The National Security Division at 10
Past, Present, and Future
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The National Security Division (NSD) of the U.S. Department of Justice was created after 9/11 to integrate law enforcement, intelligence, and other government tools in the fight against national security threats. September 2016 will mark NSD's 10-year anniversary since commencing operations—please join us for a full day of discussions on the evolving national security threat since 9/11, the progress that NSD has made over the past 10 years, and key issues and threats that NSD will face in the next decade.
9:00 am Welcome, Sean O’Keefe, Distinguished Senior Advisor, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Opening Remarks, John P. Carlin, Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division
Keynote: Loretta E. Lynch, Attorney General
9:30 am Panel I: The National Security Division’s Response to Evolving Threats
Panelists:
David S. Kris, former Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division
J. Patrick Rowan, former Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division
Kenneth L. Wainstein, former Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division
Moderator: John P. Carlin, Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division
10:30 am Keynote: Denis McDonough, White House Chief of Staff
Introduced by: John P. Carlin, Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division
10:45 am Coffee Break
11:00 am Panel II: National Security and the Rule of Law
Panelists:
James A. Baker, General Counsel, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Alice S. Fisher, former Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division
Patrick J. Fitzgerald, former United States Attorney, Northern District of Illinois
Moderator: George Z. Toscas, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division
11:45 pm Keynote: Lisa O. Monaco, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, and former Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division
Interviewer: Walter Isaacson, President and CEO, Aspen Institute
12:15 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Keynote: James B. Comey, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Introduction by: Kathleen H. Hicks, Senior Vice President, Henry A. Kissinger Chair, and Director, International Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Interviewer: John P. Carlin, Assistant Attorney General, National Security
1:45 pm Panel III: NSD’s Role within the Three Branches of Government
Panelists:
Hon. John D. Bates, Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, and former Presiding Judge, United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
Rachel L. Brand, Board Member, Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
Hon. Michael J. “Mike” Rogers, former Representative for Michigan’s 8th Congressional District and Chairman, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Frances F. Townsend, CSIS Trustee and former Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
Moderator: Stuart J. Evans, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division
2:45 pm Keynote: John O. Brennan, Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Interviewer: John P. Carlin, Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division
3:15 pm Coffee Break
3:30 pm Keynote: Hon. Laurence H. Silberman, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and former Co-Chairman, WMD Commission
Interviewer: Benjamin Wittes, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
4:00 pm Panel IV: Responding to Next-Generation Threats
Panelists:
Matthew G. Olsen, former Director, National Counterterrorism Center, and former Acting Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division
Admiral Michael S. Rogers, United States Navy, Commander, United States Cyber Command, Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service
Adam J. Szubin, Acting Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, United States Department of the Treasury
Moderator: James Andrew Lewis, Senior Vice President and Director, Strategic Technologies Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
5:00 pm Closing Remarks: John P. Carlin, Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division
Please note that the agenda is subject to last-minute change.\
