Balancing Civil Liberties with the Need for Effective Investigation

Version: Unabridged
Author: Agent Coleen Rowley
Narrator: Agent Coleen Rowley
Genres: Politics, United States, International, Lectures, History, Civil Rights
Publisher: Chautauqua Institution/ The Great Lecture Library
Published In: N/A
Length: 1 hour, 15 minutes
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Overview

Coleen Rowley obtained a B.A. degree in French from Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa and then attended the College of Law at the University of Iowa and graduated with honors in 1980 also passing the Iowa Bar Exam that summer.

In January of 1981, Rowley was appointed a Special Agent with the FBI and initially served in the Omaha, Nebraska and Jackson, Mississippi Divisions. In 1984 she was assigned to the New York Office and for over 6 years worked on Italian organized crime and Sicilian heroin drug investigations. During this time Rowley also served three separate temporary duty assignments in the Paris, France Embassy and Montreal Consulate.

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by MLG
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Disingenuous

Written by MLG on January 19th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 1/5

FBI Agent Rowley begins by stating that there should be a balance between civil liberties and the need for effective investigation, then spends the rest of her time downplaying the concerns of anyone who thinks, "I'm from the FBI: trust me" is insufficient. She has plenty "Civil Libertarians just need to get used to...", but not a single, "There are real dangers involved in giving government agents the power to..." She bemoans the existence of a wall between law enforcement and intelligence gathering, and says it is the result of "theoretical" dangers. She disingenuously fails to mention that the wall was created mainly because the Chuch Committee found widespread real -not theoretical- abuses. She says the USA PATRIOT Act would never be stretched beyond its scope and used against ordinary Americans, but fails to mention how the RICO Act was stretched far beyond its stated scope to harrass peaceful pro-lifers during the Clinton Adminstration. She is totally unconvincing.

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Disingenuous

by MLG
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