The Federalist Society's International & National Security Law Practice Group and the Heritage Foundation co-hosted this event at the Capital Visitor Center on May 28, 2009. These closing remarks were part of a conference on Counterterrorism and the Obama Administration. The address was given by The Hon. Kenneth L. Wainstein of O'Melveny & Myers LLP and former Assistant U.S. Attorney General for National Security. Introduction by Charles D. "Cully" Stimson, Senior Legal Fellow at the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation and former Deputy Assistant U.S. Secretary of Defense (Detainee Affairs).

The Federalist Society's International & National Security Law Practice Group and the Heritage Foundation co-hosted this event at the Capital Visitor Center on May 28, 2009. This event was part of a conference on Counterterrorism and the Obama Administration. Speakers included Deborah Pearlstein, Associate Research Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University; Gabor Rona, Acting Director of Law and Security and International Legal Director of Human Rights First; The Hon. Edwin D. Williamson of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and former Legal Adviser of the U.S. Department of State; and Benjamin Wittes, Senior Fellow of Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. Moderating the panel was William Kristol, Founder and Editor of the The Weekly Standard. Dean Reuter, Director of Practice Groups at The Federalist Society introduced the panel.

The Federalist Society's International & National Security Law Practice Group and the Heritage Foundation co-hosted this event at the Capital Visitor Center on May 28, 2009. This event was part of a conference on Counterterrorism and the Obama Administration. Speakers included Mike German, Policy Counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union; Kate Martin, Director of the Center for National Security Studies; Prof. Nathan A. Sales, Assistant Professor of Law at George Mason University School of Law and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; and The Hon. George J. Terwilliger III of White & Case LLP and former Deputy U.S. Attorney General. Moderating the panel was Stewart A. Baker of Steptoe & Johnson LLP and former Assistant Secretary for Policy at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Introduction by Vincent J. Vitkowsky of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP.

The Federalist Society's International & National Security Law Practice Group and the Heritage Foundation co-hosted this event at the Capital Visitor Center on May 28, 2009. This event was part of a conference on Counterterrorism and the Obama Administration. Speakers included Jonathan Hafetz of the American Civil Liberties Union; Elisa Massimino, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Human Rights First; Andrew C. McCarthy, Senior Fellow at the National Review Institute; David B. Rivkin, Jr., Partner at Baker & Hostetler LLP; and Charles D. "Cully" Stimson, Senior Legal Fellow at the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation and former Deputy Assistant U.S. Secretary of Defense (Detainee Affairs). Moderating the panel was The Hon. Edwin Meese, III, Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow in Public Policy and Chairman of the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation.  Vincent J. Vitkowsky, Partner at Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP, introduced the panel.