Thursday, February 7, 2008 at 7 p.m.
Nadine Stossen, Maintaining Personal and National Security Post-911
 Nadine
Strossen has written, lectured, and practiced extensively in the
areas of constitutional law, civil liberties, and international human rights.
Since 1991, she has served as president of the American Civil Liberties
Union, the first woman to head the nation’s largest and oldest civil
liberties organization.
Strossen will address the constitutional
implications of government measures taken in the wake of 9/11.
She writes, “Since
the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the ACLU has been working with many diverse
allies from across
the ideological spectrum in our ‘Safe and Free Campaign.’ National
security experts, as well as civil libertarians, have strongly criticized
many post-9/11 policies, such as warrantless wiretapping and other
dragnet surveillance measures, as the worst of both worlds: they decrease
the freedom
of everyone in this country without increasing national security.
Moreover, the U.S.’s abusive, unjust treatment of non-citizens—through
measures including torture and prolonged detention without access
to lawyers or courts—has alienated our allies and aided our enemies'
recruiting efforts.”
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