UC Davis experts: Intelligence, war, civil liberties
The following University of California, Davis, faculty are available to comment on aspects of national politics and policy.
Intelligence history and spying
In 2008, history professor Kathryn Olmsted published “Real Enemies: Conspiracy Theories and American Democracy, World War I to 9/11,” in which she details crimes commited by the U.S. government. Olmsted can also talk about how English spy Kim Philby neutralized Bentley's importance to the FBI as a counterspy because of his close ties to the U.S. intelligence. Olmsted is a scholar of 20th century American intelligence history. She can talk about intelligence issues behind the Bay of Pigs, the Pearl Harbor attack, why the Watergate break-in and its aftermath was a constitutional crisis, and the history of the CIA and FBI. Contact: Kathryn Olmsted, History, (530) 752-2118, ksolmsted@ucdavis.edu.
Immigration, racial profiling, civil liberties
Possible legal fallout from a war against terrorism include reforms to immigration laws and cutbacks on civil liberties protections, says Kevin Johnson, dean and a civil rights authority at the School of Law at UC Davis. A specialist in immigration and civil rights law, Johnson can provide comment on these and other issues such as race profiling in screening for terrorists and the civil rights implications of this practice, as well as hate crimes against "foreign"-appearing people. Johnson is president of Legal Services of Northern California and former member of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights for the San Francisco Bay Area. Contact: Kevin Johnson, School of Law, (530) 752-0243, krjohnson@ucdavis.edu.
Media contacts
- Karen Nikos, News Service, (530) 752-6101, kmnikos@ucdavis.edu
Last updated Feb. 15, 2012
