On September 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 people were were murdered. In the years that followed, hundreds of thousands more perished as a result of our response to those attacks. The government enacted measures that suspended constitutional protections. The freedoms this country was created to protect, they're gone now. The government employed illegal warfare tactics including torture and the murder of innocent individuals. (28:00–28:05)
CLAIM
Asserts that the government took actions that suspended constitutional protections.
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