Past Events

The Constitution and National Security: The First Amendment Under Attack Featuring: Niall Brennan, Coordinating Supervisory Special Agent, Intel Division, FBI Joshua Dratel, CLS Fellow and attorney Noah Feldman, Bemis Professor of International Law, Harvard Law School Barton Gellman, CLS Fellow and Editor at Large, Time Karen J. Greenberg, Executive Director, Center on Law and Security

Michael Levi is the David M. Rubenstein senior fellow for energy and the environment at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). He is director of the CFR program on energy security and climate change and was project director for the CFR-sponsored Independent Task Force on climate change. Dr. Levi was previously a nonresident science fellow and

Full Disclosure is a feature-length documentary that offers a clear and nuanced view of the Iraq occupation from the vantage point of a reporter embedded with a U.S. Marine infantry unit, 1st Battalion/2d Marine Regiment. Upon returning from Iraq, Palmer followed up with members of the unit routinely, and he continued to monitor the situation in

SPEAKER BIOS Steven Simon is adjunct senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and the Goldman Sachs visiting professor in public policy at Princeton University. Prior to joining CFR, Mr. Simon specialized in Middle Eastern affairs at the RAND Corporation. He came to RAND from London, where he was the

Featuring Peter Bergen, CNN's National Security Analyst and fellow, Center on Law and Security

Speaker Bios Ali Soufan is the Chief Executive Officer of the Soufan Group LLC. Mr. Soufan is a former FBI Supervisory Special Agent who investigated and supervised highly sensitive and complex international terrorism cases, including the East Africa Bombings, the attack on the USS Cole, and the events surrounding 9/11. Mr. Soufan is regarded as

Simon Chesterman is Global Professor and Director of the New York University School of Law Singapore Programme, and Vice Dean (Graduate Studies) and Professor of Law at the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law. From 2004 to 2006 he was Executive Director of NYU’s Institute for International Law and Justice, of which he remains

Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize winner, lawyer, judge, and founder of the Center for the Defense of Human Rights in Iran, will be at the Center on Law and Security to discuss her newest book, The Golden Cage. This event is being hosted in partnership with the Kevorkian Center for Near East Studies at New

The Center on Law and Security welcomes the Hon. Jane Harman on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 for a series of events at NYU Law School. Jane Harman is the Director, President, and CEO of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Previously, she represented the aerospace center of California during nine terms in Congress, serving