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Imagine being arrested, not told why you are being arrested, held indefinitely, and prohibited from seeing a lawyer or your family. Among other things, the Bill of Rights makes sure that these things don’t happen. Before Sept. 11th, Americans like you and me valued our freedom above else. But after Sept. 11th, it seems that words like civil rights and due process has disappeared from most Americans’ vocabulary. This is because of the American people’s bruised psyche after the tragic event, which lead to our willingness to sacrifice a few rights for a sense of security. Also, the apathy that most people display about politics contributes the government’s abuse of power. Americans must be aware of what they want, but at the same time, know what they sacrifice to attain it. As a citizen of this country and a person who puts great value on civil liberties, I am deeply concerned with the amount of power that the Bush administration has being granted. I want security like every other person but even in extraordinary times and conditions, our civil liberties, guaranteed in the Constitution, should not be infringed upon. For a long time, freedom was America’s battle cry. Sure we wanted security but freedom was wha