[199] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
REMINDER: MIT Colloquium Tomorrow, April 25th, 4:00-5:30 pm
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roger Hu)
Tue Apr 24 21:13:59 2001
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Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 21:11:58 -0400
* MIT Colloquium *
National Security, Civil Rights, and Politics:
Lessons Learned from the Wen Ho Lee Case
April 25th (Wednesday), 4:00-5:30 pm
Room 10-250
http://web.mit.edu/colloquium/2001
On December 10, 1999, the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 was invoked to
prosecute an individual for mishandling classified information "with
the intent to injure the United States" and with the intent to "secure
an advantage to a foreign nation." Los Alamos physicist Wen Ho Lee
was indicted on 39 counts of these violations and 20 counts from the
Federal Espionage Act. The case, which concluded last September after
Dr. Lee spent nine months in pre-trial solitary confinement, provides
many important lessons to be examined.
The colloquium will seek to engage the MIT community about how
national security interests can be protected without infringing on
individual civil liberties and restricting scientific freedom. A
moderated panel discussion will be held in 10-250 on Wednesday, April
25 at 4:00 pm with prominent scientific and government leaders.
Following the event, a reception will be held downstairs in the Bush
Room, 10-105.
Panelists:
* Steven Aftergood, Director, Project on Government Secrecy
* Juliette Kayyem, Executive Director, Executive Session on Domestic
Preparedness, John F. Kennedy School of Government
* Vernon Loeb, National Security Correspondent, Washington Post
* Philip Morrison, Institute Professor and Professor of Physics, Emeritus
* Paul Watanabe, Co-Director of the Institute for Asian American Studies
and Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Boston
* Sheila Widnall, Institute Professor and former Secretary of the Air
Force (Moderator)
