Upcoming Forum on National Security and Civil Liberties

On Saturday, April 2nd, the Institute will host "A World of (wiki)Leaks: Secrecy and Access in a Democratic Society."  This one-day conference, organized by the National Security and Civil Liberties project of the Institute's ALLIES Program, will pursue questions such as:

What information should exist in the public domain and what information, if released, would endanger American lives and American security/priorities?  Does the ultimate authority to regulate this concern fall upon the government or media outlets?  How should the media balance the priorities of a market-based industry with the responsibilities of being the gatekeepers of public information? How does the media's coverage of national security decisions influence the public's perception of the efficacy and necessity of security policies? Is protecting national security and civil liberties a zero sum game?

Panelists include: David Sanger, an award-winning journalist and chief Washington correspondent for the New York Times; Vaughan Smith, a pioneering video journalist who founded Frontline Television News and has covered wars and conflict in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Chechnya, Iraq, and Kosovo; Nate Jones, Freedom of Information Act Coordinator at the National Security Archive; Ben Wizner, Litigation Director for the American Civil Liberties Union's National Security Project; and COL Bentley Nettles, an Information Operations Officer (IO) for the U.S. military.

Please see here for the conference schedule.