After the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States, Dutch intelligence claimed to have uncovered a series of Islamic terrorist plots, prompting many people here to wonder: “Are we next?” The terror fears have spawned a raft of harsh security measures — from forcing citizens over 13 to carry identity cards, to authorizing police to stop and search people with no apparent cause — that challenge the image of the Netherlands as one of the world’s most progressive nations. Some people are already talking about a serious erosion of civil liberties. Full Story
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