Résumé:
On September 11, 2001, four suicide bombings hit the American soil, targeting important
places such as the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York, and the pentagon in
Washington. Nineteen members of Al-Qaeda hijacked four planes and killed almost three
thousands persons. These attacks highly affected Americans. It also affected immediately
American civil liberties and violated their civil rights. American civil liberties are very
important aspect of the American way of life. It is a distinguishing mark that makes them
special from other nations. The founding fathers when trying to protect these civil liberties
believed that drafting them in one document is the best way to maintain them for future
generation. Without these liberties they will fall under the rule of power ful government .
Preserving civil liberties during period of two world wars and cold war was the challenge to
Americans, that phase of time witnessed the various attempts of the government to limit those
liberties in favor of the greater good. At some point of that time, Americans loosened up to
the government due to fear of war and losing the war to communists. They woke up at the few
last moments and saved what they can and that was only after the government established new
agencies, passed some laws that limits civil liberties and developed new means of surveillance
to monitor every citizen of American soil. The action of American government that was based
on its thirst for more power and more control lead it to violate the Bill of Rights by the
agencies the government created. After 9/11 attacks, agencies started using the full power
given to them in order to achieve security and stop future attacks on American soils. The
patriot act and the surveillance methods were such actions that frightened Americans more
than it made them feel peace. At the end, these experiences allowed citizens to know what is
threatening their liberty and how should they protect it in order to pass it to future generations
