War on terror

National Security Expert Says War On Terror Has Jeopardized U.S. Constitution

In the years since the World Trade Center's twin towers fell in Manhattan during the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, two successive presidential administrations have consistently asked Americans to give up their constitutional rights in the name of combating terrorism, according to a national security expert. 

In her new book "Rogue Justice: The Making of the Security State," Karen Greenberg, director of the Center on National Security at Fordham Law School, examines how the U.S. veered from its founding principles of justice, specifically outlined in the U.S. Constitution's Bill of Rights.

The security state, said Greenberg, expanded immediately following the terrorist attacks. For one, she said intelligence agencies become an incredibly more powerful and omnipresent force, proliferating into new departments of government. It also ushered in a new era of classified information and general secrecy.