nationalsecuritylaw event tomorrow: Join the Brennan Center for a discussion on liberty and national security

* Event tomorrow: Brennan Center sponsors “Domestic Intelligence: New Powers, New Risks” (Tuesday Jan 18 at 4pm in the Gold Room, Rayburn House Office Building)

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Dear Friend,

The Brennan Center for Justice invites you to a discussion to mark the release of our new report: Domestic Intelligence: New Powers, New Risks.

The report raises concerns about the implementation of the 2008 Attorney General’s Guidelines for Domestic FBI Operations and meaningful oversight of domestic counterterrorism efforts. The panel will discuss domestic intelligence gathering, the needs of law enforcement, and the impact on Muslim communities.

Please join us for a lively discussion with a panel including:

· Representative Rush Holt, Chairman (2007 -2010), Select Intelligence Oversight Panel

· Emily Berman, Author, Domestic Intelligence: New Powers, New Risks

· Shahid Buttar, Executive Director, Bill of Rights Defense Committee

· Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Director of the Center for the Study of Terrorist Radicalization, Foundation for Defense of Democracies

Moderated by Michael Isikoff, National Investigative Correspondent, NBC

Valerie Caproni, General Counsel to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, is no longer able to attend the program.

Light snacks, beverages and discussion to follow.

When: Tuesday, January, 18th, 4 PM

*Please note the new location.*

Where: Gold Room, Room 2168
Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20540

Please RSVP to Jeanine Plant-Chirlin, jeanine.plant-chirlin or at 646-292-8322, as space may be limited.
Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law | 161 Avenue of the Americas, 12th Floor | New York, NY 10013 | 646.292.8310 phone | 212.463.47308 fax | brennancenter@nyu.edu

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By Robert M. Chesney

Robert M. Chesney is Charles I. Francis Professor in Law at UT-Austin School of Law. Chesney is a national security law specialist, with a particular interest in problems associated with terrorism. Professor Chesney recently served in the Justice Department in connection with the Detainee Policy Task Force created by Executive Order 13493. He is a member of the Advisory Committee of the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Law and National Security, a senior editor for the Journal of National Security Law & Policy, an associate member of the Intelligence Science Board, a non-resident senior fellow of the Brookings Institution, a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a member of the American Law Institute. Professor Chesney has published extensively on topics ranging from detention and prosecution in the counterterrorism context to the states secrets privilege. He served previously as chair of the Section on National Security Law of the Association of American Law Schools and as editor of the National Security Law Report (published by the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Law and National Security). His upcoming projects include two books under contract with Oxford University Press, one concerning the evolution of detention law and policy and the other examining the judicial role in national security affairs.

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