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Issue #21

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The USA PATRIOT Act: Is it Patriotic?
The summary of a panel discussion held on April 7th

On Wednesday, April 7, the Grant Sawyer Center, The National Judicial College and the
Departments of Political Science, Sociology, and Basque Studies, held a panel discussion entitled:
The USA Patriot Act: Is It Patriotic?  Panel members were: 

William A. Douglass, Professor Emeritus, Basque Studies, and co-author (with Joseba Zulaika) of Terror and Taboo: The Follies, Fables, and Faces of Terrorism (Routledge, 1993). 
Sharon Lever, Esq., Assistant U.S. Attorney, and Coordinator, Anti-Terrorism Advisory Council. 
Assemblyman Bernie Anderson, Chair, Assembly Judiciary  Committee.
Richard Siegel, Professor of Political Science, and President, Nevada ACLU .

The discussion was introduced and moderated by Dr. James T. Richardson, Director or the Grant Sawyer Center and the Judicial Studies Program, and Professor of Sociology.