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FOREIGN POLICY SEMINAR
HOMELAND SECURITY: ASSESSING THE THREAT THREE YEARS LATER
A Political-Economic Conflict Seminar
September 14, 2004
In the United States, Americans felt safe at home as there had been no serious threat from abroad since the War of 1812. Tragically, the way we viewed our personal security at home changed irrevocably on September 11, 2001. The events of that day struck fear in the lives of our people to a degree never felt before and spawned the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, a wide-ranging organization of 170,000 people charged with protecting Americans from terrorist harm.
Homeland security has inevitably become a partisan political issue. The workshop will explore this dimension as well as the issues of intelligence gathering and analysis; domestic enforcement concerns, such as racial and ethnic profiling and curbs on civil liberties; and the impact of new security initiatives on areas such as interstate and foreign commerce, and immigration.
This workshop will explore how the Department of Homeland Security is facing this seemingly overwhelming problem, and how its efforts will likely affect the political, economic, and social fabric of the nation. Also, the question remains unanswered as to how the massive expense required to effectively combat terrorism and the necessary restrictions on commerce that accompany these initiatives will affect our economy and our culture in the long term.
SPEAKERS & TOPICS
Homeland Security: A Case Study of Presidential Decision Making
Stephen Wayne, Program Moderator. Professor of Government, Georgetown University; Author of Presidential Leadership; The Legislative Presidency; and The Road to the White House 2000
Two Years Later: The New Homeland Security Department
Lawrence J. Korb, Vice-President, Director of Studies and Maurice Greenberg Chair, Council on Foreign Relations; Former Assistant Secretary of Defense under President Reagan; Author of The Joint Chiefs of Staff: The First 25 Years
Intelligence Gathering and Analysis
Mark Lowenthal (invited), Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Analysis and Production and Vice-Chairman of the National Intelligence Council, Central Intelligence Agency; Former Staff Director, House Intelligence Committee
The Perspective of a Former Attorney General
Edwin Meese, III, Ronald Reagan Chair in Public Policy, Heritage Foundation; Former U.S. Attorney General; Author of With Reagan: The Inside Story
Balancing Liberty and Security After 9/11
Jeffrey Rosen, Legal Affairs Editor, The New Republic; Associate Professor, George Washington University Law School; Author of The Unwanted Gaze: The Destruction of Privacy in America
What Terrorists Have Taught Us and How to Beat Them
Martin Walker, Chief International Correspondent, United Press International; Former U.S. Bureau Chief, The Guardian (London); Author of The History of the Cold War; America Reborn
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