Steptoe & Johnson LLP Conference Center
1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
The Federalist Society's International & National Security Law Practice Group invites you to join us for our 2015 National SecuritySymposium on April 29 in Washington, D.C. The Symposium will include panels on "How to Manage the Intelligence Community" and "Are We @ Cyberwar, and If So, What Should We Do About it." It will also include a luncheon address by National Review Institute Senior Fellow Andrew C. McCarthy.
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8:55 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Welcome & Panel I: How to Manage the Intelligence Community
2015 National Security Symposium
| Topics: | International Law & Trade • Security & Privacy • Separation of Powers • Federalism & Separation of Powers • International & National Security Law |
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Steptoe & Johnson LLP Conference Center
1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
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Since September 11, 2001, the intelligence community has been at the center of key national security events including the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the hunt for Osama Bin Laden and other key terrorism figures, leaks by Edward Snowden, and disclosures about the CIA's rendition program. During that same period of time, the management of the intelligence community has been reformed, executive agencies have reorganized themselves to better interact with the intelligence community, and most recently, the CIA has announced a fundamental reorganization of its key functions. Our panel will consider how the government can best manage the intelligence community. We will discuss the role of Congressional oversight, the ability to demand accountability, whether the current structure of the intelligence community is optimal, and if effectiveness measures can be applied to intelligence work.
- Michael Allen, Managing Director, Beacon Global Strategies LLC, former Majority Staff Director, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and former Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counter-proliferation Strategy
- Eli Lake, Columnist, Bloomberg View
- Hon. Benjamin A. Powell, Partner, WilmerHale LLP, and former General Counsel to the Director of National Intelligence
- Moderator: Matthew R.A. Heiman, Vice President, Chief Compliance & Audit Officer, Tyco
- Welcome and Introduction: Dean A. Reuter, Vice President and Director of Practice Groups, The Federalist Society
Speakers
10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Panel II: Are We @Cyberwar, and If So, How Should We Fight It?
2015 National Security Symposium
| Topics: | Foreign Policy • International Law & Trade • International & National Security Law |
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Steptoe & Johnson LLP Conference Center
1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
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Several significant cyber incidents, including the recent Sony hack, have been attributed to nation-states or groups closely associated with nation-states. The Intelligence Community's most recent Worldwide Threat Assessment predicts "an ongoing series of low-to-moderate level cyber attacks from a variety of sources over time, which will impose cumulative costs on U.S. economic competitiveness and national security." It identifies Russia, China, Iran and North Korea as Threat Actors. An expert panel will analyze whether any cyber incidents should be considered acts of war, whether U.S. responses be governed by the Law of Armed Conflict, what kinds of incidents warrant responses, and what those responses might be.
- Hon. Stewart A. Baker, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, former Assistant Secretary of Policy, Department of Homeland Security, and former General Counsel, National Security Agency
- Prof. Eric Talbot Jensen, Brigham Young University Law School, and former Chief, International Law, Office of The Judge Advocate General, U.S. Army
- Catherine B. Lotrionte, Director, CyberProject, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, and former former Counsel to the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, former Assistant General Counsel, Office of General Counsel, Central Intelligence Agency
- Prof. John C. Yoo, Emanuel S. Heller Professor of Law, University of California Berkeley School of Law, former Deputy Assistant U.S. Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel
- Moderator: Prof. Jeremy A. Rabkin, George Mason University School of Law
Speakers
11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Luncheon Address: National Insecurity: Is the Law the Enemy's Weapon?
2015 National Security Symposium
| Topics: | Constitution • International Law & Trade • Security & Privacy • International & National Security Law |
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Steptoe & Johnson LLP Conference Center
1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
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The Federalist Society's International & National Security Law Practice Group presented this luncheon address during the 2015 National Security Symposium on April 29 in Washington, D.C.
- Andrew C. McCarthy, Senior Fellow, National Review Institute
