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On a recent visit to the Granite State, former US House Speaker Newt Gingrich suggested that the Americans in the future may need to sacrifice some of their first amendment rights to keep their country safe from inevitable terrorist activity. We'll explore the debate over the importance of first amendment rights and how much our need for security should infringe those rights. Laura's guests are Claire Ebel, Executive Director of the New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union and Andrew McCarty, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.