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PROJECT GUARDIAN Sponsors Dialogue between Intelligence and Privacy Experts on Terrorist Threat Information 25 June, 2003 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Arlington, VA — On June 24, 2003, the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies hosted a panel discussion of intelligence and privacy experts at the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. The subject of the discussion was: “Good Cause” and the Timely Collection of Information About Terrorists.” This discussion was part of the PROJECT GUARDIAN series, a long term Institute study that examines the dynamics between new technologies and civil liberties, in the context of the war on terrorism. The distinguished panel included: Rick Cinquegrana , Deputy Staff Director and Chief Investigative Counsel for the Joint Congressional Inquiry into September 11th; Jim Dempsey , Executive Director of the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT); Daniel Gallington , Senior Research Fellow at the Potomac Institute, where he is PROJECT GUARDIAN study director. He has served in senior policy and intelligence positions at the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and was General Counsel for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI); John Rizzo , Deputy General Counsel for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); James McAdams , Senior Litigation Counsel, Florida U.S. Attorney’s Office; Dr. Robert Popp , Deputy Director of the Information Awareness Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); and Dr. Latanya Sweeney , Professor of Computer Science, Technology and Policy, Carnegie Mellon University. The panel discussed a number of contemporary and controversial issues, including: The issues associated with defining and using a new category of information identified as “Terrorist Threat Information” (see the discussion scenario used for the roundtable at http://www.potomacinstitute.org/pubs/062403_Scenario.pdf or the introductory slide presentation). The concept of selective “escrow” of such information to protect individual identities and selective revelation or de-escrowing of the identity information; The use of “other categories” of information, such as health, environmental, or aviation information, that currently fall outside already established guidelines for criminal, counter-intelligence, foreign counter-intelligence and law enforcement information – specifically, whether these other categories can be defined with enough precision to satisfy civil liberty concerns; The privacy implications of a “subject-based” query versus a “pattern-based” query of vast databases; The construction and management of a database that prevents identification of specific individuals until there is specific authority to retrieve the identity; and The role of the judiciary play in the examination of pattern data and identification of individual persons; and, The role of Congress in the oversight of new technologies and new information regimes. The Potomac Institute's PROJECT GUARDIAN will continue to debate these types of issues as it examines the whole spectrum of science and technology policy issues associated with protecting civil liberties, while improving the use of technology to combat terrorism. PROJECT GUARDIAN provides a public forum to examine the delicate, but necessary balance between civil liberties and national security. Please continue to visit the PROJECT GUARDIAN web page for upcoming seminars. __________________________________________________________________________________ The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies is an independent, 501(c)(3), not-for-profit public policy research institute, and is dedicated to the development and implementation of policies that advocate and manage the increasing role of science and technology in our evolving world. ###
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