Freedom and security: the uncertain balance

Series: Urban America series

Duration: 55

Year Published: 1973

Creator: Westinghouse Learning Corporation

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Examines issues of authorized and non-authorized surveillance by government agencies of private citizens. Looks at the work of the F. B. I. in this area, use of agent provocateurs and abuse of the Grand Jury system and its violation of Fifth Amendment rights. , Explores civil liberties in the United States and the increasing stresses they undergo in a society in transition. Discusses the invasion of privacy, the use of informers as agent provocateurs, police surveillance and the subpoena power of grand juries as threats which involve not only dissenters and radicals, but all Americans who are concerned with freedom and security and the balance between the two in our society.

Complete Record: Examines issues of authorized and non-authorized surveillance by government agencies of private citizens. Looks at the work of the F. B. I. in this area, use of agent provocateurs and abuse of the Grand Jury system and its violation of Fifth Amendment rights. , Explores civil liberties in the United States and the increasing stresses they undergo in a society in transition. Discusses the invasion of privacy, the use of informers as agent provocateurs, police surveillance and the subpoena power of grand juries as threats which involve not only dissenters and radicals, but all Americans who are concerned with freedom and security and the balance between the two in our society. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.