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April 2014
The Center on Law and Security hosted a talk on “Surveillance and Intelligence Oversight in the UK: A View from Across the Pond,” with Kevin Metcalfe, Technical Liaison Director with the Embassy of the United Kingdom in Washington. Kevin discussed the organization of the intelligence community in the UK, and the ways in which the British…
Find out moreMarch 2014
The Center on Law and Security and New York University’s Abu Dhabi Institute hosted a private workshop in Abu Dhabi composed of experts in the many fields of deterrence who presented papers and contributed thoughts to the nature of deterrence as it evolves in the 21st century.
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Monday, March 10, 2014 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Location: Greenberg Lounge 40 Washington Square South Featuring: Samara Moore, Director of Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, White House As part of the White House National Security Staff, Samara Moore is the Director for Cybersecurity Critical Infrastructure Protection coordinating across the federal government and partnering with the private…
Find out moreCDR Michael Adams, Deputy Legal Counsel of the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, joined the Center on Law and Security for a morning discussion on March 6th. CDR Adams discussed “Jus extra bello,” the evolving legal and other rules that govern when states can use force, particularly against terrorist groups, outside…
Find out moreFebruary 2014
The Center on Law and Security was pleased to host John Delong, Director of Compliance at the National Security Agency, to discuss his role regarding surveillance programs. John expounded on the purposes and constraints on the NSA’s activities, as well as the multitude of procedures that all branches of the federal government have put in place…
Find out moreDecember 2013
The Center hosted a roundtable with Peter Harrell, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Sanctions and Threat Finance on Wednesday, December 17th. The discussion revolved around recent foreign policy developments and their impact on the global sanctions framework, focused particularly on how these issues affect the private sector.
Find out moreCheif Justice (ret.) Dorit Beinisch, Weistein Family Distinguished Fellow, is a Senior Fellow at the Center on Law and Security. Dorit Beinisch served as the President of the Supreme Court of Israel from 2006-2012 and as Justice of the Supreme Court since December 1995. Before joining the Supreme Court, Justice Beinisch served in the Israeli Ministry…
Find out moreNovember 2013
The Center’s Fall 2013 CLE Conference Law and Strategy in an Era of Evolving Threats will explore the evolving relationship between national security law and national security strategy, and will include discussions by current and former judges from the Supreme Courts of Canada, Israel, and the U.K., as well as the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, along…
Find out moreReiss Center on Law and Security was pleased to host Michael Allen, former Director of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and author of the new book Blinking Red: Crisis and Compromise in American Intelligence After 9/11 on November 6, 2013. Michael Allen discussed some of the most important post-9/11 reforms to the intelligence community—reforms that paved the…
Find out moreOctober 2013
The Center on Law and Security was pleased to host President (ret.) Dorit Beinisch, of the Supreme Court of Israel and Dan Meridor, a former Justice Minister and Minister of Intelligence and Atomic Energy in Israel on October 24, 2013. Justice Beinisch and Minister. Meridor discussed the system of intelligence oversight in Israel, and in particular focused…
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