The Rule of Law and the War on Terrorism

with Bill Bratton, David Cole, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center; Alberto Gonzales, former Attorney General of the United States and White House Counsel; Anthony Romero, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union; John Yoo, former Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice; Professor of Law, University of California at Berkeley; Moderator: Dahlia Lithwick, Slate.

 

The Media’s Role in Covering Terrorism

Panelists: P.J. Crowley, former Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs; Dana Priest, The Washington Post; Ira Rosen, Producer, “60 Minutes,” CBS News; Kristen Saloomey, Al Jazeera; Eric Schmitt, The New York Times; Moderator: Josh Gerstein, Politico

Conducting a Global Response to Counterterrorism

Daniel Benjamin, Ambassador-at-Large, Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Department of State; Moderator: Dan Klaidman, former Managing Editor, Newsweek

Financing Terror

Stuart Levey, former Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, Department of the Treasury; Juan Carlos Zarate, former Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Adviser for Combating Terrorism; Moderator: Erin Burnett, CNN

Investing in the Security & Defense Sector - Venture Investing and M&A <

Douglas Baker, Co-Founder, Managing Director, Monument Capital Group LLC; former Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Border and Transportation Security Policy, Homeland Security Council; Michael R. Steed, Chairman, Founder and Managing Partner, Paladin Capital Group; Chairman, Paladin Homeland Security Fund Investment Committees. Thomas Pagnani, Senior Director, Leveraged Finance Group, Capital Source; Devin Talbott, Vice President, D.E. Shaw; Greg Woodford, Managing Director, BB&T-Windsor Group; Moderator: Katie Benner, Fortune Magazine.

Security: Behavior Matters with Eric Bonabeau, CEO and Chief Scientific Officer, Icosystem; Dr. Stephen Kosslyn, Director, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University; Larry Willis, Director, Suspicious Behavior Detection Programs, Human Factors/Behavioral Analysis Division, Science & Technology Directorate, Department of Homeland Security; Dr. Kathleen L. Kiernan, CEO, Kiernan Group Holdings; Director, Board of Directors, i2; Moderator: Rob Margetta, Congressional Quarterly

The current Secretary of Homeland Security and her immediate predecessor reflect on the progress the department has made to date and look ahead to the future as the nation enters its first post-9/11 decade.