Intelligence Oversight: A Global View

Monday, November 3, 2014 | 6:15 p.m.
Lester Pollack Colloquium, Furman Hall

The Center on Law and Security and the Wilson Center present a discussion of intelligence oversight from a comparative perspective with:

• Chief Justice (ret.) Dorit Beinisch, Weinstein Family Distinguished Fellow at the Center on Law and Security and former Chief Justice of Israel;
• Rajesh De, General Counsel of the National Security Agency;
• The Honorable Jane Harman, Director, President & CEO of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and former member of the House Intelligence Committee.

Moderated by:

• Professor Samuel Rascoff, Associate Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Center on Law and Security.

In the last year, as attention to surveillance issues has expanded dramatically, questions have been raised about the structure and function of the institutions in the United States that are engaged in oversight of the intelligence agencies.  These questions are part of a larger dialogue about the post-9/11 expansion in the intelligence and counterterrorism enterprise, and will be informed by a comparative analysis of the ways in which intelligence agencies are overseen outside the United States, specifically engaging in a discussion about the role of the Supreme Court of Israel in overseeing intelligence services in that country.

1.5 New York CLE credits for newly admitted and experienced attorneys.