Intelligence and the Age of National Security

The conference, which will examine the current state of the nation’s intelligence structures, its successes and challenges, and its proposed new directions and goals, will feature former State Department officials, former CIA analysts and administrators, and journalists.

Among the speakers are: Ambassador Henry Crumpton, former State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism; James Bamford, author, Body of Secrets; Paul Butler, partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld LLP; Paul Pillar, visiting professor, Georgetown University and former intelligence official; Jennifer Sims, visiting professor, Georgetown University and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence Coordination; Washington Post reporters Walter Pincus and Dana Priest; Tyler Drumheller, former CIA chief of European operations; Lawrence Wright, fellow, Center on Law and Security and Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Looming Tower; and Tim Weiner, New York Times reporter and National Book Award finalist for Legacy of Ashes.

Event Details

*This event is free and open to the public*

Date: Friday, February 1, 2008
Time: 9:30 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.
Location: Greenberg Lounge, Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Square South

 

9:30-9:45 a.m.                        

Introductory Remarks

 

9:45-10:30 a.m.                      

Keynote Speaker,

Ambassador Henry Crumpton

Former Coordinator for Counterterrorism

U.S. Department of State

 

10:45-12:15 p.m.                    

Counterterrorism and Intelligence Gathering: An Interagency Process

                                               

12:15-1:15 p.m.                      

Break

1:15-2:30 p.m.                        

Intelligence and the Law

                                            

2:30-3:45 p.m.                        

Balancing Act: the Press and Reporting on Intelligence