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Public Lecture "National Security and The Hidden Architecture of Information Control" by Dr. Alasdair Roberts, Syracuse University Date & Time: Friday, 14th March 2003, 12:45 pm - 2:00 pm Location: Macmechan Auditorium, Killam Library Governments around the world have restricted access to information since September 11. But deeper forces were working against open government in Canada and abroad well before the terror attacks. Defence and intelligence integration is reinforcing state secrecy in problematic but largely unobserved ways. Dr. Roberts is the Director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute and Associate Professor in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. Prior to his recent appointment at Syracuse, he was a faculty member in the School of Policy Studies, at Queen's University. He holds a BA (Political Studies) from Queen's, a JD from the University of Toronto Law School, a Master of Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and PhD in public policy also from Harvard. Dr. Roberts is a noted speaker on the topic of access to information, and has been widely cited in national and international media. This lecture is co-sponsored by the Department of Political Science, the School of Library and Information Studies, and the School of Public Administration The lecture is open to the public at no charge. All are welcome. School of Library and Information Studies Dalhousie University Halifax, NS B3H 3J5