JEFFREY ROSEN is a law professor at The George Washington University and the legal affairs editor of The New Republic. His first book was The Unwanted Gaze: The Destruction of Privacy in America. His essays and commentaries have appeared in many publications, including The New York Times Magazine and The New Yorker, and on National Public Radio. Rosen is a graduate of Harvard College, Oxford University, and Yale Law School. He lives in Washington, D.C.
Rosen (law, George Washington Univ.; The Unwanted Gaze: The Destruction of Privacy in America) feels that the 9/11 terrorist attacks have left Americans more willing to relinquish privacy and individualism in favor of a perceived sense of increased security against terrorist acts and other types of violence. He believes, however, that it is "possible, in theory, to design technologies and laws that protect both liberty and security." Rosen examines the issues surrounding airport screening devices, video surveillance, and universal database systems that store and share personal information among government agencies, as well as legal and judicial actions relating to security mechanisms. Finally, he looks at models for protecting liberty while providing security and argues that a model using political oversight will offer the best hope of securing liberty while protecting from terrorists. This book is largely theoretical, but thorough documentation shows that Rosen draws on historical and legal sources as well as recent sociological and political scholarship to support his theories. Recommended for legal studies and political science collections in academic and large public libraries.-Jill Ortner, SUNY at Buffalo Libs. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
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