Audio and video from intelligence reform conference
Oct 22, 2014
Partnering with the Intelligence and National Security Alliance, the University of Texas at Austin’s Clements Center and Strauss Center hosted a multi-day gathering on “Intelligence Reform and Counterterrorism after a Decade: Are We Smarter and Safer?” from October 16-18, 2014. The conference examined what lessons have been learned and what challenges lie ahead. The event was a culmination of a large number of interviews and will be followed by a report with recommendations. It aims to be the most comprehensive and high-profile examination of the largest reorganization of the U.S. intelligence community in more than 50 years.
More information on all of the speakers can be found here.
Photos from the Keynote Conversations with Admiral McRaven and Director James Clapper can be found here.
Photos from the Keynotes with Mr. Hadley, Rep. Thornberry, and Rep. McCaul can be found here.
Photos from Sessions 1-6 can be found here.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16
4:00-5:00pm Welcome Remarks and Discussion with Admiral William McRaven, (ret.) [click for audio]
Introduced by William Powers, Jr, UT-Austin President
5:00-6:30pm Keynote Address “Ten Years of Intelligence Integration and Reform” [click for audio]
James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17
8:45-9:00am Opening Remarks: Admiral Bobby Inman (ret.), former National Security Director [click for audio]
9:00-10:30am Session 1: Office of the Director of National Intelligence: The View from the Top [click for audio]
Moderator: Michael Allen, Beacon Global Strategies Managing Director
James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence
Vice Admiral Michael McConnell, former Director of National Intelligence
David Shedd, Defense Intelligence Agency Director (Acting)
10:45-12:15pm Session 2: Office of the Director of National Intelligence: The View from Outside [click for audio]
Moderator: Paul Pope, UT-Austin CIA Officer in Residence
Stephen Cambone, former Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
Lt Gen Frank Kisner (ret.), former NATO Special Operations Commander
Jim Langdon, former Chair of the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
Steve Slick, former National Security Council Senior Director
12:45-2:00pm Luncheon and Keynote Conversation: Steve Hadley, former National Security Advisor [click for audio]
2:15-3:45pm Session 3: National Counterterrorism Center [click for audio]
Moderator: Robert Chesney, Strauss Center Director
Michael Allen, Former House Intelligence Committee Staff Director
Matt Olsen, former National Counterterrorism Center Director
Juan Zarate, former Deputy National Security Advisor
4:00-5:30pm Session 4: Jihadist Terrorism: Assessing the Present and Future Threat [click for audio]
Moderator: Paul D. Miller, Clements Center Associate Director
Mary Habeck, former National Security Council Special Advisor
Marcel Lettre, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
John McLaughlin, former CIA Director (Acting)
Quintan Wiktorowicz, former National Security Council Senior Director
5:45-7:00pm Keynote Address: “Congress over the Last Decade: Help or Hindrance” [click for audio]
U.S. Representative Mac Thornberry, Armed Services Committee Vice-Chairman
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18
9:00-10:30am Session 5: The Path Forward: Practitioner Perspectives [click for audio]
Moderator: Chuck Alsup, INSA Vice President for Policy
Tom Fingar, former Deputy Director of National Intelligence
Admiral Bobby Inman (ret.), former National Security Agency Director
John McLaughlin, former CIA Director (Acting)
Nick Rasmussen, Acting National Counterterrorism Center Director
David Shedd, Defense Intelligence Agency Director (Acting)
10:45-12:15pm Session 6: The Path Forward: Scholar Perspectives [click for audio]
Moderator: William Inboden, Clements Center Director
Robert Jervis, Columbia University Professor
Joshua Rovner, Southern Methodist University Associate Professor
Gary Schmitt, American Enterprise Institute Resident Scholar
Jennifer Sims, Chicago Council on Global Affairs Senior Fellow
Amy Zegart, Stanford University
12:30-1:30pm Closing Luncheon and Keynote Address “The False Narrative: How Ending the ‘War on Terror’ Put
America in Danger” [click for audio]
U.S. Representative Michael McCaul, Homeland Security Committee Chairman