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interned with the Jepsen Center on Terrorism at The Fletcher School.
National Security and Civil Liberties Program
The National Security and Civil Liberties Program evolved from last year’s Mock Senate Hearing and is closely connected
with ALLIES. While the program still incorporates the Mock Senate Hearing and the collaboration with Law Library of
Congress, it expands on this initiative in several ways: cadets and midshipmen from the US Military and Naval Academies
now participate, the Mock Senate Hearing also includes a Mock Supreme Court Hearing, and additional events addressing
the intersection of national security and civil liberties are held at Tufts.
This year, the IGL participated in the
nationwide teach-in on “Guantanamo:
How Should We Respond?” by
organizing a panel that was webcast
live (and is still available on the IGL site).
Cadets from the military academies
and ALLIES joined EPIIC students for
a smaller class discussion about the
challenges that Guantanamo poses on
a range of levels, from foreign policy and national security to human rights.
The class was followed by a dinner with the participants, allowing the students
to explore the issues in a more private setting before the public panel.
The day’s participants were:
• Pamela Merchant is the Executive Director of The Center for Justice & Accountability in San Francisco. Formerly,
she was a federal prosecutor with the U. S. Department of Justice in the Criminal Division, where she specialized in white
collar prosecutions. CJA’s creation was inspired by legal and psychological work with victims of torture and other grave
human rights abuses.
• Alberto Mora recently retired as the General Counsel for the U.S.
Navy, the most senior civilian lawyer for the Navy and a rank equal to that
of a four-star general. Mr. Mora was recognized with the 2006 JFK Profile in
Courage Award for the moral and political courage he demonstrated in his
effort to end U.S. military policy regarding the treatment of detainees held
by the United States as part of the War on Terror.
• Michael Posner is currently the President of Human Rights First.
He has been at the forefront of the international human rights movement
for nearly 30 years and, as the Executive Director of Human Rights First,
he helped the organization earn a reputation for leadership in the areas
of refugee protection, advancing a rights-based approach to national security, challenging crimes against humanity, and
combating discrimination.
• Michael Poulshock (EPIIC’97) is a Cooperating Attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights. He is currently
representing two Yemeni Guantanamo detainees and has worked on a number of other human rights cases, including
lawsuits brought against former Israeli officials for their participation in attacks against civilians and cases brought on
behalf of Nigerian activists to redress corporate complicity in human rights violations.
• Robert J. Roughsedge is a partner and senior trial attorney in the Litigation Group of the law firm Lawson &
Weitzen and an adjunct faculty member at the Suffolk University Law School. Mr. Roughsedge is a frequent commentator
on television news programs concerning both terrorism issues and legal matters. As a former Army officer with practical
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