FRIDAY'S LINEUP: LAWYERS DISCUSS SECURITY VS. FREEDOM

posted by Michael Chihak

The lineup for Friday's Arizona Week should present a richness of opinion and experience on the fundamentals of the American democratic way of life.

We will look at the issue of security vs. freedom and ask if one has to be sacrificed for the other in a post 9/11 world. Ten years after the tragic terrorist attacks, are we more secure? Are we freer?

Discussing the issues will be:

-- Paul K. Charlton, a Phoenix lawyer who was U.S. attorney for Arizona on 9/11. His role changed in the aftermath to one of investigation into the background and connections of a 9/11 hijacker, Hani Hanjour, who had Arizona connections.

-- Alessandra Soler Meetze, executive director of the Arizona ACLU in Phoenix. In that position for the last five years, she has led the ACLU's efforts in Arizona at defending individual rights, including those of immigrants, women and anyone whose rights are abridged.

-- Douglas J. Sylvester, interim dean of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. His legal expertise includes experience in emerging technologies and high technology and their use in the law.

Also on the program to discuss the ramifications of the Patriot Act on freedom and security will be Arizona Republic editorial writer Doug MacEachern and National Public Radio Arizona correspondent Ted Robbins.