
Cole and Dempsey feared that law enforcement power is growing too strong in a wave of national hysteria.
Their thesis is that counterterrorist legislation empowers law enforcement agencies to enforce political law.
By contrast, terrorists must violate criminal laws to practice terrorism. Therefore, Cole and Dempsey argue, it is best to keep the police out of politics and focused on criminal violations.
If terrorists are prosecuted under criminal law, the Constitution will be preserved. Cole and Dempsey point to four cases that illustrate their fears.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the FBI trampled the rights of suspects and citizens through COINTELPRO, its counterintelligence program.
Second, from 1981 to 1990, the FBI overreacted against U.S. citizens who expressed sympathy for revolutionaries in El Salvador.
Third, in the 1990s Muslims and Palestinians were targeted by investigations despite there being no reasonable suspicions they were involved in a crime. Finally, during the 1990s, political investigations of radical environmentalists and others expanded.
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