20th Annual Review of the Field
of National Security Law
Co-Sponsored By The
American Bar Association
Standing Committee on Law and National Security
Center for National Security Law, University of VirginiaSchool of Law
Center on Law, Ethics and National Security, Duke University School of Law
November 4 – November 5, 2010
Renaissance Washington DC Hotel
Renaissance Ballroom
999 9th Street, NW
Washington, DC
Thursday, November 4, 20107:30 a.m. / RegistrationandContinental Breakfast
8:15-8:30 a.m. / Overview of National Security Topics and Welcome
Harvey Rishikof
Chair
ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security
8:30-10:30 a.m. / Panel I: Executive Update on Developments in National Security Law
Moderator
Harvey Rishikof
Discussants
Robert Litt
General Counsel
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Stephen Preston
General Counsel
Central Intelligence Agency
David Kris
Assistant Attorney General for National Security
U.S. Department of Justice
Jeh Johnson
General Counsel
U.S. Department of Defense
Ivan Fong
General Counsel
U.S.Department of Homeland Security
10:30-10:45 a.m. / Break
10:45-12:30 p.m. / Panel II: Governance of Domestic Intelligence
Moderator
Suzanne Spaulding
Principal, Bingham Consulting Group
Discussants
Philip Mudd*
Senior Research Fellow
Counterterrorism Strategy Initiative
New America Foundation
Caryn A. Wagner*
Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
William C. Banks
Director, Institute for National Security and
Counterterrorism
Board of Advisors, Distinguished Professor, SyracuseUniversityCollege of LawMaxwellSchool of Citizenship
and Public Affairs
Samuel J. Rascoff*
Assistant Professor of Law
New YorkUniversitySchool of Law
12:30-1:30 p.m. / Lunch
1:30-2:15 p.m. / Keynote Address
Dr. John Hamre
President and CEO, Center for Strategic and International Studies
2:15-2:30 p.m. / Break
2:30-4:15 p.m. / Panel III: National Security and Environmental Change
Moderator
Richard Friedman
President, National Strategy Forum
Discussants
Geoffrey D. Dabelko
Director, Environmental Change and Security Program,
WoodrowWilsonInternationalCenter for Scholars
James Kraska, USN, JAGC
United States Naval WarCollege
Linda Malone
Professor, WilliamMaryLawSchool
Stephen Dycus
Professor, VermontLawSchool
5:30 p.m. / Reception
6:00 p.m. / Dinner with Keynote Address
Renaissance Hotel Ballroom
The Honorable Lindsey O. Graham
United States Senator – South Carolina
Friday, November 5, 2010
8:00 a.m. / Continental Breakfast
8:15-8:30 a.m. / Welcome and Opening Remarks
John Norton Moore
Director, Center for National Security Law
Professor, University of VirginiaSchool of Law
8:30-10:15 a.m. / Panel IV: Targeted Killing and Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems
Moderator
John Norton Moore
Discussants
David E. Graham
Executive Director
The Judge Advocate General’s LegalCenter and School
U.S. Army
Jamie A. Williamson
Legal Advisor
International Committee of the Red Cross Regional
Delegation for the United States and Canada
Kenneth Anderson
Professor of Law
AmericanUniversityWashingtonCollege of Law
Vincent Warren
Executive Director
Center for Constitutional Rights
10:15-10:30 a.m. / Break
10:30-12:15 p.m. / Panel V: National Security Transformation
Moderator
James R. Locher III
President and CEO
Project on National Security Reform
Discussants
Gordon Lederman
Counsel, Democratic Staff
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs
Jamie Gorelick
Partner, WilmerHale
Former Deputy Attorney General
John Bellinger*
Partner, Arnold & Porter, LLP
And former State Department Legal Advisor
Dr. John A. Nagl*
President, Center for a New American Security
12:15-1:30 p.m. / Lunch
1:30-2:15 p.m. / Keynote Address
John O. Brennan*
Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Adviser for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
2:15 – 4:00 p.m. / Panel VI: Legal Doctrine for Cybersecurity: Gaps, Myths and the Fog of War
Moderator
Lee Zeichner
President, Zeichner Risk Analytics LLC
Steven R. Chabinsky
Deputy Assistant Director
FBI Headquarters, Cyber Division
Eric Greenwald*
Senior Advisor to the Director of Operations
for Cyber Command
Jack L. Goldsmith
Henry L. Shattuck Professor of Law
HarvardLawSchool
Rick DeBobes*
Democratic Staff Director
Senate Committee on Armed Services
4:00-5:15 p.m. / Panel VII: Ethics Challenges for National
Security Lawyers
Moderator
Al Harvey
Thomason, Hendrix, Harvey, Johnson & Mitchell
A presentation on ethics problems developing in two areas of practice, each involving client confidentiality and loyalty.
*Pending Confirmation Clearances
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University of VirginiaSchool of Law
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Duke University School of Law
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