Fall 2012
    Law No.: LAW9067
    Sched. No.: 112820592

Anti-Terrorism, Law and the Role of Intelligence*
Section 1
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Hitz, Frederick P.



Administrative Information:
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Days, Times (Room):W, 1600-1800 (WB127)
Credits:3Type:Seminar
Capacity:17 **This information is current as of 05/24/2013 06:18:32 AM**
Current Enrollment:14 **This information is current as of 05/24/2013 06:18:32 AM**
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Course Description:

This seminar will open with accepted legal definitions of terrorism; proceed with Richard Clarke, “Against All Enemies,” and Steve Coll, “Ghost Wars,” to define the threat of religion-based, non-state terrorism; read Phil Heymann’s studies on the appropriate legal and constitutional responses to terrorism; study the USA Patriot Act for the congressional response; Hamdi, Padilla, Rasul, and Hamdan for the courts’ responses to the president’s military order and the notion of “unlawful combatants”; read the 9/11 Commission Report and the report of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Iraqi WMD reporting; and study the Silberman/Robb report on intelligence analysis. The seminar will venture some judgments on the proper balance between anti-terrorism measures and the constraints of a constitutional democracy on such issues as coercive interrogations, pre-emptive incarcerations, and intrusive surveillance. We shall read the OLC torture memos.

ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENT: Enrolled students who do not attend the first class session will be dropped. Students seeking to enroll in this course must attend the first class session.
COURSE REQUIREMENT: A substantial research paper

This course is on the approved upper-level writing requirement course list.