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Sarah Palin on Civil Liberties and Domestic Security

Sarah Palin's running mate is John McCain
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.

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Sarah Palin opposes extending the right of habeas corpus to Guantanamo detainees

"Al-Qaida terrorists still plot to inflict catastrophic harm on America ... he's worried that someone won't read them their rights?"

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