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	<title><![CDATA[Congress Abandons the Fight for Liberty and Privacy]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-barr/congress-abandons-the-fig_b_109237.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Finding the right balance between liberty and security has never been easy. But America's leaders must always remember that they are defending a free society. The people's liberties are not to be traded away for a mess of pottage.</p>

<p>Unfortunately, 9/11 provided the executive branch with an opportunity to cloak a massive power grab in the guise of preventing another terrorist attack. In fact, the federal government already possessed sufficient power to provide for a secure America. The attacks on 9/11...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-07-03T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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