SU College of Law to Host Expert Panel on Presidential Power and Surveillance

Syracuse University College of Law will present “All Means
Necessary--Presidential Power, Warrantless Surveillance
and Terrorism,” a forum on presidential powers to be held
on Feb. 6 at 4 p.m. in Grant Auditorium.

The panel discussion will feature nationally recognized experts
from SU's College of Law and Maxwell School who will address
presidential orders of warrantless surveillance of persons in the
United States by the National Security Agency, executive
authority, congressional statutes and resolutions. Speakers will
provide legal, security and civil liberty overviews, as well as the
constitutional and political implications of the policy.

The Hon. Thomas Maroney LAW'63, professor of law, will moderate.
Members of the panel include Bill Banks, Laura J. and L. Douglas
Meredith Professor of Law and Director of the Institute for
National Security and Counterterrorism; David Crane LAW'80,
Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law and former Chief
Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone; David Driesen,
Angela S. Cooney Professor of Law; Alasdair Roberts, Associate
Professor in the Maxwell School and Director of the Campbell
Public Affairs Institute; and Bill Wiecek, Congdon Professor of
Law and Professor of History in The College of Arts and Sciences.

If you would like additional information, please contact
Jacyln Gross at: 315-443-9534 or jgrosso@law.syr.edu.