The balance between homeland security and the preservation of civil rights will be explored March 19 by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights during a briefing on the USA Patriot Act and other anti-terrorism efforts. The Act, approved at the end of October 2001 in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, broadly expands law enforcement surveillance and investigative powers.
A panel of speakers will probe the impact of the Patriot Act, as well as other anti-terrorism efforts, including abuses of civil rights and new national security demands. Broadened police powers and racial and ethnic profiling will also be discussed.
Panelists include:
| WHO: |
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, an independent, bipartisan agency
charged with monitoring federal civil rights enforcement. |
| WHEN: | March 19, 2004, 10:30 AM |
| WHERE: | U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Headquarters 624 9th Street, NW Room 540 Washington, DC |
| WHAT: | Briefing on The Patriot Act and Related Anti-Terrorism Efforts |
For more information about the Commission's March 19 briefing, including panelist biographies, please contact Shantelle Fowler 202/833-9771.
03/11/04