A NATIONAL SECURITY CONFERENCE
Co-Sponsored by the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Law and National Security, the Center for National Security Law University of Virginia School of Law, and the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security Duke University School of Law
PROGRAM
16TH ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE FIELD OF NATIONAL SECURITY LAW
November 30 – December 1, 2006 Marriott at Metro Center Main Ballroom 775 12th Street, NW Washington, DC
PROGRAM
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2006
7:30 AM 8:15 AM REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST WELCOME Albert C. Harvey Chair ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security
OPENING REMARKS Karen J. Mathis President American Bar Association 8:30 AM PANEL I – ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION: SURVEY OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN NATIONAL SECURITY LAW: EXECUTIVE BRANCH PERSPECTIVES MODERATOR: DISCUSSANTS: Albert C. Harvey The Honorable William J. Haynes II General Counsel U.S. Department of Defense The Honorable Philip J. Perry General Counsel U.S. Department of Homeland Security The Honorable Benjamin A. Powell General Counsel Office of the Director of National Intelligence The Honorable Kenneth L. Wainstein Assistant Attorney General National Security Division U.S. Department of Justice James H. Thessin Principal Deputy Legal Adviser U.S. Department of State 1
Thursday, November 30, 2006 Continued 10:30 AM 10:45 AM BREAK PANEL II – ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION: SURVEY OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN NATIONAL SECURITY LAW: VIEWS FROM THE HILL MODERATOR: Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker Dean and Professor of Law McGeorge School of Law University of the Pacific Jeremy Bash Minority Chief Counsel House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Michael Power Chief Counsel House Committee on Homeland Security Scott W. Stucky General Counsel Senate Committee on Armed Services Ron Weich Chief Counsel Office of Senate Majority Leader-elect Harry Reid 12:30 PM 12:45 PM BREAK LUNCHEON – KEYNOTE SPEAKER Senator Arlen Specter Chairman Senate Committee on the Judiciary 2:30 PM PANEL III – ACCOUNTABILITY OF CONTRACTORS ON THE BATTLEFIELD MODERATOR: Richard E. Friedman President and Chair National Strategy Forum
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Thursday, November 30, 2006 Continued
DISCUSSANTS:
James Jay Carafano Senior Research Fellow for Defense and Homeland Security The Heritage Foundation Albert C. Pierce Professor of Ethics and National Security National Defense University Jarisse J. Sanborn Brig. Gen. USAF (Ret.) Former Staff Judge Advocate Headquarters Air Mobility Command United States Air Force Joseph E. Schmitz Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel Prince Group LLC
4:30 PM
INFORMAL MEET
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HOW DO I REALLY GET INVOLVED? Officials from the ABA Standing Committee, the Center on National Security Law, and the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security will be available to discuss new developments and opportunities for additional involvement in the field of national security law. 5:30 PM 6:30 PM RECEPTION DINNER – MAIN BALLROOM KEYNOTE SPEAKER: The Honorable Michael Chertoff Secretary U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2006
7:30 AM 8:00 AM CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST WELCOME John Norton Moore Walter L. Brown Professor and Director, Center for National Security Law University of Virginia School of Law
OPENING REMARKS The Honorable Stewart A. Baker Assistant Secretary for Policy U.S. Department of Homeland Security 8:30 AM PANEL IV- CIVIL LITIGATION IN THE WAR ON TERROR MODERATOR: DISCUSSANTS: John Norton Moore Steve A. Fennell Partner Steptoe & Johnson LLP Allan Gerson Chair AG International Law, PLLC Joe Margulies Assistant Director, MacArthur Justice Center and Clinical Associate Professor of Law Northwestern University School of Law Steven R. Perles Senior Attorney and Founder Perles Law Firm, P.C. Jonathan B. Schwartz Deputy Legal Adviser Bureau of African Affairs U.S. Department of State 4
Friday, December 1, 2006 Continued 10:15 AM 10:30 AM BREAK PANEL V – DETAINING AND PROSECUTING TERRORISTS: HAMDAN AND BEYOND MODERATOR: Scott Silliman Professor of the Practice of Law and Executive Director, Center on Law, Ethics and National Security Duke University School of Law Bradford A. Berenson Partner Sidley Austin LLP Jack L. Goldsmith Henry L. Shattuck Professor of Law Harvard Law School Neal K. Katyal Professor of Law Georgetown University Law Center Deborah N. Pearlstein Director U.S. Law and Security Program Human Rights First 12:15 PM 12:30 PM BREAK LUNCHEON – KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Congresswoman Jane Harman Ranking Member House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 2:30 PM PANEL VI – NATIONAL SECURITY SECRETS AND DEMOCRACY: LEAKS, WHISTLEBLOWERS AND THE PRESS MODERATOR: Suzanne E. Spaulding Principal Bingham Consulting Group LLC 5
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Friday, December 1, 2006 Continued DISCUSSANTS: Robert L. Deitz Senior Councillor to the Director Central Intelligence Agency Kate Martin Director Center for National Security Studies Dan Meyer Director, Civilian Reprisal Investigations Office of the Inspector General U.S. Department of Defense Dana Priest National Security Correspondent The Washington Post Chuck Rosenberg U.S. Attorney Eastern District of Virginia U.S. Department of Justice 4:15 PM ADJOURN
With special appreciation to McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific for sponsorship of the opening reception and to Arnold & Porter for use of the meeting space.
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Standing Committee on Law and National Security
A M E R I CA N BA R A S S O C I AT I O N
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION STANDING COMMITTEE ON LAW AND NATIONAL SECURITY 740 15th Street, NW Washington, DC 20005-1022 TEL: (202) 662-1036 FAX: (202) 662-1032 Website: www.abanet.org/natsecurity
CENTER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY LAW University of Virginia School of Law 580 Massie Road Charlottesville, VA 22903 TEL: (434) 924-4080 FAX: (434) 924-7362 Website: www.virginia.edu/cnsl
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LAW, ETHICS AND NATIONAL SECURITY Duke University School of Law Science Drive and Towerview Road Box 90360 Durham, NC 27708-0360 TEL: (919) 613-7137 FAX (919) 613-7231 Website: www.law.duke.edu/lens
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