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Standing Committee on Law and National Security Calendar

Past Events

  September 27, 2007

Breakfast Program, David Kris, former Associate Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Modernization

The Foreign Surveillance Act of 1978 (Redlined to Reflect Amendments
After 9/11/01)

Listen (running time ~45 minutes)

ABA Anual Meeting 2007 Aug. 9-14, 2007
San Francisco, CA

ABA 2007 Annual Meeting

San Francisco Marriott
Pacific Suite I, 4th Floor
Careers in National Security Law Panel Discussion and Q&A Session

Listen (running time ~90 minutes)

 

Moderator Harvey Rishikof addresses audience with former Standing Committee chair Dean Elizabeth Parker as panelist.

August 10, 2007
San Francisco, CA

San Francisco Marriott
Pacific Suite I, 4th Floor
GWOT vs. SAVE
A New Legal Framework? Is it a Global War on Terrorism or a Struggle Against Violent Extremism?


Listen (running time ~120 minutes)

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  July 17, 2007

Careers in National Security Law Program

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June 28, 2007

Breakfast Program Seymour Hersh, Investigative Journalist

"The Role of the Reporter Inside the National Security Apparatus"

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May 17, 2007
Washington, DC

Breakfast Program: Moore's Law and Moore's Outlaws
Dr. Wendy Hall, Director, Bioterrorism, Weapons of Mass Destruction and Science & Technology Policy, Office of Policy Development, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

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May 10-11, 2007

Conference on International Networks and Homeland Security - May 10-11, 2007

Keynote Address by the Honorable Christiaan Mark Johan Kroner, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United States of America delivered Thursday, May 10, 2007 before the ABA Conference on International Networks and Homeland Security. "Counterterrorism Strategies from an International Law and Policy Perspective" Click here to read text.

Michael Posner

April 25, 2007
Washington, DC

Breakfast Program: A Discussion of the Rules for Interrogation for CIA and Private Military Contractors
Michael Posner, President, Human Rights First

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FBI Seal March 29, 2007
Washington, DC

Special Program:
Responding to the Department of Justice Inspector General's Report on the Use of National Security Letters

Moderator: Suzanne Spaulding, Principal, Bingham Consulting Group
Panelists: Valerie Caproni, General Counsel, FBI
Andrew McCarthy, Senior Fellow, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies
Jeffrey H. Smith, Partner, Arnold & Porter and former General Counsel, CIA
Michael Vatis, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson and former Associate Deputy Attorney General
Spike Bowman, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Technology & National Security Policy, NDU

Read the Department of Justice Inspector General's report on National Security Letters.

Listen (running time 1 hr. 45 min.)
Part 1
Part 2

Joel Brenner March 29, 2007
Washington, DC

Breakfast Program: Joel Brenner
National Counterintelligence Executive (NCIX) and Mission Manager for Counterintelligence

Listen (running time ~45 min.)
Transcript
The National Counterintelligence Strategy of the United States, 2007

Key Legislative Provisions

National Security Law Instititute Jan. 18-Jan. 19
Washington, DC

Homeland Security Law Institute
Sponsored by the ABA Section on Administrative Law

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John Yoo Jan. 3, 2007
Washington, DC

Breakfast Program: John Yoo, Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley

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16th Annual Conference

16th Annual Conference

16th Annual Conference

Nov. 30, 2006 -     
Dec. 1, 2006
Washington, DC

16th Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law

Conference Program
Speaker Bios
Conference Materials

Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Opening Reception - National Security and Homeland Security Careers in Nontradition Settings
Audio (low quality)

Thursday, November 30, 2006
Panel I - Round Table Discussion: Survey of New Developments in National Security Law: Executive Branch Perspectives  
Audio   |    Video (C-SPAN)
Panel II - Round Table Discussion: Survey of New Developments in National Security Law  
Audio
Welcoming Remarks: Karen Mathis, President, American Bar Association   
Audio
Luncheon Keynote Speaker: Senator Arlen Specter, Chairman, Senate Committee on the Judiciary  
Audio
Panel III - Accountability of Contractors on the Battlefield
Audio
Dinner Keynote Speaker: Secretary Michael Chertoff, U.S. Department of Homeland Security  
Audio (low quality)   |    Video (C-SPAN)

Friday, December 1, 2006
Opening Remarks: Stewart A. Baker, Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Homeland Security  
Audio   |    Video (C-SPAN)  |    Slides
Panel IV- Civil Litigation in the War on Terror  
Audio   |    Video (C-SPAN)
Panel V - Detaining and Prosecuting Terrorists: Hamdan and Beyond  
Audio   |    Video (C-SPAN)
Luncheon Keynote Speaker: Congresswoman Jane Harman, Ranking Member, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence  
Audio   |    Video (C-SPAN)
Panel VI - National Security Secrets and Democracy: Leaks, Whistleblowers and the Press  
Audio   |    Video (C-SPAN)

Paul McHale Nov. 15, 2006
Washington, DC
Breakfast Program: Ken Wainstein, Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division
Ken Wainstein is the first head of the National Security Division at the Department of Justice. This new division brings together the Department of Justice's national security, counterterrorism, counterintelligence and foreign intelligence surveillance operations under a single authority.
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Paul McHale Sep. 29, 2006
Washington, DC
Breakfast Program: Paul McHale, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense
A former Congressman from the 15th Congressional District of Pennsylvania and Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, Secretary McHale currently supervises all homeland defense activities of the Department of Defense.
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Liberty vs. Security Aug. 7, 2006
Washington, DC
ABA Annual Meeting: "Liberty" vs. "Security" (Panel Discussion Before the ABA House of Delegates)
Dean Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker, University of the Pacific McGeorge Law School; Professor John Yoo, University of California at Berkeley School of Law; and Neal Sonnett, Chair, ABA Task Force on Domestic Surveillance in the Fight Against Terrorism
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  Jul. 25, 2006
Washington, DC
The Careers in National Security Panel featured young lawyers from the Office of the Director, National Counterterrorism Center; the Office of General Counsel, Department of Defense; the Legislative and Executive branches, including the Department of Homeland Security and the military. Sponsored by the Young National Security Lawyers Group of the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security.
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Ben Powell Jun. 22, 2006
Washington, DC
Breakfast Program: Ben Powell, General Counsel of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence
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Richard Posner May 9, 2006
Washington, DC
Breakfast Program: Hon. Richard Posner, Judge, United States Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
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Philip Zelikow March 10, 2006
Washington, DC
Breakfast Program: Philip Zelikow,Counselor, Department of State
Transcript
ABA Midyear Meeting 2006 February 10, 2006
Chicago, IL
ABA Midyear Meeting Program: The Perfect Storm: Are the Roles and Authorities Adequate for Emergency Response? The panel looked at government legal authority to act in the midst of the immediate response phase to a disaster. The panel also explored state, local and first responder issues; federalism and constitutional challenges; and military involvement and private sector integration. It was cosponsored by the sections of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice and of State and Local Government Law, the Young Lawyers Division and the Law Student Division.
Discussants: Ernest Abbott, FEMA Law Associates and former Counsel, Federal Emergency Management Association; Jessica Herrera-Flanigan, Minority Staff Director and Chief Counsel, House Committee on Homeland Security ; John A. McCarthy, Director, Critical Infrastructure Protection Program, George Mason University School of Law; Lee M. Zeichner, Zeichner Risk Analytics and former Counsel, White House Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Laurence Silberman April 14, 2005
Washington, DC
Breakfast Keynote Speaker: Laurence Silberman,Co-chairman of the Iraq Intelligence Commission
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