David Cole

Organization: 
Less Safe, Less Free: Why America is Losing the War on Terror
Position: 
Co-Author, Less Safe, Less Free: Why America is Losing the War on Terror
Areas of Expertise: 
Constitutional law, criminal procedures, federal courts; criminal justice; race; racial and economic inequality; race and criminal justice
Personal Website: 
Less Safe, Less Free
Notable Publications/Publishers: 

Less Safe, Less Free: Why America is Losing the War on Terror (Fall 2008); Enemy Aliens: Double Standards and Constitutional Freedoms in the War on Terrorism (New Press, 2d ed. 2005); Terrorism and the Constitution: Sacrificing Civil Liberties for National Security (New Press, 3d ed. 2005) (with James X. Dempsey); and No Equal Justice: Race and Class in the American Criminal Justice System (New Press, 1999)

David Cole (DC): Professor of Law, Georgetown University; Co-Author, Less Safe, Less Free: Why America is Losing the War on Terror (forthcoming 2008); Legal Affairs Correspondent, The Nation; Co-Chair, Liberty and Security Initiative & Checks and Balances Initiative, Constitution Project; rule of law is an asset not an obstacle in the struggle to keep us safe and free, we have given up many freedoms in the name of security but we are not safer