Potomac Institute for Policy Studies: Information Collection About U.S. Persons -- Are the Authorities (Still) Appropriate? 5/6/2003
From: The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, 703-525-0770 Web site: http://www.potomacinstitute.org News Advisory: WHAT: Information Collection About U.S. Persons -- Are the Authorities (Still) Appropriate? WHEN: Thursday, May 8, 8 a.m. - 10 a.m. WHERE: Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington, DC 20003 WHY: Three of the biggest national security stories of the day: terrorism, SARS and the growing China spy scandal all involve the same central and critical policy and legal issues - the nature and extent of the U.S. Government's authority to collect information on "U.S. Persons". This is at the core of the dynamic tension between new technologies and civil liberties, which is the focus of the Potomac Institute's GUARDIAN project, begun last year to provide a national forum for a non-partisan debate. WHO: The most prestigious gathering of experts on these subjects in the past few years. -- Rick Cinquegrana, Deputy Staff Director/Chief Investigative Counsel for the Joint Congressional Inquiry into September 11, for the US Congress. He served as Deputy Counsel for Intelligence Policy at the Justice Department (1980-91) and thereafter in senior career positions in the Office of the Inspector General at the Central Intelligence Agency. -- Tim Edgar, Legislative Counsel in the Washington National Office of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and responsible for national security, terrorism and immigration issues. -- Jim Dempsey, Executive Director of the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT). Dempsey works on privacy and electronic surveillance issues and heads CDT's international project, the Global Internet Policy Initiative (GIPI). -- Dan Gallington, Senior Research Fellow at the Potomac Institute, serves as study director for Project Guardian, and will be the moderator. Gallington served in senior intelligence and policy positions at the Departments of Defense and Justice; he also served as General Counsel to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. -- John Rizzo, Deputy General Counsel for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); he is a senior career government attorney with many years experience in intelligence and national security matters. -- Marc Rotenberg, Executive Director for the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC). He also teaches information privacy law at Georgetown University Law Center. -- Jerry Schroeder, Deputy Director of Security at the Department of Justice, where he is a career attorney; he served as acting Counsel for Intelligence Policy from 1997-1998. -- Britt Snider, former staff member for the Church Committee; he served as General Counsel for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and as the Inspector General at the Intelligence Agency. Register by phone at 703-525-0770, or by email to jgatchalian@potomacinstitute.org. ------ The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies is an independent, 501(c)(3), not-for-profit public policy research institute, and is dedicated to the development and implementation of policies that advocate and manage the increasing role of science and technology in our evolving world. The Potomac Institute fiercely maintains objectivity and credibility, remaining independent of any federal or state agency, and owing no special allegiance to any single political party or private concern. |