The Georgetown Law chapter of the American Constitution Society's Fourth Annual "Congress and the Courts Lecture": "Gathering Intelligence, Respecting Rights: Preventing Torture in an Age of Terrorism"

February 7, 2005,   6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m

Georgetown University Law Center
Gewirz Student Center, 12th Floor
120 F St. N.W.
Washington DC 20001

Congresswoman Jane Harman (D-Calif.)

Rep. Harman, in her sixth term, is the Ranking Democrat on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and a member of the House Select Committee on Homeland Security. Her speech will address weaknesses in the current legal framework that created the conditions under which the abuses at Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo Bay, and elsewhere occurred.  She will articulate a new legal framework designed to both respect human rights and allow for effective intelligence gathering. Rep. Harman will also evaluate the roles of Congress and the judiciary in implementing this framework.

For more information, contact Georgetown ACS President Loren L. AliKhan at georgetownacs@law.georgetown.edu or Rep. Harman’s press secretary, Tom Reynolds, at (202) 225-8220.