In A Government of Wolves: The Emerging American Police State,
John W. Whitehead charts America's transition from a society governed by "we the
people" to a police state governed by the strong arm of the law. In such an
environment, the law becomes yet another tool to oppress the people. As a
constitutional attorney of national prominence, and as president of The
Rutherford Institute, an international civil liberties organization, Whitehead
has been at the forefront of the fight for civil liberties in this country.
The recurring theme at the heart of A Government of Wolves
is that the American people are in grave danger of losing their basic freedoms.
The simple fact is that the Constitution - and in particular the Bill of Rights
- is being undermined on virtually every front. Indeed, everything America was
founded upon is in some way being challenged. The openness and freedom that were
once the hallmarks of our society are now in peril.
We were once a
society that valued individual liberty and privacy. But in recent years we have
turned into a culture that has quietly accepted surveillance cameras, police and
drug-sniffing dogs in our children's schools, national databases that track our
finances and activities, sneak-and-peek searches of our homes without our
knowledge or consent, and anti-terrorism laws that turn average Americans into
suspects. In short, America has become a lockdown nation, and we are all in
danger.
A Government of Wolves not only explains these
acute problems but is a call to action offering timely and practical initiatives
for Americans to take charge of present course of history and stop the growing
police state. But time is running out. We are at critical juncture and every
citizen who values his or her personal freedom needs to pay close attention to
the message in this book!
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