U.S. Intelligence- Confronting 21st Century Challenges

Director Coats was introduced by Senator John Cornyn. 

Please register here.

This event was co-sponsored by the Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law, the Clements Center for National Security, the LBJ School of Public Affairs, the Center for Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies, and the Alexander Hamilton Society. 

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SCHEDULE

MORNING SESSION

9:00 – 9:30 am
Arrival and Registration
(Light breakfast served)

9:30 – 9:40 am
Welcome by Stephen Slick, Director of the Intelligence Studies Project

9:45 – 11:00 am
Building and Sustaining Democratic Legitimacy 

Moderator: Matthew Waxman, Liviu Librescu Professor of Law at Columbia University Panelists: 

• Steven Aftergood, Director of the Federation of American Scientists’ Project on Government Secrecy
• Ben Huebner, Privacy and Civil Liberties Officer at the Central Intelligence Agency
• Eric Schmitt, Senior Correspondent for the New York Times
• Gregory Treverton, former Chairman of the National Intelligence Council

11:15 am – 12:00 pm
Student Briefing: IC Integration with U.S. Special Operation Forces Since 9/11 
Introduction by Paul Pope, Intelligence Studies Project Senior Fellow

 

KEYNOTE SESSION

12:00 – 12:30 pm
(Buffet luncheon for participants and registered guests)

12:30 – 2:00 pm
Keynote Address by the Honorable Dan Coats, Director of National Intelligence
Introductory Remarks by Senator John Cornyn 

Discussion and audience questions moderated by Steve Slick

 

AFTERNOON SESSION

2:15 – 3:30 pm
Competence, or Questions U.S. Intelligence Cannot Get Wrong

Moderator: Michele L. Malvesti, Professor of Practice in International Security Studies at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University Panelists:

• John McLaughlin, former Acting Director of Central Intelligence
• Nicholas Rasmussen, former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center
• Norman Roule, former National Intelligence Manager for Iran

3:30 pm
Symposium adjourns