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4:30 pm Symposia #4 Maxwell Auditorium, first floor Maxwell Hall Tradeoffs Between Liberty and Security Participants: Melvyn Levitsky Melvyn Levitsky, who retired in 1998 as one of the country’s most senior diplomats, is Professor of International Relations and Public Administration and Distinguished Fellow at the Moynihan Institute. During his 35-year career as a U.S. diplomat, Levitsky served as Ambassador to Brazil, Ambassador to Bulgaria, Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters, Deputy Director of the Voice of America, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights. Levitsky also directed the State Department’s Office of UN Political Affairs and was Officer-in-Charge of US-Soviet Bilateral Relations. Levitsky was recently elected to a seat on the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB). Eric Biel Eric Biel, Deputy Director of Human Rights First, received a joint JD-MPA from Yale Law School and the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton. He was Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Fontheim International, Deputy Under Secretary for Trade Policy, and Acting Director of the Office of Policy and Strategic Planning. He also teaches at Johns Hopkins and Georgetown Universities. William Banks Professor Banks has been a member of the faculty of the Syracuse University College of Law since 1978. He served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 1979-1981. Since 1998, he has also been a Professor of Public Administration in the Maxwell School. In 1998, Banks was named the Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence. He teaches Constitutional Law, National Security Law, US Counter-Terrorism and the Law, administrative Law, Legislation, Regulatory Law and Policy, Public Administration and Law and Public Law Processes. Moderator: Rosemary Pooler After receiving a law degree from the University of Michigan, Rosemary Pooler worked in private practice until 1972. She was elected to the Syracuse Common Council, became the Chair and Executive Director of the New York State Consumer Protection Board and then the Commissioner of the New York State Public Service Commission. In 1991, Rosemary Pooler was elected to the New York State Supreme Court. In 1994 she was appointed to the US District Court for the Northern District of New York by President Clinton. She is currently a United States Court of Appeals Judge for the Second Circuit.