Upcoming Event at Brookings: A Conversation with David Kris, AAG for the National Security Division (June 11th)

* Upcoming Event at Brookings: A Conversation with David Kris, AAG for the National Security Division (June 11th)

Not to be missed if you can possibly make it. David is a terrific speaker, has an extraordinarily important job, and does not often appear in such settings. Details below:

Event Announcement

Law Enforcement as a Counterterrorism Tool

A Conversation with Assistant Attorney General for National Security David Kris

Friday, June 11, 2010, 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

The Brookings Institution, Saul-Zilkha Rooms, 1775 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, D.C.

With prosecutions under way involving the alleged Times Square bomber and the accused Christmas Day airline bomber, the disruption of an al-Qaeda plot to attack the subways in Manhattan, and the conviction of a key figure in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, the U.S. Department of Justice has had a number of high-profile counterterrorism successes of late. Under the direction of Attorney General Eric Holder, how does the administration view combating the ongoing threat of terrorism, preventing future attacks and prosecuting suspected terrorists?

On June 11, the Brookings Institution will host David Kris, assistant attorney general for national security at the U.S. Department of Justice, to discuss the role of law enforcement as a counterterrorism tool. Mr. Kris will examine the recent history of U.S. counterterrorism strategy; provide a conceptual framework for thinking about how law enforcement can disrupt plots, incapacitate terrorists, and collect intelligence; and describe how law enforcement has been used in coordination with other vital counterterrorism methods.

Following his remarks, Mr. Kris will take audience questions. Brookings Senior Fellow Benjamin Wittes will moderate the discussion.

Introduction and Moderator
Benjamin Wittes

Senior Fellow

The Brookings Institution
Speaker
David Kris
Assistant Attorney General for National Security

U.S. Department of Justice

To RSVP, please call the Brookings Office of Communications at 202.797.6105, or visit link http://guest.cvent.com/i.aspx?4W%2cM3%2cac5acbe7-5e70-411a-8d8a-93c1545ac289

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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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