U.S. Heads for Civil Liberties Showdown
<Swirling around this central theme are the other rights issues which civil liberty advocates see as signs the president believes the end -- winning the war on terrorism -- justifies the means. Amnesty International has vowed to mobilize worldwide condemnation of the Bush administration's actions. ``Eroding fundamental human rights principles at home will damage U.S. efforts to exert leadership abroad, perhaps irrevocably,'' warned Curt Goering, a director of the group.