October 23, 2006

War on Terror Symposium on Nov. 16

“Issues in the War on Terror: Investigations, the Media, and Article III Courts” will bring leading names in journalism, the U.S. government, the judiciary, and other fields to the Wayne State University Law School for a day-long symposium on Thursday, November 16, 2006.

The Symposium will address the delicate balance that must be struck between fighting an effective war on terrorism and respecting civil liberties guaranteed to all citizens by the U.S. Constitution.

Participants will include Washington Post reporter and NBC News analyst Dana Priest; the national legal correspondent from The New York Times, Adam Liptak; Ann Beeson, the associate legal director of the ACLU national office in New York City; John A. Rizzo, the acting general counsel of the office of the director of the Central Intelligence Agency; and Judges Gerald E. Rosen, James G. Carr, and George C. Steeh.

The Symposium will begin at 8:30 am at the WSU Law School, 471 West Palmer Street, Detroit. There will be two panels during the morning and one in the afternoon. The Symposium will conclude at 4 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Lunch will be served, so RSVP’s are requested.

The first panel will focus on secret evidence gathered by the government through classified and highly controversial investigative methods. Panelists will include James Baker, the director of the Office of Intelligence Policy and Review at the U.S. Department of Justice; John Rizzo of the CIA; and the chief litigator of the ACLU, Ann Beeson.

The second panel will address the responsibility of the media when covering national security issues, particularly when reporting government methods in fighting terrorism. Participants will be Dana Priest of The Washington Post; Adam Liptak of The New York Times; and William Harlow, the former public affairs director of the CIA.

The third panel will discuss the difficulties of prosecuting terrorists in U.S. courts. The panelists will be Judge George C. Steeh of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District, Michigan; Joshua Dratel, president of the NY State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; and Andrew McCarthy, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney and Senior Fellow of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy.

The panels will be moderated by the Honorable James Carr, chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio; the Honorable Gerald E. Rosen of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan; and Robert A. Sedler, distinguished professor of law at WSU Law School.

The Symposium is sponsored by the Wayne Law Review, the Law School’s primary journal. Portions of the Symposium will appear in a future edition of the Wayne Law Review.

For more information, or to RSVP for the event, please send an email to lawreviewarticles@wayne.edu or phone (313) 577-8029.

Parking for the Symposium will be available for $3.50 in parking structure #1, across from the Law School, at the corner of Cass Avenue and Palmer Street.

Contact

Heidi Christein
Phone: (313) 577-4834
Email: at4424@wayne.edu

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