Profiling and National IDs: Security and Freedom in a Free Society
HILL BRIEFINGFriday, July 12, 2002
12:00 p.m. (Luncheon to follow)
Featuring Charlotte Twight, Author, Dependent on D.C.: The Rise of Federal Control over the Lives of Ordinary Americans (Palgrave Macmillan, 2001); Robert Levy, Cato Institute; and Timothy Lynch, Cato Institute.
B-354 Rayburn House Office Building
America’s war on terror has sparked new debate over the appropriate balance between freedom and security. Proposals to establish a national ID, permit ethnic or religious profiling by law enforcement, and expand government surveillance of citizens raise a welter of pragmatic and constitutional questions. What is the scope of the right to privacy in a free society? To what extent are surveillance measures permitted within the boundaries of the First, Fourth, Ninth, and Tenth Amendments? If they are permitted, will the surrender of freedom and privacy actually lead to increased security? Join author Charlotte Twight, along with Cato scholars Timothy Lynch and Robert Levy, for a discussion of the answers to these questions.