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Floyd Abrams, the prominent First Amendment attorney, praised the Bush Administration for permitting widespread access by journalists to the front lines during the invasion of Iraq but chastised the White House for its secrecy and restrictive interpretation of the Patriot Act, enacted after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. "I view the attacks of Sept. 11 as a transformational event in American history," Abrams said. About 200 students, faculty and community members attended Abrams' lecture last Wednesday in the Newman Performing Arts Center. The lecture was titled "The Bush Administration and the First Amendment." Abrams also received the Anvil of Freedom Award from the Estlow International Center for Journalism and New Media at the School of Communication. Abrams contrasted media's unrestricted coverage of the invasion of Iraq to the restrictions journalists faced in reporting the Vietnam War, the invasion of Granada, and, more recently, Afghanistan.
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