Civil Rights - Post 9/11 Forum - LWV of the Los Altos-Mountain View Area

The public forum sponsored by the Leagues of Women Voters of Santa Clara County, CA was held on June 7, 2003 with an overflow crowd.

Pre-event flyer(in PDF) Post-event Press release

Four panels addressed these topics (click icon to view online). [Download the free RealOne Player]

What are the new real security concerns post 9/11?
What have been the responses of our federal and state governments to these concerns
How have post-9/11 government actions affected citizens and non-citizens?
What is the role of the courts in the protection of personal Civil Rights?
Thanks to the California Channel for processing and storing the digital form for online viewing.
Thanks to KMVT for videotaping the event.

Links to other sources mentioned by panelists

Full text of the Patriot Act as passed by Congress on October 25, 2001. Public Law No: 107-56
Special Reports from the Office of the Inspector General, Department of Justice. Includes The September 11 Detainees: A Review of the Treatment of Aliens Held on Immigration Charges in Connection with the Investigation of the September 11 Attacks (June 2003).
Patriot Act II -- full text available from the Center for Public Integrity. Also includes Justice Department's response to this report.
The New FBI: Protecting Americans Against Terrorism. Speech by FBI Director Robert Mueller to the ACLU on June 13, 2003

Panelists (with Web sites as available)

Congresswoman Anna Eshoo - CD 14, member of the Congressional Select Committee for Intelligence
Michael Fox - national airport security measures
Chief William Lansdowne - San Jose Police Department
Laura Donohue, Stanford Center for International Security and Cooperation
Mary Marsh, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Banafsheh Akhlaghi, attorney handling detention issues
Robin Goldfaden, attorney with the ACLU Immigrant Rights Project
Bart Charlow, Executive Director, National Conference for Community and Justice
Helal Omeira, Executive Director, S.F. Bay Area Council for American-Islamic Relations
George Harris, attorney, Morrison and Foerster
Deborah Pearlstein, attorney, Munger, Tolles, & Olson LLP
Margaret Russell (moderator), professor of constitutional law, Santa Clara University

LWV Statements on Civil Liberties

LWV California Convention resolution on Civil Liberties. May 18, 2003

Letter to U.S. Senate from the President of the League of Women Voters of the United States. July 10, 2003

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