host: susan herman you have written a very well-written and clear compilation of a number of stories that have transpired the last decade as america responded to the threat of terrorism after line 11. the book is timely and out this week this month it is called taking liberties the war on ticker and erosion of american democracy. right thinking americans will differ regarding the activities and the consequences of terrorism and our responses to it. i think what is really important is that we know the facts and the stories behind the facts and i think that you ve accomplished a tremendous feat of telling the stories very clearly, dispassionately why let the same time not losing the advocate edge after rall you are the president of the aclu. as i thought we might start simply by talking about some of these stories that you have compiled here of ordinary americans and not sometimes so ordinary activities and the responses and systems define the themselves and the guest: than
and some of the hardships of a personal plea in the personally endured some people could get involved. .. after 9/11. the book is very timely, out in this week, this month the taking taking liberties the war on terror and the erosion of american democracy. right to thinking americans will naturally defer over the activities and consequences of terrorism and our response. but what is important is we know the facts and the stories and we have a tremendous feat while dispassionately not losing your at edge. so i thought we may start by simply talking about some of the stories you have compiled sometimes not so ordinary activities. guest: thank you. i wrote the book because most americans are not aware of the policies of 9/11 often do have they cost and sometimes people know the individual story but it is important to put them together so in the first chapter i call it the web master and the football player is about one who is an american citizen. host: midwestern coll
welcome to bay area focus. i m susan sikora. two weeks ago president obama offered a new jobs initiative to boost the economy. just how successful will he be with this plan? and how is the bay area fairing? with some answers we welcome san francisco chronicle business columnist kathleen pender. welcome. good to have you here. hello. before we get to the jobs issue which is huge, another ton of bricks fell on the middle class sholdther past week or so and the thu bank fees. specifically with banc of america but rumors other banks will see how to goes and are ready to go also. tell people how it will work first of all. it started a week ago friday when banc of america announced they would start imposing a $5 per month charge on all of their customers who use their debit cards. actually not all their customers there are ways around it. but this will start next year and this upset a lot of people because we are used to getting that for free. let me ask you this. before
coming up next, book tv presents after wors, an hourlong program where we invite guests to interview authors. this week susan herman and her new book, taking liberties the warmer, terror and the erosion of american democracy. in it she asserts that anti-terrorism laws such as the patriot act have damaged the lives of many citizens. the aclu president also argues president obama has relied on secrecy to maintain these laws just as his predecessor did. she discusses her findings with former assistant attorney general and georgetown law professor viet dinh. host: susan herman professor of law at britain law school and last three years president of aclu. you have written a very good, very well written and very clear compilation of a number of stories that have transpired over the last decade as america responded to the threat of terrorism after line 11. the book is very timely. it is out this week. this month it is called taking liberties the war on terror is the erosion of a
that all happens tonight on c-span2 s booktv. next, from the 13th annual national book festival on the national mall in washington d.c. maya jasanoff presents her book liberty s exiles. [applause] well, thank you all so much for coming today. um, you know when i had the pleasure to be invited for this and saw the program, of course, i immediately started looking at the program to see who else was speaking at the same time as me. and i discovered that there are no fewer than two pulitzer prize winners, a major hollywood actress, and so, you know i know my topic is losers, but, you know [laughter] however, i take some pleasure, however, in speaking to you between two pulitzer prize winners. so you should, you should certainly stay on for more in this tent. but most of all, thank you to the library of congress and to the organizers of this wonderful festival. i mean, how great is this to walk along here and see all this? [applause] thomas brown would always remember th