I have many concerns with the way we discuss the balance between national security and civil liberties as if they were mutually exclusive objectives on opposite sides of the scale. I believe they mutually reinforce each other. What makes this nation strong is the relationship between the government and the governed. That which drives a wedge between the two weakens our nation.

Suzanne Spaulding

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After Torture: Discussing a Plan for Justice in the Post-Bush Era

Thursday, December 4, 2008; 6:00-7:30 p.m. More

Beyond Terror and Martyrdom: The Future of the Middle East

Lipton Hall, 108 W. 3rd Street Monday, November 24, 2008: 6:00-7:30 p.m. More

The American Presidency: A Look Forward

Lipton Hall, 108 W. 3rd Street Tuesday, November 11, 2008: 6:00-7:30 p.m. More

Lawrence Wright, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Ebtihal Mubarak, and others: A Conversation

Lipton Hall, 108 W. 3rd Street Wednesday, October 29, 2008: 6:00-7:30 p.m. More

Model Security: How the NYPD Sets the Security Standard

Lipton Hall, 108 W. 3rd Street Thursday, September 25 2008; 6:00-7:30 p.m. More

Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency

Furman Hall, 245 Sullivan Street, Room 216 Wednesday, September 17; 6:00-7:30 p.m. More

The Enemy Combatants Papers: American Justice, the Courts, and the War on Terror

Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Square South, Room 210 Wednesday, September 3, 2008; 6:00-7:00 p.m. More

Torture Team: Rumsfeld's Memo and the Betrayal of American Values

Lipton Hall, 108 West 3rd Street Monday, May 5, 2008, 6:00 -7:30 p.m. More

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Afghanistan Today: Drugs, Detention, and Counterinsurgency

Lipton Hall, 108 W. 3rd Street Friday, October 17, 2008; 9:15-4:30 p.m. More

Al-Qaeda 3.0: The War on Terror After the Bush Administration

Washington DC Friday, October 10, 2008 More

Privatizing Defense: Blackwater, Contractors, and American Security

Lipton Hall, 108 W. 3rd Street Thursday, April 3, 2008; 1:45-5:45 p.m. More

Intelligence and the Age of National Security

NYU School of Law, Greenberg Lounge, 40 Washington Square South Friday, February 1, 2008, 9:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. More

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Rights in Conflict: Case Studies

Lipton Hall, 108 W. 3rd Street Wednesday, February 27, 2008; 6:00-7:30 p.m. More

Power Politics: Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Leadership in the Muslim World

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