Press freedoms are among casualties of terrorist attacks

AP CHIEF: PRESS FREEDOMS ARE AMONG CASUALTIES OF TERRORIST ATTACKS
[SOURCE: Associated Press, AUTHOR: Tom Curley, Associated Press President and CEO]
[Commentary] What has become clear in the aftermath of 9/11 is how much expediency trumps safeguards. Congress steps back from its constitutional role of executive oversight. Civilian oversight of the military wanes. A Justice Department interprets laws in ways that extend police powers. More drastically, prisons are established in places where government or military operatives circumvent due process or control trials. It's at moments like these when a free press matters most.
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