Discussion Question: How should the United States government deal with the heightened concern about homegrown violent extremism and the growing concern for the preservation of civil liberties? What are the political and constitutional consequences of counter-terrorism? Lastly, how do we assess the tradeoffs between freedom and security? 

You must have an introduction paragraph and then separate your answers to the various aspects from each other using bold section headings.

Instructions: Fully utilize the materials that have been provided to you in order to support your response. Your initial post must be at least 350 words.