Of course, civil liberties were bound to suffer in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Throughout American history, threats to national security, whether real or imagined, have led to clampdowns on the rights of citizens and, to a far greater extent, on the rights of immigrants and others suspected of acting in the interests of alien forces.
当然，2001年9月11日恐怖主义攻击以后，公民自由注定要受到损害。纵观美国历史，对国家安全的威胁，无论是真实的还是想象的，都会导致对公民权利的压制，而且，对移民以及其他受到怀疑为外国势力利益工作的人的权利更是如此。