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enemy within

Discussion Questions

  1. Define terrorism. How does your definition fit with the film, "The Enemy Within?"
  2. Identify at least two initiatives against terrorism and the fear of terrorism that the United States has taken since Sept. 11, 2001.
  3. What initiatives against terrorism and the fear of terrorism were presented in this film?
  4. What, according to some people interviewed in the film, are the constitutional dangers to some initiatives against terrorism and the fear of terrorism?
  5. What does the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution guarantee?
  6. What, according to the film, might the United States learn from the Lodi, Calif. case concerning Umer Hayat and his son?