[国会记录:2005年4月7日(外页)][E590页]美国开放社会与安全法案委员会______尊敬的哥伦比亚特区ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON，众议院，2005年4月6日星期三NORTON女士。议长先生，今天，我再次向大家介绍《美国开放社会与安全法案委员会》，表达了我的想法。早在9/11事件发生之前，俄克拉荷马城爆炸悲剧发生后，开放社会部分地区出现了关闭的迹象，我就开始研究这个想法。随着全国范围内各种安全措施的激增，这项法案变得越来越紧迫，而人们却丝毫没有考虑它们对共同自由和普通准入的影响。我今天提出的法案将开始一个系统的调查，充分考虑到保持我们的民主传统的重要性，同时充分应对恐怖主义构成的真实和实质性的威胁。是有用的在完成困难的任务,该委员会将不仅由军事和安全专家,但是第一次,他们将在同一个表业务等领域的专家,架构,技术,法律,城市规划、艺术、工程、哲学、历史、社会学和心理学。迄今为止，安全问题往往几乎完全由安全和军事专家来处理。他们是不可或缺的参与者，但这些专家不能单独解决开放社会中恐怖主义提出的所有新的和前所未有的问题。金博宝正规网址为了达到我们民主传统所要求的平衡，一个跨领域的团体需要在同一张桌子上共同工作。多年来，由于恐怖主义和对恐怖主义的恐惧，我们开放社会的一部分已经逐渐被关闭——无论是在没有警报的首都检查站，还是在不考虑其对隐私的影响的技术应用。然而，特别是在我们国家遭遇前所未有的恐怖袭击之后，美国人有权期待额外和加强足够的安全措施，以保护公民免受这一新的可怕威胁。 People expect government to be committed and smart enough to undertake this awesome new responsibility without depriving them of their personal liberty. These years in our history will long be remembered by the rise of terrorism in the world and in this country. As a result, American society faces new and unprecedented challenges. We must provide ever-higher levels of security for our people and public spaces while maintaining a free and open democratic society. As yet, our country has no systematic process or strategy for meeting these challenges. When we have been faced with unprecedented and perplexing issues in the past, we have had the good sense to investigate them deeply and to move to resolve them. Examples include the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (also known as the 9/11 Commission), the Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction (also known as the Silberman Robb Commission) and the Kerner Commission following riotous uprisings that swept American cities in the 1960's and 1970's. The important difference in the Commission proposed by this bill is that it seeks to act before a crisis in basic freedoms gradually takes hold and becomes entrenched. Because global terrorism is likely to be long lasting, we can not afford to allow the proliferation of security that most often requires no advance civilian oversight or analysis of alternatives and repercussions on freedom and commerce. With only existing tools and thinking, we have been left to muddle through, using blunt 19th century approaches, such as crude blockades and other denials of access, or risking the right to privacy using applications of the latest technology with little attention to privacy. The threat of terrorism to our democratic society is too serious to be left to ad hoc problem-solving. Such approaches are often as inadequate as they are menacing. We can do better, but only if we recognize and then come to grips with the complexities associated with maintaining a society of free and open access in a world characterized by unprecedented terrorism. The place to begin is with a high-level presidential commission of wise men and women expert in a broad spectrum of disciplines who can help chart the new course that will be required to protect both our people and our precious democratic institutions and traditions. ____________________