Announcement
The World Policy Institute and the Center for Advanced Studies in Science & Technology Policy present:
Law Enforcement and National Security in the Information Age: Technology, Security, and Privacy in the 'War on Terror'
A panel discussion with:
Barry Steinhardt
Director of the Technology and Liberty Program, ACLU
Eben Moglen
Professor of Law, Columbia University
Paul Rosenzweig
Senior Legal Fellow, Heritage Foundation, and
Heather Mac Donald
Olin Fellow, Manhattan Institute, and Contributing Editor, City Journal
Moderated by Kim Taipale, Executive Director, Center for Advanced Studies, and the director of the Global Information Society Project at the World Policy Institute.
[opening remarks (as prepared)]
To be held on October 14, 2004, at 6:00-7:30 p.m. in the Swayduck Auditorium, First Floor, 65 Fifth Avenue (between East 13-14th), New York, NY.
Admission is free. RSVP 212-229-5808 ext. 101 or email <dover at newschool dot edu> to reserve seating.
Visit www.dialnsa.edu for a live webcast and online discussion. For more information about the GISP, email <info at global-info-society dot org>.
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About this program:
Security and liberty are not dichotomous rivals to be traded one for the other in a zero sum game; rather, they are dual obligations of a civil society, each to be maximized within the constraints imposed by the other. How can these dual obligations of collective security and individual freedom, including privacy, best be achieved given current developments in information technologies and the threat of international terrorism? The panelists will offer their views on these and related issues. This panel discussion is the first in a series of public discussions to be held as part of the Global Information Society Project’s Program on Law Enforcement and National Security in the Information Age (www.plensia.org).
About the Global Information Society Project:
The Global Information Society Project (www.global-info-society.org) is a collaborative research project of the World Policy Institute and the Center for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology Policy focused on information, communication and technology policy and related issues, especially as such policy impacts on the development of civil society, international relations, world trade, economic development, and national and global security.
About the World Policy Institute:
The World Policy Institute (www.worldpolicy.org) at New School University is a research and education policy center that seeks innovative solutions to critical problems facing the United States and the world. WPI has been a source of informed policy leadership for close to 40 years and is renowned for its cutting-edge analysis on managing the global market economy, constructing a workable system for collective security, and fostering civil society.
About the Center for Advanced Studies:
The Center for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology Policy (www.advancedstudies.org) is a private, non-partisan research and advisory organization focused on information, technology, and national security policy and related issues.
Background Material:
Jay Stanley and Barry Steinhardt, ACLU Report, "Bigger Monster, Weaker Chains: The Growth of an American Surveillance Society" (January 2003)
Jay Stanley, ACLU Report, "The Surveillance-Industrial Complex: How the American Government is Conscriting Business and Individuals in the Construction of a Surveillance Society" (August 2004)
Paul Rosenzweig, Alane Kochems, and Ari Schwartz, "Biometric Technologies: Security, Legal, and Policy Implications" (June 2004) (Advanced technology is a competitive advantage for the United States, and it must be used if the country is to win its war on terrorism.)
James X. Dempsey and Paul Rosenzweig, "Technologies That Can Protect Privacy as Information Is Shared to Combat Terrorism" (May 2004) (Government access to and use of personal information raises concerns about the protection of privacy and due process as information technology is used to combat ...)
Paul Rosenzweig and Ha Nguyen, "CAPPS II Should be Tested and Deployed" (August 2003) (To determine whether anyone seeking to board an aircraft belongs to a terrorist organization or otherwise poses a threat, the Transportation Security Administration is developing ...)
Paul Rosenzweig, "Proposals for Implementing the Terrorism Information Awareness System" (August 2003) (TIA can be developed in a manner that renders it effective, while posing minimal risks to American liberties, if the system is crafted carefully, with ...) [also published as 2 Geo. J. L. & Pub. Pol'y 169 (2004)]
Paul Rosenzweig, "Civil Liberties and the Response to Terrorism," 42 Duq. L. Rev. 663 (2004).
Heather Mac Donald, "What We Don't Know Can Hurt Us," CityJournal V.14 No.2, (Spring 2004).
Heather Mac Donald, "Hijacked by the 'Privocrats'," Wall Street Journal, August 5, 2004.
K. A. Taipale, "Data Mining and Domestic Security: Connecting the Dots to Make Sense of Data," 5 Colum. Sci. & Tech. L. Rev. 2 (Dec. 2004) [SSRN].
K. A. Taipale, "Technology, Security and Privacy: The Fear of Frankenstein, the Mythology of Privacy and the Lessons of King Ludd," 7 Yale J. L. & Tech. (Dec. 2004).
Links:
The Global Information Society Project Web Site
[www.global-info-society.org]
World Policy Institute (WPI)
[www.worldpolicy.org]
GISP Page on WPI Web Site
[www.worldpolicy.org/projects/gisp/]
Center for Advanced Studies in Science & Technology Policy
[www.advancedstudies.org]
Center for Advanced Studies Publications
[www.stilwell.org/cas/publications.html]
Event Announcement 10/01: [HTML] [PDF] [EMEDIAWIRE]
Press Release 10/15: [PDF] [USNEWSWIRE]
[Archived Webcast (requires Real Player)]