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This page contains PDF files of each chapter of Liberty and Security: Recommendations for the Next Administration and Congress.

Full Document
- Liberty and Security: Recommendations for the Next Administration and Congress
(about 1 minute to download)
 

Introduction
- Foreword
- Executive Action List
- Congressional Action List
- Contributors

Charities and Foundations
- Chapter 1: Eliminate Unnecessary Barriers to Legitimate Charitable Work
 (and appendix)

Detention, Interrogation, and Trials
- Chapter 2: Closing Guantanamo
(and appendix)
- Chapter 3: End Illegal Detention, Torture, and Rendition
(and appendix)
- Chapter 4: Prosecute Terrorist Suspects in Accordance with the Law
(and appendix)

Immigration and National Security
- Chapter 5: Failing to Protect Refugees and Asylum Seekers: Overly Broad Definition of Material Support for Terrorism
(and appendix)
- Chapter 6: Ending Immigration Enforcement Based on National Origin, Ethnicity, and Religion
(and appendix)
- Chapter 7: Misuse of Immigration Detention Laws in Counterterrorism Efforts
(and appendix)

Secrecy, Surveillance, and Privacy
- Chapter 8: Revising Attorney General Guidelines on FBI Investigations
(and appendix)
- Chapter 9: Updating the Law Governing the Privacy of Electronic Communications
(and appendix)
- Chapter 10: Fusion Centers and the Expansion of Domestic Intelligence
(and appendix)
- Chapter 11: Promoting Government Transparency 

- Chapter 12: National Security Letters and Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act
(and appendix)
- Chapter 13: Reform of the National Security Surveillance Laws and Procedures
(and appendix)
- Chapter 14: Preventing Over-Classification and Retroactive Classification and Promoting Declassification of Government Documents

- Chapter 15: Reforming the State Secrets Privilege 
(and appendix)
- Chapter 16: Reforming Watch Lists
(and appendix)

Separation of Powers
- Chapter 17: Assertion of Executive Authority in National Security Matters (and appendix)
- Chapter 18: Executive Privilege and Congressional Oversight (and appendix)
- Chapter 19: Signing Statements (and appendix)
- Chapter 20: War Powers Authority (and appendix)

 

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