Pitt's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and the American Civil Liberties Union Cosponsor Free Screening of The Cost of Freedom: Civil Liberties, Security, and the USA PATRIOT Act

PITTSBURGH—The civil liberties implications of the USA PATRIOT Act will be explored at a free screening of The Cost of Freedom: Civil Liberties, Security, and the USA PATRIOT Act at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 4, in Room 3, Scaife Hall at the University of Pittsburgh, cosponsored by Pitt's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA) and the Ridgway Center for International Security Studies, and the Greater Pittsburgh Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

The one-hour documentary, produced and directed by Chip Duncan for the Duncan Group and Iowa Public Television, provides an in-depth look at the security measures implemented by the United States government following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The documentary features interviews with the framers of the USA PATRIOT Act, as well as with legal scholars and activists on both sides of the debate.

The event will include a panel discussion featuring William Keller, director of Pitt's Ridgway Center for International Security Studies; Lisa Nelson, assistant professor of legal studies at GSPIA; Linda Kelly, antiterrorism advisory council coordinator and senior litigation counselor, U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Pennsylvania; and Thomas Farrell, a partner with the law firm Reich, Alexander, Reisinger & Farrell, and a member of the legal committee of the Greater Pittsburgh chapter of the ACLU.

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