Reason TV: Top Threats to Civil Liberties After 9/11—Q&A with ACLU's Mike German, a former FBI agent

"The government has no right to pick through your private information just because that's technologically possible," says American Civil Liberties Union policy counsel and former FBI agent Mike German. "The laws are now so lax that they can."

German sat down with Reason.tv to discuss the top threats to civil liberties after 9/11. They range from new interpretations of the Fourth Amendment to law enforcement's fascination with vast empires of data to "fusion centers" that pool sources among intelligence agencies and local police.

About 6.30 minutes.

Produced by Paul Detrick. Shot by Joshua Swain. Edited by Detrick and Tracy Oppenheimer.

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Even if they don’t find you the threat that they hoped for, they will still need to charge you with something eventually. They can’t put all that work into gathering electronic information on you and not justify it.

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