摘要: The national effort to protect our homeland focuses on preserving the 'unalienable rights that are essential to the strength and security of our nation: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.' Thus, if developed properly, ou... 展开 The national effort to protect our homeland focuses on preserving the 'unalienable rights that are essential to the strength and security of our nation: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.' Thus, if developed properly, our homeland security efforts should reinforce the civil liberties and values that make America strong. The challenge, however, is to develop homeland security initiatives that are consistent with our society's constitutional guarantees relating to privacy, due process, and civil liberties. As our government develops post 9/11 homeland security initiatives in areas such as immigration, intelligence collection, law enforcement, and the use of new technologies it must thoughtful and carefully review their impact on our fundamental freedoms. To conduct such a review requires both leadership and an evaluative framework to guide the government. For example, if there is not adequate leadership within the government to guide privacy policy, there may be unnecessary impositions on the freedoms and privileges enjoyed in the United States. Likewise, homeland security could suffer if needed initiatives do not gain public support due to meritorious concerns about privacy protections. 收起