Join us for a discussion with David Cattler who will outline DCSA’s work to enhance the security and integrity of American industries and preserve the United States’ strategic technological edge.
G. Zachary Terwilliger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia and Jamil Jaffer, Founder of the National Security Institute spoke at GMU
Tom Monheim, General Counsel of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency spoke to the committee about imagery, satellites, and geoint in the future of national security.
Andrea Gacki, Director of the Office of Foreign Asset Control at the U.S. Department of the Treasury spoke to the committee about economic sanctions
The Standing Committee and the National Security Institute at George Mason University held a launch event for the new 2019 U.S. Intelligence Community Law Sourcebook. Sourcebook co-editors Andrew Borene, Adam Pearlman and Harvey Rishikof spoke on a panel with national security practitioners Elisa Poteat and Megan Stifel.
The Standing Committee and the Center on Strategic and International Studies held a Defending Democratic Institutions event "Democracy and Justice in the Age of Disinformation" on Law Day 2019. Suzanne Spaulding, Harvey Rishikof, and Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker, Committee members and former chairs addressed the audience on Russian foreign influence campaigns and the new report "Beyond the Ballot: How the Kremlin Works to Undermine the U.S. Justice System."
Joyce Corell, Assistant Director, Supply Chain and Cyber Directorate, National Counterintelligence and Security Center; Stephen Preston, Partner and Chair of Defense, National Security and Government Contracts Practice, WilmerHale; and Harvey Rishikof, Chair, ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security Advisory Committee discussed the policies and rules that protect critical supply chains.
Avril Haines is a Commissioner on the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service and the former Deputy National Security Advisor. She was joined by Paul Lekas, the General Counsel of the Commission, to talk about public service, the selective service and the Commission's Interim Report
Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Strategy & Engagement Corin Stone, former Executive Director of the National Security Agency, spoke about the 2019 National Intelligence Strategy.
John Carlin of Morrison & Foerster, former Assistant Attorney General of the National Security Division of the Department of Justice discussed his new book Dawn of the Code War, the time he spent fighting foreign cyber attacks in government, and what the future of digital warfare looks like.
Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat spoke about his new book President Carter: The White House Years and the key national security law issues that arose during the Carter administration.
Joyce Corell of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center Supply Chain and Cyber Directorate discussed managing the supply chains that support our nation's critical government and economic functions.
Moderator Judge James Baker, chair of the Standing Committee and former Legal Advisor to the National Security Council (1997-2000) along with Brian Egan, former Legal Advisor to the National Security Council (2013-2016) and BG Rich Gross (USA, ret.), former Legal Counsel to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff discussed the constitutional and international legal questions and processes involved in strategic use of force decision-making.
General Counsel Spencer Fisher of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center delivered remarks after Director William Evanina was called away.
Chief Judge D. Brooks Smith of the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals and Professor Ronald Collins of the University of Washington Law School discussed a new book on the role of judges over a brown-bag lunch event.
Frances Townsend, former Presidential advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, spoke about FISA 702 and her experiences in government.
The co-editors of the new handbook, Jill D. Rhodes and Robert S. Litt, discussed the cyber challenges facing attorneys, law firms and business professionals.
Joel Brenner served as Senior Counsel and Inspector General in the National Security Agency. He is currently a Senior Fellow at MIT.
Dana Boente is the Acting Assistant Attorney General of the National Security Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Adam Smith is an expert on US trade sanctions and international investment regulations. He is a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher who previously served in the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control.
A breakfast event featuring Melissa Hathaway, the president of Hathaway Global Strategies, and a cybersecurity expert who served in two presidential administrations.
A breakfast by the ABA Standing Committee featuring Edward You of the FBI's Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate.
Find more information about Special Agent You and his talk here.
Dr. Matheny is the director of IARPA (Intelligence Advanced Research Project Activity) which funds high risk/high reward research to advance US Intelligence interests. He spoke on the intersection between technical research and legal policy in the security world.
Adam Segal is an expert in cybersecurity and China policy with the Council on Foreign Relations, he joined the ABA for a talk and a Q&A session.
Ambassador Crocker is a veteran of the foreign service department and has served as American ambassador to six countries across the Middle East.
VADM Crawford joined the Standing Committee to discuss international maritime legal issues.
This panel discussion was co-sponsored by Baylor Law School. It was moderated by Daniel Silverberg (National Security Advisor, Office of Congressman Steny Hoyer) and the panelists included: Raj De (Partner, Mayer Brown), Suzan DelBene (Congresswoman, 1st Congressional District of Washington), Paul Rosenzweig (Founder, Red Branch Consulting PLLC | Senior Advisor, The Chertoff Group)
The Standing Committee presented the 2015 Morris I. Leibman Award in Law and National Security to Robert Mueller, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation (2001-2013).
Laura Donohue, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, joined the Standing Committee to discuss her new book The Future of Foreign Intelligence: Privacy and Surveillance in a Digital Age.
John P. Carlin, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, discussed the national security threat landscape and recent trends in the U.S. government’s whole-of-government approach to disrupting national security cyber threats.
Robert Litt, General Counsel, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, joined the Standing Committee in a conversation about the Fourth Amendment in the digital age.
Dean Banks analyzed the military's domestic role as it is shaped by law, and discussed what we must learn and do before the next crisis.