Maria Farrell of Crooked Timber has a lengthly post about the erosion of civil liberties and privacy rights in Europe in the wake of 9/11. I tend to focus mostly on the U.S. since that's where I live and that's whose laws affect me, but Maria provides a broader perspective.
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