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To outsiders, its initials once stood for “No Such Agency.” To its employees, they stood for “Never Say Anything.” Today the public knows that the ultra-secret National Security Agency manages the nation’s spy satellites, but few know exactly why the NSA is the most powerful U.S. intelligence agency—or its roles in the Cold War, the hunt for Osama bin Laden, and Echelon, the worldwide NSA spying operation that, many charge, is illegally monitoring innocent citizens. No outsider knows more about the NSA than investigative journalist James Bamford, who began to research it before most members of Congress had even heard of it. In this talk, Mr. Bamford explained why he believes the NSA is a dangerous, two-edged sword.
Sunday, 26 June 1994
Co-sponsored by the Independent Institute, Kids Voting Kansas, Koch Crime Commission, and the University of Kansas
Kansas Union
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
Moderator:
Arthur R. Miller, Professor of Law, Harvard University
Participants:
Randy E. Barnett, Professor of Law, Boston University
William P. Barr, former Attorney General of the United States
Pasco M. Bowman II, Judge, U. S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit
Steven J. Davies, Superintendent of Schools, Kingman Norwich, KS
Williamson M. Evers, Fellow, The Independent Institute and Hoover Institution
Joan M. Finney, Governor of Kansas
Raymond W. Kelly, Former Police Commissioner, New York City
William I. Koch, Chairman, Oxbow Corporation
W. Walter Menninger, President and CEO, Menninger Foundation
Gale A. Norton, Attorney General of Colorado
Eric S. Rosen, State District Court Judge, Shawnee County, KS
Nadine Strossen, National President, American Civil Liberties Union
Bailus M. Tate, President, Board of Police Commissioners, Kansas City, MO
Executive Producer:
William I. Koch, Chairman, Oxbow Corporation
Producer and Director:
David J. Theroux, Founder and President, The Independent Institute
