Counterterrorism and the Obama Administration

International & National Security Law Practice Group

Start : Thursday, May 28, 2009 9:00 AM

End : Thursday, May 28, 2009 3:00 PM

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Location:
The Capitol Visitor Center
Room HVC 201 AB
Washington, DC

This event is being co-sponsored with The Heritage Foundation.

Counterterrorism and the Obama Administration President Obama has decided to close Guantanamo and reassess our counterterrorism policies. The leader of the Pakistani Taliban has threatened “an attack in Washington that will amaze everyone in the world.” What happens next? What legal structures can keep America safe against terrorist attacks? Should the law of armed conflict maintain its primacy? Can ordinary criminal courts successfully try terrorist suspects? Should specialized national security courts be created? What interrogation, surveillance and intelligence tools are essential to prevent future attacks?

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Agenda:

THURSDAY, MAY 28
9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
Registration (Continental breakfast available)

9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Panel 1: Detention and Trial of Terrorist Suspects

Jonathan Hafetz, Esq., American Civil Liberties Union
Elisa Massimino, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, Human Rights First
Andrew C. McCarthy, Senior Fellow, National Review Institute
David B. Rivkin, Jr., Partner, Baker & Hostetler LLP
Charles D. "Cully" Stimson, Senior Legal Fellow, Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, The Heritage Foundation, and former Deputy Assistant U.S. Secretary of Defense (Detainee Affairs)
Moderator: The Hon. Edwin Meese, III, Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow in Public Policy and Chairman, Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, The Heritage Foundation

10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Break

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Panel 2: Preventing Attacks through Interrogation and Transfer of Terrorists Suspects

Deborah Pearlstein, Associate Research Scholar, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
Gabor Rona, Acting Director of Law and Security and International Legal Director, Human Rights First
The Hon. Edwin D. Williamson, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and former Legal Adviser of the U.S. Department of State
Benjamin Wittes, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, Brookings Institution
Moderator: William Kristol, Founder and Editor, The Weekly Standard

12:30 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Break

12:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Luncheon and Panel 3: Preventing Attacks through Surveillance and Intelligence

Mike German, Policy Counsel, American Civil Liberties Union
Kate Martin, Director, Center for National Security Studies
Prof. Nathan A. Sales, Assistant Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law and former Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
The Hon. George J. Terwilliger III, White & Case LLP and former Deputy U.S. Attorney General
Moderator: Stewart A. Baker, Steptoe & Johnson LLP and former Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Closing Remarks

The Hon. Kenneth L. Wainstein, O'Melveny & Myers LLP and former Assistant U.S. Attorney General for National Security

Registration details:

There is no charge to attend this program. Lunch will be served.

Online registration is now closed. On-site registration will be available.
This event wll be broadcast live on C-SPAN2. Check CSPAN.org for more information.