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Gilmore Commission Report on Homeland Security Addresses Civil Liberties

Forging America’s New Normalcy: Securing Our Homeland, Protecting Our Liberty – The Fifth Annual Report to the President and the Congress of the Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction, December 15, 2003:

  • From the press release: “The commission calls on the president to create an independent, bipartisan oversight board to provide counsel on homeland security efforts that may impact civil liberties, even if such impacts are unintended. The commission says the board is needed because of the potential chilling effect of government monitoring conducted in the name of homeland security.”
  • Link to the full-text report, 329 pages, pdf.
  • Link to the Executive Summary and List of Key Recommendations
  • , and a link to the Appendices (275 pages, pdf).

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