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Civil Liberties and Domestic Security
Civil liberties are the freedoms and rights that protect individuals from government abuse. Civil liberty and domestic security concerns generally involve the rights granted to the federal government to involve them self in the private lives of citizens. With a greater concern for terrorism in the US and an increase in technological capacity for surveillance, this issue has played a large role in US foreign and domestic policy. This topic includes information about candidate positions on such issues as: the Patriot Act, the federal government's surveillance powers, and rights of Guantanamo Bay detainees.
All of our questions on this issue:
I support or oppose the 2006 extension of the Patriot Act
I support or oppose giving the federal government more domestic surveillance power
I support or oppose extending the right of habeas corpus to
Guantanamo detainees
I support or oppose the use of interrogation methods that cause physical or emotional suffering