Town Hall: USA Patriot Act

More than 400 campus and community members turned out for the first in the university’s latest Town Hall series, Issues That Divide. The evening’s topic, “A Closer Look at the USA Patriot Act,” featured a keynote address by internationally recognized terrorism expert Sabi Shabtai, top right, as well as Luis Flores, chief division counsel at the FBI in Los Angeles, middle right; Stephen Rohde, a constitutional rights attorney, bottom right; Terry Francke, general counsel of the California First Amendment Coalition, top left; and Gordon Bakken, professor of history, middle left. Michele Gile, Orange County reporter for CBS2-TV and KCAL9-TV, bottom left, served as moderator. The program was sponsored by the Orange County Human Relations Commission and the university’s Center for Community Dialogue, Center for Public Policy and College of Communications.