AGENDA
Wednesday, July 27
6:00 – 7:15 p.m. The Role of Special Operations Forces in the Global War on Terrorism
The commander of Special Operations Forces will explain their role in the successful hunt for Osama bin Laden; the ongoing searches for Ayman al-Zawahiri, Mullah Omar, Anwar al-Awlaki, and other top terrorists; and “the war on terror” in general around the globe.
Admiral Eric T. Olson, Commander, US Special Operations Command
Moderator: Martha Raddatz, ABC News
7:15 – 8:30 p.m. OPENING RECEPTION
(McNulty Room, Doerr-Hosier Center)
Thursday, July 28
8:00 – 9:00 a.m. BREAKFAST
Breakfast will be served in the McNulty Room in the Doerr-Hosier Center
9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Counterterrorism: Past, Present, and Future
(McNulty Room, Doerr-Hosier Center)
The former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center will reflect on his tenure and give us his forecast of the counterterrorism challenges that will face his successor in the next decade.
The Honorable Michael Leiter, former Director, National Counterterrorism Center, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Moderator: David Sanger, The New York Times
10:00 – 10:15 a.m. BREAK
10:15-11:15 a.m. Aviation Security
(McNulty Room, Doerr-Hosier Center)
Ten years after 9/11 and billions of dollars later, gaps remain in aviation security, as shown by the “underwear bomber” and the cargo bomb plot. Meanwhile, the public’s tolerance for heightened security measures is waning. Is there a way to close the security gaps that remain and, and at the same time, lessen the inconvenience to the traveling public? Or, must we choose between security and convenience?
The Honorable John Pistole, Assistant Secretary of the Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security
Moderator: Jeanne Meserve, CNN
11:15 – 11:30 a.m. BREAK
11:30 – 12:30 p.m. Maritime Security
(McNulty Room, Doerr-Hosier Center)
How great is the risk that terrorists might someday smuggle a nuclear weapon aboard the millions of cargo containers that arrive at our seaports each year and what can be done to counter it? What other security gaps might there be at our seaports, on and under our waters, and along our coasts?
Donald Kusser, Assistant Port Director, Tactical Operations, Los Angeles – Long Beach Seaport, Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security
Stephen L. Caldwell, Director, Homeland Security and Justice Issues, Government Accountability Office
Moderator: Robert O’Harrow, The Washington Post
12:30 – 12:45 p.m. BREAK
12:45 – 2:00 p.m. The Terrorist Threat Picture and a Counterterrorism Strategy for the Post-bin Laden Era
(McNulty Room, Doerr-Hosier Center)
In the aftermath of 9/11, the intelligence community was accused of failing to “connect the dots.” Has the expenditure of billions of dollars since, the creation of a host of new intelligence agencies, and the reorganization of existing ones made us more likely to detect and disrupt the next plot? And, now that bin Laden is gone from the scene, how is the terrorist “threat picture” changing?
John McLaughlin, former Deputy and Acting Director, Central Intelligence Agency; Distinguished Practitioner-in-Residence at the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Charles Allen, former Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis, Department of Homeland Security; Principal, The Chertoff Group
Moderator: Michael Isikoff, NBC News
2:00 – 3:15 p.m. Border Security
(McNulty Room, Doerr-Hosier Center)
In all the focus on illegal immigration, how secure are our borders from terrorists and what more can and must be done to secure them?
Chief Michael Fisher, Chief, U.S. Border Patrol, Department of Homeland Security
Cindy Coppola, Deputy Director, Terrorist Screening Center
Robert Mocny, Director, US-VISIT program, Department of Homeland Security
Daniel Prieto, Vice President and Practice Lead, Public Sector Strategy & Innovation, IBM
Moderator: Shaun Waterman, The Washington Times
3:15 – 3:30 p.m. BREAK
3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Mass Transit Security
(Paepcke Auditorium)
Though mass transit systems have been attacked by terrorists around the world, and a successful attack here at home could rival the death and destruction caused by 9/11, only a small fraction of the money and attention devoted to aviation security has been devoted to mass transit security. Is it past time to right this imbalance?
Brian Michael Jenkins, Senior Advisor to the President, RAND Corporation; Research Associate, Mineta Transportation Institute
Paul S. MacMillan, Chief of Police, Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority Transit Police Department
Owen J. Monaghan, Assistant Chief, Transit Bureau, New York Police Department
Moderator: Thomas Frank, USA Today
4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Threat vs. Response
(Paepcke Auditorium)
If there really are, as some officials have conceded, only a relative handful of hardcore Al Qaeda operatives, is our investment in blood and treasure to counter them wildly disproportionate, ill-advised, and, perhaps, even, counterproductive?
Admiral (Ret.) Dennis Blair, former Director of National Intelligence
Moderator: Lesley Stahl, “60 Minutes,” CBS News
5:30 – 5:45 p.m. BREAK
5:45 – 7:45 p.m. DINNER
(McNulty Room, Doerr-Hosier Center)
8:00 – 9:30 p.m. Screening of Global Survivors Network film Killing in the Name followed by panel discussion
(Paepcke Auditorium)
Ashraf was celebrating the happiest day of his life when an al-Qaeda suicide bomber walked into his wedding and killed his father and 26 other family members in front of his eyes. Now he’s rising from tragedy to break the silence in the Muslim community on the taboo subject of terrorism. From a recruiter for Al-Qaeda, to an Islamic militant behind one of the world’s worst terrorist attacks, to a madrassa filled with young boys ready to fulfill the duty of jihad, Ashraf takes us on a harrowing journey around the world to see if one man can speak truth to terror, and begin to turn the global tide. After a showing of this Oscar-nominated film, the executive producer (whose mother perished on 9/11) and a panel of terrorism experts will discuss the film and its larger implications.
Peter Bergen, Co-Director, Counterterrorism Strategy Initiative, New America Foundation; National Security Analyst, CNN
Carie Lemack, Co-Founder, Global Survivors Network; Executive Producer, Killing in the Name
Moderator: Dina Temple-Raston, NPR
Friday, July 29
8:00 – 9:00 a.m. BREAKFAST
9:00 – 10: 15 a.m. Reflections on 9/11 and the Decade Since
(McNulty Room, Doerr-Hosier Center)
Two key White House players and one key former legislator will look back at 9/11, examine the progress we have made to date, and look ahead to how best to counter the terror threat in the decade to come.
Stephen Hadley, former National Security Advisor
The Honorable Fran Townsend, former Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
Jane Harman, former Representative, 36th Congressional District of California; Director, President, and CEO, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Moderator: Walter Isaacson, President & CEO, Aspen Institute
10:15 – 10:30 a.m. BREAK
10:30 – 11:45 a.m. Nuclear Security
(McNulty Room, Doerr-Hosier Center)
As President Obama has said, the prospect of nuclear terrorism is “the single biggest threat to U.S. security, both short-term, medium-term and long-term.” How great is the threat of nuclear weapons’ falling into terrorists’ hands and what more can be done to prevent it?
Dr. Joseph Cirincione, President, Ploughshares Fund
Dr. Robert Gallucci, President, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; former Dean, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University; former Assistant Secretary of State for Political and Military Affairs
Megan Garcia, Fellow, Nuclear Security Initiative, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Warren Stern, Director, Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, Department of Homeland Security
Moderator: Susan Glasser, Foreign Policy
11:45 – 12:00 p.m. BREAK
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. The Wars Abroad and the Threat at Home
(McNulty Room, Doerr-Hosier Center)
As we exit from Iraq and begin the process of withdrawing from Afghanistan, what is the nexus now between those wars and the threat of terrorism here at home? What is the Pentagon’s role in homeland security and what are the implications of declining defense expenditures for that role and the nation’s ability to defend itself against all enemies, foreign and domestic?
Lieutenant General Douglas E. Lute, Special Assistant to the President for Afghanistan and Pakistan
Dr. Paul N. Stockton, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas’ Security Affairs, Department of Defense
Lieutenant General Guy C. Swan III, Commanding General, United States Army North, Department of Defense
Moderator: Kimberly Dozier, Associated Press
1:00 – 1:15 p.m. BREAK
1:15 – 2:30 p.m. Cyber Security
(McNulty Room, Doerr-Hosier Center)
One former top-level government official has warned, “If we were in a cyber-war today, we would lose.” Does he have it right, and, if so, what can be done about it? This and other aspects of cyber security, including privacy, will be explored.
General (Ret.) Michael V. Hayden, former Director, Central Intelligence Agency; former Director, National Security Agency
Jon Ramsey, Executive Director, Counter Threat UnitSM (CTU), Dell SecureWorks
Mati Kochavi, CEO, AGT International; Chairman, 3i-MIND
Moderator: Allan Holmes, Bloomberg
2:30 – 3:30 p.m. Industry and Innovation
(McNulty Room, Doerr-Hosier Center)
If, as the saying goes, war is too important to be left to the generals, likewise, homeland security cannot be left to government alone. What role does and should industry play in defending critical infrastructure and soft targets and in providing the goods and services necessary to fight terrorism?
Tom Herring, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, AeroVironment, Inc.
Jack Lichtenstein, Vice President for Governmental Affairs and Public Policy, American Society for Industrial Security
Marc Nathanson, Chairman, Mapleton Investments; Co-Chair, Homeland Security Advisory Council for Los Angeles County
Marc Pearl, President and CEO, Homeland Security & Defense Business Council
Chris Taylor, CEO, Mission Essential Personnel
Moderator: Noah Shachtman, Wired Magazine
3:30 – 3:45 p.m. BREAK
3:45 – 5:45 p.m. The View from Abroad
(McNulty Room, Doerr-Hosier Center)
We cannot keep the “homeland” secure without the support of friends and allies around the world. Representatives from key foreign countries and international institutions will give their perspective on the ongoing battle to defeat Al-Qaeda in particular and terrorists in general.
3:45 – 4:45 p.m. Middle East and South Asia
His Excellency Abdullah Alsaidi, former Ambassador of the Republic of Yemen to the United Nations
His Excellency Eklil Hakimi, Ambassador to the United States for the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
His Excellency Husain Haqqani, Ambassador to the United States for the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Moderator: Massimo Calabresi, TIME Magazine
4:45 – 5:45 p.m. International Organizations and European Partners
Richard Barrett, Coordinator, United Nations Al-Qaida Taliban Monitoring Team
Gilles de Kerchove, Counter terrorism Coordinator, European Union
Moderator: Ryan Lizza, The New Yorker
5:45 – 7:00 p.m. The Road to 9/11 and the Immediate Aftermath
(McNulty Room, Doerr-Hosier Center)
Could the attacks have been prevented? Did we make critical mistakes in the aftermath that reverberate even today? What lessons are there for the future?
Richard Ben-Veniste, former 9/11 Commissioner
Gary Berntsen, former CIA officer
Ambassador Cofer Black, former Ambassador-at-Large, Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Department of State; former Director, Counterterrorist Center, Central Intelligence Agency
Dr. Barbara Sude, Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation; former Senior Al-Qaeda Analyst, National Counterterrorism Center
Moderator: Catherine Herridge, Fox News
Saturday, July 30, 2011
8:00 – 9:00 a.m. BREAKFAST
9:00 – 10:15 a.m. The Rule of Law and the War on Terrorism
(McNulty Room, Doerr-Hosier Center)
This panel will explore the various legal issues implicated by the war on terrorism. What is torture? Is it legal? If not, is it nevertheless justified under certain circumstances? If so, what are those circumstances? Laying aside legality and morality, does it work? Do gentler methods work just as well, or even better? Where should the line be drawn between security and liberty, and security and privacy?
Bill Bratton, Chairman, Kroll; former Chief, Los Angeles Police Department; former Commissioner, New York Police Department
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
10:15-10:30 a.m. BREAK
10:30 -11:30 a.m. The Media’s Role in Covering Terrorism
(McNulty Room, Doerr-Hosier Center)
What is the media’s role? Where should the line be drawn between sensitizing the public to the threat and hyping it so that the terrorists’ work is done for them? What does the public have the right to know, and what secrets, if any, does the government have the right – and even duty – to keep?
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
11:30 – 12:00 p.m. BREAK
12:00 – 1:15 p.m. Conducting a Global Response to Counterterrorism
(McNulty Room, Doerr-Hosier Center)
What is the State Department’s role in counterterrorism, and how does “Foggy Bottom” see the threat?
Daniel Benjamin, Ambassador-at-Large, Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Department of State
Moderator: Dan Klaidman, former Managing Editor, Newsweek
1:15 – 1:30 p.m. BREAK
1:30 – 2:45 p.m. Financing Terror
(McNulty Room, Doerr-Hosier Center)
A key part of a successful counterterrorism strategy is cutting off terrorists’ money supply. How successful have we been in shutting down Al Qaeda’s funding networks and what more needs to be done?
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
2:45 – 3:00 p.m. BREAK
3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Investing in the Security & Defense Sector
(McNulty Room, Doerr-Hosier Center)
The homeland security industry is a big and growing business. Where are the opportunities? What are the pitfalls?
3:00 – 3:45 p.m. Venture Investing
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
3:45 – 4:30 p.m. M&A
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
4:30 – 4:45 p.m. BREAK
4:45 – 5:45 p.m. Security: Behavior Matters
(McNulty Room, Doerr-Hosier Center)
Does it make sense to assume that every person is an equal security risk or should we focus on legitimate discriminating factors like behavior to distinguish between terrorists and the rest of us? If so, is it as easy, logical, and effective as it sounds?
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
5:45 – 6:00 p.m. BREAK
6:00 – 7:15 p.m. The Department of Homeland Security at Year Eight
(Greenwald Pavillion)
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.
The Honorable Janet A. Napolitano, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security
The Honorable Michael Chertoff, former Secretary, Department of Homeland Security
Moderator: Pete Williams, NBC News
7:15 – 8:00 p.m. CLOSING RECEPTION
(McNulty Room, Doerr-Hosier Center)