Public Safety vs. Civil Liberties -- Jan. 21

How does a democracy achieve its public safety mission while honoring civil liberties -- particularly those liberties designed to keep a government true to its democratic character?

The National Press Club Journalism Institute has assembled a panel of award-winning national security and press freedom experts to address this very question. We invite you to take part in this interactive session titled "Government Transparency vs. National Security: Press Rights, Limits & Ideals in a Post-9/11 World" on Wed., Jan. 21 from 5:30-7:00 p.m.

Registration is required here and is $5 for NPC members; $10 non-members. NPC members should login for the discounted price.

Your direct engagement with thought leaders on this topic, drawn from the legal, academic, and media worlds, will help ensure a frank and meaningful conversation on how our democracy does and should balance public safety goals against its inherent need for an informed citizenry.

Confirmed panelists & moderator are:

ELLEN SHEARER, Co-Director of the National Security Journalism Initiative at the Medill School at Northwestern University and editor of “Whistleblowers, Leaks and the Media,” (ABA 2014).

HARVEY RISHIKOF, Chair of the Advisory Committee for the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Law and National Security.

DINA TEMPLE-RASTON, Counterterrorism Correspondent for NPR and Nieman Fellow, Harvard University, 2013-2014.

GEORGE JAMESON, former Senior Counsel at the Central Intelligence Agency and in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

LISETTE GARCIA, founder of FOIA Resource Center which assists lawmakers, journalists, and nonprofit organizations quickly and cost-effectively obtain government records in the public interest.

To submit questions in advance of the panel, email [email protected]. For live tweeting of the event, follow #safeorfree.