"20th Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law"
Events and Seminars - POSTED: 2010/11/01 07:49
Events and Seminars - POSTED: 2010/11/01 07:49
The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Law and National Security will host its premier conference to review the state of national security at the Renaissance Washington D.C. Hotel Nov. 4-5.
This year’s review will include topics such as a discussion of developments in national security law with executive branch general counsels; oversight and policy issues of domestic intelligence; environmental change and national security; drone usage; ethics challenges for national security lawyers; and cyber security.
The conference’s showcase program – Executive Update on Developments in National Security Law (Nov. 4, 8:30 – 10:30 a.m.) – features Standing Committee on Law and National Security Chair Harvey Rishikof leading the discussion with:
Robert Litt, General Counsel, Office of the Director of National Intelligence;
Robert J. Eatinger Jr., Acting Deputy General Counsel for Operations, Central Intelligence Agency;
David S. Kris, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, Department of Justice;
Jeh C. Johnson, General Counsel, Department of Defense; and
Joseph B. Maher, Deputy General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security
Keynote speakers include:
Dr. John Hamre, President and CEO, Center for Strategic and International Studies
(Nov. 4, 1:30 - 2:15 p.m.)
Sen. Lindsey O. Graham, "National Security and Judicial Nominees”
(Nov. 4, 7:30 p.m.)
Stewart A. Baker, Former Assistant Secretary for Policy, DHS, "Cyberwar –
What is it Good For?" (Nov. 5, 1:30 – 2:15 p.m.)
A complete list of programming and speakers can be found online.
Program titles appear below:
Panel I: Executive Update on Developments in National Security Law (Nov. 4, 8:30 – 10:30 a.m.)
Panel II: Governance of Domestic Intelligence (Nov. 4, 10:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.)
Panel III: National Security and Environmental Change (Nov. 4, 2:30 – 4:15 p.m.)
Panel IV: Targeted Killing and use of Unmanned Aerial Systems (Nov. 5, 8:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.)
Panel V: National Security Transformation (Nov. 5, 10:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.)
Panel VI: Legal Doctrine for Cyber Security: Gaps, Myths and the Fog of War (Nov. 5, 2:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
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