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Congressional Briefing: Information Collection About U.S. Persons 17 April, 2003 The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies cordially invites you to a Congressional Breakfast Briefing on: INFORMATION COLLECTION ABOUT U.S. PERSONS WHEN : Thursday, May 8 2003, 8:00 a.m.- 10:00 a.m. WHERE : Capitol Hill Club PANEL : Rick Cinquegrana is Deputy Staff Director/Chief Investigative Counsel for the Joint Congressional Inquiry into September 11, for the US Congress. He served as Deputy Counsel for Intelligence Policy at the Justice Department (1980-91) and thereafter in senior career positions in the Office of the Inspector General at the Central Intelligence Agency. Tim Edgar is Legislative Counsel in the Washington National Office of the American Civil Liberties Union, and is responsible for national security, terrorism and immigration issues. Jim Dempsey is the Executive Director of the Center for Democracy and Technology CDT). Mr. Dempsey works on privacy and electronic surveillance issues and heads CDT's international project, the Global Internet Policy Initiative (GIPI). Dan Gallington , a Senior Research Fellow at the Potomac Institute, serves as study director for Project Guardian, and will be the moderator. Mr. Gallington served in senior intelligence and policy positions at the Departments of Defense and Justice; he also served as General Counsel to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. John Rizzo serves as the Deputy General Counsel for the Central Intelligence Agency; he is a senior career government attorney with many years experience in intelligence and national security matters. Marc Rotenberg is the Executive Director for the Electronic Privacy Information Center. He also teaches information privacy law at Georgetown University Law Center. Jerry Schroeder is Deputy Director of Security at the Department of Justice, where he is a career attorney; he served as acting Counsel for Intelligence Policy from 1997-1998. Britt Snider was a staff member for the Church Committee; he served as General Counsel for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and as the Inspector General at the Central Intelligence Agency. PROGRAM : A number of issues have arisen from the development of new information technologies in the fight against terrorism. Some have caused critical review of the roles, missions, structures and oversight frameworks for worldwide intelligence collection regimes. For Example: How has the “U.S. Person” concept evolved and is the definition of a “U.S. Person” still appropriate—or does it operate to protect terrorist “sleeper cells” or “lonewolves”? What are the appropriate roles/missions of the various agencies and the Attorney General with regard to the collection of “U.S. Person” information? What are the effects of the recent FISA appeal, the USA Patriot act, and other proposed legislation? Are present information collection regimes adequate to collect information on terrorists worldwide, including those in the United States, or are new authorities needed? If so, what would they look like? Are current intelligence oversight structures adequate or are new ones needed to protect civil liberties? If so, what would they look like? These and other legal and policy issues will be addressed and challenged in this POTOMAC ON THE HILL special focus on PROJECT GUARDIAN. PROJECT GUARDIAN is an ongoing Potomac Institute endeavor, aimed at providing practical and workable recommendations to policymakers for accomplishing both the protection of our civil liberties, and the enabling of technology to enhance the aggressive pursuit of terrorists. For more information on GUARDIAN see Project Guardian. Registration is required since space is limited. You can register by phone at 703/525-0770, by email to jgatchalian@potomacinstitute.org. Please provide your name, title, office, mailing address, phone, fax, and email.
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