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Homeland Security, CIA, FBI Experts, Top-Tier Journalists to Discuss Emerging Issues in National, International Security, March 21-22

Former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore to Keynote Monday Dinner

Former Virginia Governor James Gilmore will deliver the keynote address at a two-day conference to discuss "Emerging Issues in National and International Security." EMININT 2005 will be held in Room 603 of the Washington College of Law, 4801 Massachusetts Ave., NW, from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. on Monday, March 21; and 8 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 22.

Agenda:

MONDAY, MARCH 21

9 a.m.     Greetings/Opening Remarks
           Kelly McClanahan, president, WCL National Security and Law
           Society

9:15 a.m.  Homeland Security Law and Private Industry
        -- Rich Cooper (Moderator), business liaison director, Department
           of Homeland Security (Moderator Comments OFF THE RECORD)
        -- George Foote, Bracewell and Patterson, LLP
        -- General James Jackson, vice president and director, Battelle
           Office of Homeland Security
        -- Ralph Sharpe, Venable, LLP

10:45 a.m. The Fourth Estate and National Security Policy: Reporters
           or Watchdogs?
        -- Joe Johns (Moderator), CNN congressional correspondent
        -- Eugene Fidell, partner, Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP
        -- Walter Pincus, Washington Post Intelligence Correspondent
        -- Jim Risen, New York Times Intelligence Correspondent
        -- Bill Gertz, Washington Times Intelligence Correspondent

12:15 p.m. Lunch

1:15 p.m.  Silent Leges Inter Arma: Torture, Interrogation and Human Rights
           in the Global War on Terror
        -- Claudio Grossman (Moderator), dean AU Washington College of Law
        -- Harvey Rishikof, director, National Security Strategy, National
           War College
        -- Elisa Massimino, Washington director, Human Rights First
        -- Robert Goldman, professor, AU Washington College of Law; UN
           independent expert on the protection of human rights

2:45 p.m.  Past as Prologue: The Emergence of a New Intelligence Mindset
        -- Gordon Lederman (Moderator), former lead staffer for
           intelligence reform, 9/11 Commission (Moderator Comments
           OFF THE RECORD)
        -- Randy Pherson, former CIA specialist in alternative analysis
        -- Kevin Scheid, team leader for intelligence, 9/11 Commission
        -- William Nolte, deputy assistant director of central intelligence
           for analysis and production

4 p.m.     Real Wrath of God Stuff: Climate Change, Infectious Disease and
           Resource Shortages as Threats to International Security
        -- Moderator TBA
        -- George Fidas, CIA, co-drafter of the Intelligence Community
           Estimate on Infectious Diseases
        -- Lee Lane, executive director, Climate Policy Center

5:30 p.m.  KEYNOTE ADDRESS:  James S. Gilmore, III, former governor of
           Virginia; partner, Kelley Drye and Warren LLP


TUESDAY, MARCH 22

9 a.m.     Whistle-Blowing and the Intelligence Community
        -- Robert Vaughn (Moderator), professor, AU Washington College
           of Law
        -- Colleen Rowley, FBI whistleblower
        -- Tom Devine, legal director, Government Accountability
           Project
        -- Mark Zaid, partner, Krieger & Zaid PLLC

10:30 a.m. They Want Your Secrets: Personal Information Privacy in the
           Post-9/11 World
        -- Stephen Wermiel (Moderator), professor, AU Washington College
           of Law
        -- Daniel Benny, private investigator; assistant editor, PI
           Magazine
        -- Mark Rotenberg, executive director, Electronic Privacy
           Information Center
        -- Valerie Caproni, general counsel, Federal Bureau of
           Investigation

11:45 a.m. Professional Networking Lunch, sponsored by Phi Alpha Delta
           Law Fraternity, Int'l

1:15 p.m.  How They Do Things Over There: Comparative Counter-Terrorism
           Policies
        -- Nicholas Kittrie (Moderator), professor, AU Washington
           College of Law
        -- Doron Zimmerman, Center for Security Studies, Zurich
        -- Eran Duvdevani, International Policy Institute for
           Counter-Terrorism
        -- Saad Abudayeh, University of Jordan

2:30 p.m.  Closing Remarks

PRESS NOTES:

This event is free to members of the press bearing a valid press pass. If press wish to participate in the meal at the keynote dinner, cost is $50. Otherwise, press may cover the dinner keynote at no charge.

Press must RSVP to Kathy Thompson, director of Public Relations, 202-274-4279; Cell Phone: 703-855-5556; or e-mail: kthomp@WCL.american.edu.

Off the Record Comments:

The entire conference is on the record with the following two exceptions:

March 21, 9:15 a.m. Panel: "Homeland Security Law and Private Industry"

Moderator Rich Cooper comments are OFF THE RECORD; Panelists are on the record

March 21, 2:45 p.m. Panel: Past as Prologue: The Emergence of a New Intelligence Mindset

Moderator Gordon Lederman comments are OFF THE RECORD; Panelists are on the record

Continuing Legal Education credits are available for the conference. To arrange for CLE credit, contact the Office of Special Events, 202-274-4075, or e-mail secle2@WCL.american.edu.

To arrange to attend this event or for other media assistance, contact Kathy Thompson, director of Public Relations, 202-274-4279; Cell Phone: 703-855-5556; or e-mail: kthomp@WCL.american.edu.

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