Flying Focus Video Bus Vol 91 5/26/14: Civil Liberties 2011: Can We Be Safe and Free? (part 1)

A November 8, 2011 panel discussion examining the state of civil liberties in the U.S. 10 years after 9/11. "Civil Liberties 2011: Can We Be Safe and Free?" is a sequel of sorts to our 2009 show featuring another National Lawyers Guild (NLG) / community panel, "Civil Liberties 2009: Are We Still at Risk?" -------------------- Speakers covered the threat to civil liberties caused by the prior and current administrations' policies of torture, targeted killing, extraordinary rendition and warrantless wiretaps, military commissions and indefinite detention, political surveillance and religious discrimination -- policies which have dubious or no value in preserving safety and national security. Each speaker briefly touched on the use of drones (unmanned aircraft) to kill people, including American citizens, anywhere. -------------------- Speakers include: Steven Wax, Federal Public Defender, lawyer for a number of Guantanamo detainees; Brandon Mayfield, a local Muslim attorney falsely accused of terrorism charges; Kayse Jama, Executive Director, Center for Intercultural Organizing; and Steven Goldberg, an NLG attorney whose litigation successfully challenged the NSA warrantless surveillance program.