Standing Committee on Law and National Security

American Bar Association
Standing Committee on Law and National Security
Center for National Security Law, University of Virginia School of Law
Center on Law, Ethics and National Security, Duke University School of Law

present

18^th Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law
Issues for the New Administration

November 6 – November 7, 2008

Renaissance Washington DC Hotel
Renaissance Ballroom
999 9^th Street, NW
Washington, DC

Thursday, November 6, 2008

7:30 a.m.	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:15 a.m.	Welcome Albert C. Harvey, Chair ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security
8:30 - 9:15 a.m.	PANEL I: The Nature, Scope and Scale of National Security Threats Inside and Outside the United States
	Moderator: Suzanne E. Spaulding Principal, Bingham Consulting Group
	Panelists: Joel F. Brenner National Counterintelligence Executive Office of the Director of National Intelligence David Kay Consultant and former IAEA/UNSCOM Chief Nuclear Weapons Inspector Joseph Billy, Jr. Vice President of Global Security Prudential and former Assistant Director for Counterterrorism, FBI
9:15 - 10:45 a.m.	PANEL II: Managing the Intelligence Enterprise
	Moderator: M. E. “Spike” Bowman Deputy, National Counterintelligence Executive Office of the Director of National Intelligence
	Panelists: Wyndee Parker Deputy Staff Director and General Counsel House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence William C. Banks Professor of Law and Director Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism Syracuse University College of Law Michael J. Heimbach Assistant Director of Counterterrorism Federal Bureau of Investigation James R. Locher III Executive Director Project on National Security Reform Center on the Study of the Presidency
10:45 a.m.	Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	PANEL III: A Sustainable Legal Regime for Foreign and Domestic Intelligence
	Moderator: Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker Dean, McGeorge School of Law University of the Pacific
	Panelists: Lara M. Flint Counsel, Subcommittee on the Constitution Senate Judiciary Committee John Rizzo Senior Deputy General Counsel Central Intelligence Agency James A. Baker Former Counsel for Intelligence Policy Office of Intelligence Policy and Review Department of Justice James McPherson Executive Director National Association of Attorneys General
12:30 - 2:00 p.m.	Luncheon – Keynote Speaker: "Restoring Integrity in Government Lawyering" The Honorable Sheldon Whitehouse United States Senate, RI
2:15 - 4:15 p.m.	Panel IV: The War in Georgia and the Future of U.S./Russian Relations
	Moderator: John Norton Moore Director, Center for National Security Law and Walter L. Brown Professor of Law University of Virginia School of Law
	Panelists: His Excellency Sergei I. Kislyak Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the United States Lawrence Eagleburger Former Secretary of State Ambassador James F. Collins Senior Associate and Director Russia and Eurasia Program Carnegie Endowment for Int'l Peace and former U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation Dimitri K. Simes President, The Nixon Center and Publisher, The National Interest
4:00 p.m.	Break
4:15 - 5:30 p.m.	PANEL V: Challenges for the Private Sector in National Security
	Moderator: Judith Miller Senior Vice President and General Counsel Bechtel Group, Inc.
	Panelists: Angeline G. Chen Associate General Counsel Lockheed Martin Corporation John MacGaffin Senior Director CENTRA Technology Gordon M. Snow Section Chief for Networks & Cyber Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive
6:00 p.m.	Reception
6:15 p.m.	Keynote Speaker: Admiral Michael Mullen, USN Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
7:15 p.m.	Dinner - Grand Ballroom

Friday, November 7, 2008

7:45 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
8:10 a.m.	Welcome: John Norton Moore Opening Remarks: H. Thomas Wells, Jr. President American Bar Association
8:30 - 10:15 a.m.	Panel VI: Due Process and Issues Surrounding Detention: Considerations for the New Administration
	Moderator: Harvey Rishikof Professor of Law and National Security Studies National War College
	Panelists: Kate Martin Director Center for National Security Studies CDR Glenn M. Sulmasy, USCG Associate Professor of Law Department of Humanities, Law Section United States Coast Guard Academy Matthew Waxman Associate Professor of Law Columbia Law School Benjamin Wittes Fellow and Research Director in Public Law The Brookings Institution
10:15 a.m.	Break
10:30 - 12:15 p.m.	Panel VII: Prosecution by Military Commission: A Question for the Next Administration
	Moderator: Scott L. Silliman Professor of the Practice of Law and Executive Director of the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security Duke University School of Law
	Panelists: John D. Altenburg, Jr., MAJ GEN, USA (Ret.) Of Counsel, Greenberg Traurig and former Appointing Authority for Military Commissions Charles D. Swift Former Visiting Professor Emory Law School and Retired LCDR, Navy JAG Corps Jameel Jaffer Director National Security Project American Civil Liberties Union David B. Rivkin Partner Baker Hostetler
12:15 p.m.	Break
12:30-2:15 p.m.	Luncheon – Keynote Speaker: "National Security: The Changing Role of the Courts" The Honorable David B. Sentelle Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
2:30-4:30 p.m.	Panel VIII: Ethical Issues for National Security Lawyers
	Moderator: Albert C. Harvey
	Panelists: James E. Baker Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces and Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center Kathleen Clark Professor of Law and Co-Director of Congressional and Administrative Law Clinic, Washington University Law School John D. Hutson Dean and President Franklin Pierce Law School Alberto J. Mora Former General Counsel, U.S. Navy
4:30 p.m.	Adjourn

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Standing Committee on Law and National Security
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18th Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law Issues for the New Administration

18^th Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law
Issues for the New Administration