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Breakfast of Champions: How the New York Times Broke the Story on Domestic Wiretapping
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| Summary: | Join us as we hear first-hand how Eric Lichtblau, reporter from the New York Times, and his colleagues discovered and published stories on the domestic wiretapping efforts by the Bush Administration. For his efforts, Lichtblau received a Pulitzer Prize award for national reporting in 2006. Tickets are $20/person or $200 for a table of 10. |
| Venue: | The Governor Hotel |
| Date & Time: | October 20th, 2009 - Tuesday
7:30am to 9:00am |
| Address: | 614 SW 11th Avenue
Portland, OR 97205 |
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| Website: | www.governorhotel.com |
| Event Registration | | Registration has been closed for this event. Please check back later. |
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| Ticket Information | | Tickets to the event are $20 per person, and includes a continental breakfast. Tables of 10 are available for $200. To inquire about reserving a table, contact Jason Trombley at (971) 230-9109 or jason@youngprofessionalsofamerica.com. | About Eric Lichtblau | | The Domestic Spying controversy-—in which the National Security Agency conducted warrantless electronic eavesdropping on millions of American citizens' phone calls-—has become one of the biggest scandals to rock the Bush Administration. Eric Lichtblau of The New York Times first broke the story, and he continues to give Americans the unfolding events. For his investigative work, he has just received the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. | | Just months after September 11, the Bush Administration, without court-approved documents, secretly authorized the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on Americans and others inside the US to search for terrorist activity. Lichtblau's eye-opening reports have helped the public to make sense of this post-9/11 story that questions the reach of presidential powers, and how the government balances homeland security against the civil rights of Americans. | | For his work on the domestic spying scandal, Lichtblau is the recipient of a Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting and is also this year's recipient, with Times reporter James Risen, of the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. The Pulitzer jury applauded them "for their carefully sourced stories on secret domestic eavesdropping that stirred a national debate on the boundary line between fighting terrorism and protecting civil liberty." | | Lichtblau has recently uncovered more government monitoring activities. The Swift story, in which counter-terrorism officials accessed the banking transactions of thousands of Americans from an international database, has alarmed many. The government's departure from typical practice in how they acquire large amounts of sensitive financial data has stirred concerns about legal and privacy issues. | | Eric Lichtblau covers federal law enforcement and national security issues for the Washington bureau of The New York Times. Before coming to the Times, he worked for the The Los Angeles Times for 15 years in both California and Washington, focusing on investigative reporting, legal affairs and law enforcement. He is currently working on a book on the remaking of federal law enforcement since 9/11. | | Lichtblau is also a guest commentator on television, appearing frequently on CNN, CNBC's Hardball, PBS's NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, and C-SPAN's Washington Journal. He also appears regularly on NPR's All Things Considered. Lichtblau has given speeches for Cornell University, Syracuse University, Mensa, judicial and academic conferences, and other forums. | | * Biographical information from The Lavin Agency: http://www.thelavinagency.com/college/ericlichtblau.html |
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