Thompson says DHS is working to preserve civil liberties

Posted by Staff on April 16, 2008 |

At the Center for American Progress’s discussion on the “State of Homeland Security,” Congressman and Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) says that preserving civil liberties is “an issue” for the department, and discusses his experience being “spied on” by the FBI during his youth as a civil rights activist. He said the committee is in the process of vetting every program that the department produces “to make sure that a nation of laws is also one that protects its citizens.” (1:17)

 
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April 16, 2008
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