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Thursday November 10, 2005

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10:00FBI Investigations and the USA Patriot Act

Guest host: Steve Roberts

The USA Patriot Act expanded the FBI's powers to review personal records of people who aren't suspected to be terrorists or spies. Guest host Steve Roberts moderates a discussion on the tension between civil rights and the war on terrorism.

Guests

Victoria Toensing, former chief counsel to the Senate Intelligence Committee and former Deputy Assistant Attorney General. While serving at the Department of Justice Ms. Toensing created the Terrorism Section. She is now in private practice in Washington, D.C.

Caroline Fredrickson, director of the Washington legislative office of the American Civil Liberties Union

11:00Benjamin Friedman: "The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth" (Knopf)

Guest host: Steve Roberts

A look at economic growth and globalization. Mr. Friedman explains how broadly distributed economic growth offers benefits aside from material prosperity.

Guests

Benjamin Friedman, is a professor at Harvard University and author of "Day of Reckoning: The Consequences of American Economic Policy Under Reagan and After."

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