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Since June, news reports based on documents leaked by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden have revealed the depth and breadth of NSA surveillance activities. The NSA scandal's many dimensions include: mass domestic surveillance of telephone call information; allegations that officials deceived Congress, the courts, and the public about the nature of the NSA's programs; alleged access to the Internet's backbone and the traffic of major Internet companies; and systematic efforts to undercut the use of the encryption that secures communications and financial information.Please join us on October 9 at a conference focusing on these issues and more, featuring keynote addresses by Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI), and Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI). Conference speakers and panels will explore the reporting challenges, legal issues, technology and business dimensions, and potential for reforms related to NSA surveillance.

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Since June, news reports based on documents leaked by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden have revealed the depth and breadth of NSA surveillance activities. The NSA scandal's many dimensions include: mass domestic surveillance of telephone call information; allegations that officials deceived Congress, the courts, and the public about the nature of the NSA's programs; alleged access to the Internet's backbone and the traffic of major Internet companies; and systematic efforts to undercut the use of the encryption that secures communications and financial information.Please join us on October 9 at a conference focusing on these issues and more, featuring keynote addresses by Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI), and Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI). Conference speakers and panels will explore the reporting challenges, legal issues, technology and business dimensions, and potential for reforms related to NSA surveillance.

Since June, news reports based on documents leaked by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden have revealed the depth and breadth of NSA surveillance activities. The NSA scandal's many dimensions include: mass domestic surveillance of telephone call information; allegations that officials deceived Congress, the courts, and the public about the nature of the NSA's programs; alleged access to the Internet's backbone and the traffic of major Internet companies; and systematic efforts to undercut the use of the encryption that secures communications and financial information.Please join us on October 9 at a conference focusing on these issues and more, featuring keynote addresses by Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI), and Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI). Conference speakers and panels will explore the reporting challenges, legal issues, technology and business dimensions, and potential for reforms related to NSA surveillance.

Purchase BookAfter its release in 2009, The Beautiful Tree drew widespread praise. The book tells the remarkable story of author James Tooley's travels from Africa to China, and of the children, parents, teachers, and others who showed him how the poor are building their own schools and learning to save themselves. Publishers Weekly declared it "a moving account of how poor parents struggle against great odds to provide a rich educational experience to their children." Writing in The Claremont Review of Books, John Blundell called it "a masterpiece." In conjunction with the release of the book's paperback edition, James Tooley will discuss the extraordinary changes in educating the poor that have occurred since The Beautiful Tree was published, as well as his experiences as a cofounder of both Omega Schools, a chain of low-cost private schools in Ghana, and Empathy Learning Systems, an educational service company that runs a chain of inexpensive private schools in Hyderabad, India.We hope that you will join us to hear James Tooley discuss what's going right in some of the world's poorest nations and communities. The entrepreneurial spirit, Tooley makes clear, and the love of parents for their children, can be found in every corner of the globe.

After the needless death of his father, business executive David Goldhill began a personal exploration of a health care industry that for years has delivered poor service and irregular quality at astonishingly high cost. In Catastrophic Care, Goldhill shows the U.S. health care sector is not worth preserving in anything like its current form — and President Obama's health care law is likely to exacerbate its failings. Goldhill proposes a different and radical solution to these agonizing problems. Follow the link below for the full event, including remarks from the author: Catastrophic Care: How American Health Care Killed My Father — and How We Can Fix It

Purchase BookFollowing a bloody civil war and the defeat of Chiang Kai-shek in 1949, Mao Zedong hoisted the red flag over Beijing's Forbidden City. Due to the secrecy surrounding the country's records, little has been known about the early years of the communist rule. Drawing on previously classified documents, secret police reports, and eyewitness accounts, Dikötter bears witness to a shocking, largely untold history. People of all walks of life were brutalized, imprisoned, and executed. Others were forced to write confessions and denounce their friends. "The Chinese Communist party refers to its victory in 1949 as 'liberation,'" Dikötter writes. "In China the story of liberation and the revolution that followed is not one of peace, liberty, and justice. It is first and foremost a story of calculated terror and systematic violence." Harry Wu, a human rights advocate who saw the communist takeover and later spent 19 years in various Chinese forced-labor camps, will comment on the book and life under Mao's tyrannical regime. Full Event: The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Chinese Revolution 1945-1957

In Panel I of the conference, Gail Heriot, Professor of Law,University of San Diego Law School, discusses the Supreme Court's view of Affirmative Action as it relates to equal protection. Joined by Roger Clegg, President, Center for Equal Opportunity, and Elizabeth B. Wydra, Chief Counsel, Constitutional Accountability Center, the panel takes a look at what could be seen in the upcoming term. Full Event 12th Annual Constitution Day

Cato's 12th Annual Constitution Day Conference, "The Supreme Court: Past and Prologue, A Look at the October 2012 and 2013 Terms" In Panel II of the conference, Andrew M. Grossman, Associate, Baker & Hostetler LLP, discusses the two-part test for deference to administrative policy. Joined by Ilya Somin, Professor of Law, George Mason University Law School, and Kenneth Anderson, Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law the panel reviews other notable Supreme Court cases involving property, money, and international human rights. Video produced by Blair Gwaltney.

Cato's 12th Annual Constitution Day Conference, "The Supreme Court: Past and Prologue, A Look at the October 2012 and 2013 Terms" On December 15, 1791, following the ratification by the Virginia General Assembly, the Bill of Rights was signed into law. In the 12th Annual B. Kenneth Simon Lecture, the Honorable David B. Sentelle of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit finds that freedom of the press has taken on a new meaning. Video produced by Blair Gwaltney.

Cato's 12th Annual Constitution Day Conference, "The Supreme Court: Past and Prologue, A Look at the October 2012 and 2013 Terms" In Panel VI of the conference, Tom Goldstein, Partner, Goldstein & Russell LLP, discusses the future of recess appointments as the issue is set to go before the Supreme Court. Joined by Howard Bashman, Law Offices of Howard J. Bashman, and Marcia Coyle, Supreme Court Reporter, "National Law Journal," the panel takes a look at what could be seen in the upcoming term. Video produced by Blair Gwaltney.

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Free trade in energy would help Americans, so why are there so many restrictions? Cato adjunct scholar Scott Lincicome explains.