The Patriot Act
and E-Surveillance
Overview | Panelist Biographies | Video/Audio
Panelists
Jim Dempsey,
Center for Democracy & Technology
Jim Dempsey joined CDT at the beginning of 1997. He became Executive Director in 2003. In addition to day-to-day management responsibilities, he works on privacy and electronic surveillance issues and heads CDT's international project, the Global Internet Policy Initiative (GIPI). Prior to joining CDT, Mr. Dempsey was Deputy Director of the Center for National Security Studies. From 1995 to 1996, Mr. Dempsey also served as special counsel to the National Security Archive, a non-governmental organization that uses the Freedom of Information Act to gain the declassification of documents on the U.S. foreign policy. Full Bio
William Moschella,
Department of Justice
As Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs, Mr. Moschella serves as the legislative liaison between the Department of Justice and the United States Congress -- in effect, the "face and voice" of the Department on Capitol Hill. Along with representing the interests and opinions of the Department before Congress, he is responsible for internally coordinating and approving all testimony to be delivered by Department witnesses before Congressional committees, reviewing legislation proposed by the House and Senate and other departments, along with the Office of Management and Budget and other executive branch agencies, and overseeing an office of approximately 25 staff members. Full Bio
Patrick Rowan,
Department of Justice
Mr. Rowan joined the Criminal Division in October, 2003. He provides advice and assistance to the Assistant Attorney General on all issues related to the Department's counter- terrorism program. From December of 2002 to October of 2003, Pat was detailed to the FBI from the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia. Upon his arrival at the FBI, he initially served as Special Counsel within the Office of General Counsel. In that position, Pat provided guidance to the General Counsel on a range of criminal and national security law issues. Pat was subsequently named an Acting Deputy General Counsel. In that capacity, at various times he supervised the Legal Advice and Training Branch and the National Security Law Branch. Full Bio
Emily Sheketoff,
American Library Association
Emily Sheketoff is the Associate Executive Director of the American Library Association (ALA), managing the Washington Office. In that capacity, she directs lobbying efforts before Congress and the Executive Branch to fund libraries, and works on initiatives important to the library community such as family literacy, public access to government information, first amendment protection, and intellectual property and copyright issues. Ms. Sheketoff also oversees the policy work done by the Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP), an office that promotes the development and utilization of electronic access to information as a means to ensure the publics right to a free and open information society. Full Bio
Peter Swire,
Ohio State University Law School
Peter is now Professor of Law at the Moritz College of Law of the Ohio State University. He lives in the Washington, D.C. area, teaches in Ohio during the fall semester, and is Director of the law school's summer program in D.C. From March, 1999 until January, 2001 Peter served as the Clinton Administration's Chief Counselor for Privacy, in the United States Office of Management and Budget. Full Bio