Discussion: "Top Secret: When Our Government Keeps Us in the Dark"
On Wednesday, November 28, 2007, from 5:00 to 7:00pm, Georgetown is hosting a discussion between
Prof. Geoffery Stone, former Dean of University of Chicago Law School, and author of Top Secret: When Our Government Keeps Us in the Dark, and
Prof. Stephen Vladeck of American University's Washington College of Law, moderated by Prof. Neal Katyal of Georgetown. A Webcast will be available at https://www.law.georgetown.edu/webcast/.
Conference: "The Mukasey Hearings Revisited: Legal Experts Analyze the New Attorney General’s Views on National Security and Separation of Powers"
On Thursday, November 29, 2007, from 12 to 1:30pm, Goergetown will host a conference of legal experts to discuss the new Attorney General's views on national security. The confirmation hearings for Attorney General Michael Mukasey raised numerous legal and constitutional issues relating to national security, civil liberties, and the separation of powers. The positions of the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the attorney general present a rich variety of views of the constitution and the balance of power among the three branches of government. The panelists will analyze these positions and consider what the views of the new attorney general will add to the mix. Panelists include Jamie Gorelick, former Deputy Attorney General; Prof. Charles Fried, Harvard Law School and former Solicitor General; Prof. Walter Dellinger, Duke Law School and former Acting Solicitor General; Prof. Viet D. Dinh, Georgetown University Law Center and former Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Policy; and Prof. David Barron, Harvard Law School and former Attorney-Adviser, Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel. This event is co-sponsored by Georgetown Law’s Center on National Security & the Law and Harvard Law School’s Heyman Fellows Program, Office of Public Interest Advising; Berkman Center for Internet & Society.
Debate: "Less Safe, Less Free: Why America Is Losing the War on Terror"
On October 30, 2007, the Center, along with the Human Rights Institute and other Georgetown organizations, hosted a discussion and debate celebrating the publication of Less Safe, Less Free: Why America Is Losing the War on Terror by Georgetown Law professor David Cole and Jules Lobel. Professor Cole provided remarks on the book, after which Neal Katyal, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, and Lead Counsel, Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, and Bradford Berenson, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP, and former Associate White House Counsel for President George W. Bush, responded. A reception and book signing followed.
Conference: "FISA Modernization: National Security Surveillance in the 21st Century"
This day-long conference was held on September 10, 2007, in partnership with James A. Baker, Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law, and David S. Kris, coauthor of National Security Investigations and Prosecutions. The program featured current and former government officials, including the chief counsel for the Director of National Intelligence, and the event was attended by more than 100 people. Attendees included key government officials from such agencies as the Naval Criminal Investigative Services, Department of Justice, National Security Agency, Senate Judiciary Committee, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Federal Judicial Center, and several senators’ offices; reporters from National Public Radio, Bloomberg News, Associated Press, CNN, Washington Post, US News & World Reports, Wall Street Journal, and others; academics; staff members from Canada’s Department of Justice; and representatives of civil society organizations such as the ACLU, the Constitution Project, Project on Government Oversight, American Bar Association, and US Bill of Rights Foundation. It was a very promising start to what will be a regular series of events in which high-profile government officials will discuss fast-breaking legal issues in the security community.
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