ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security, Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law (November 12, 13)
This is always a terrific event. I hope to see many of you there. From the ABA press release:
GITMO DETAINEES, NARCO-VIOLENCE AND CYBERSECURITY ALL TOPICS AT ABA’S NATIONAL SECURITY CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 9, 2009 – With the President’s deadline to shut down Guantanamo rapidly approaching, are we legally prepared with a strategy to handle GITMO detainees? National security issues such as these as well as legislative updates, modern piracy issues, narco-violence along the border and cybersecurity will be explored during the American Bar Association’s 19th Annual Review of the Field of National Security Lawconference this Thursday and Friday, November 12 and 13 at the Renaissance Washington, D.C. Hotel, Renaissance Ballroom, 999 9th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
Opening remarks will be made by Carolyn Lamm, ABA president, and Harvey Rishikof, Chair, ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security.
Featured keynote speakers on Thursday include: James Steinberg, deputy secretary of State at 12:30 p.m., and Jamie S. Gorelick, former deputy attorney general of the United States at 7:15 p.m. Janet Napolitano, secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, will speak on Friday at 12:30 p.m.
The conference is sponsored by the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security.
THURSDAY
8:30 – 10:30 a.m. – Executive Update on Developments in National Security Law
Panelists: Robert Litt, general counsel,Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Stephen W. Preston, general counsel, Central Intelligence Agency
David Kris, assistant attorney general for National Security,U.S. Department of Justice
Ivan Fong, general counsel, U. S. Department of Homeland Security
Jeh Johnson, general counsel, Department of Defense
Moderator: Harvey Rishikof, chair, ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security
10:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Legislative Update on Developments in National Security Law
Panelists will discuss Patriot Act renewals, GITMO detainees, and problems with the legal language found in the homeland security authorization and appropriations bills.
Panelists: Chris Donesa,Republican chief counsel, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Perry Apelbaum, staff director and chief counsel, House Committee on the Judiciary
Brandon Milhorn, Republican staff director and chief counsel, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Rick DeBobes, staff director, Senate Committee on Armed Services
Moderator: Suzanne Spaulding, principal, Bingham Consulting
2:30- 4:15 p.m. – Emerging Issues in National Security Law: Narco-Violence along the Border
Heavily armed drug trafficking organizations defy and undermine government authority and social order in Mexico, raising a host of policy and legal issues for the United States. This panel will discuss the implications these issues have for our immigration laws, the military and the intelligence community.
Panelists: Eric L. Olson,senior advisor, Security Initiative, Mexico Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Luz Nagle, professor of law, Stetson University School of Law
Tracey A. Bardorf, special advisor to the assistant secretary Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Orde F. Kittrie, professor of law, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
Moderator: Robert Chesney, professor of law, University of Texas
FRIDAY
8:30 – 10:15 a.m. – Modern Piracy: Legal and Policy Options
Panelists: Rear Admiral William D. Baumgartner, judge advocate general and chief counsel, U. S. Coast Guard
Commander James Kraska,USN JAG and professor of international law, U.S. Naval War College
Gordan Van Hook, senior director, Innovation and Concept Development, Maersk Line, Ltd.
Martin Murphy, senior fellow, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments and visiting fellow, Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies, King’s College, London
John Norton Moore, director, Center for National Security Law, University of Virginia School of Law
Moderator: Jane Dalton,professorial lecturer, George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs
10:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. – Revised Military Commissions: Lingering Questions
President Obama has indicated that he intends to use both federal district court trials and military commissions to prosecute those detained at Guantanamo Bay for which there is some evidence of criminality. The panel will probe the advantages and disadvantages of the two different prosecutorial forums for prosecuting the detainees
Panelists: Deborah Pearlstein, visiting scholar, Program in Law and Public Affairs, Princeton University
Jonathan Hafetz, lawyer, National Security Project American Civil Liberties Union
Colonel Mary V. Perry, director, Operations and International Law Division, Office of the Judge Advocate General, U.S. Air Force
Robin Jacobsohn, deputy general counsel, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Defense
Moderator: Scott L. Silliman, executive director, Center on Law, Ethics and National Security, Duke University Law School
2:30 – 4:15 p.m. – Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare
Are virtual worlds going to avoid traditional rules of privacy, judicial oversight and agency regulation? What happens when the virtual becomes real? Is “Big Brother” even possible in cyberspace? The panel will discuss these questions and more.
Panelists: Bradford Bleier, supervisory special agent, Cyber Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Philip Reitinger, deputy undersecretary of National Protection & Programs Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Chris Painter, acting senior director for Cybersecurity, National Security Council
Kim Taipale, founder and executive director, Center for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology Policy
Moderator: Spike Bowman, distinguished fellow, Center for National Security Law, University of Virginia School of Law