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Audrey Kurth Cronin, founder of American University’s Center for Security, Innovation, and New Technology, explained how advancements in technology have driven increased outbreaks of terrori…

Seamus Hughes, deputy director of the Program on Extremism at George Washington University, talked about the threat posed by American supporters of ISIS in the United States. This virtual ev…

Chris Whipple talked to former CIA directors to provide an inside look at the intelligence organization’s operations. This was a virtual event hosted by the Center on National Security at Fo…

Former FBI special agent Ali Soufan talked about the early years of the U.S. war on terror and the methods used to extract information from suspected members of al-Qaida. This virtual event …

Author Michel Paradis recalled the ‘Doolittle Raids’ of 1942, an American response to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. The author wrote that the U.S. bombing was led by Jimmy Doolittle,…

Two former federal counterterrorism officials and an investigative journalist once held captive by the Taliban discuss the Justice Department’s mission and how the agency’s work can appear t…

Scholars discussed the history of presidential misconduct while looking at the Donald Trump presidency and past administrations. Panelists included James Banner, who in 1974 wrote a report w…

The Atlantic hosted a series of conversations with current and former senior government officials about the state of national and homeland security 15 years after the September 11, 2001, ter…

Karen Greenberg talked about her her book Rogue Justice: The Making of the Security State, in which she looks at legal questions arising from policies and laws enacted to fight the U.S. war …

Panelists talked about global terrorism and national security issues and debated the question, “Is terrorism a threat to the American way of life?” Panelists included Lawrence Wright, Malcol…

Fordham Law School hosted a discussion on the policy challenges, legal concerns, and security considerations relating to the future of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. Panelists includ…

Panelists talked about President Obama’s 2009 pledge to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. They discussed the desirability of closure and when or if the facility would be closed. T…

Jeh Johnson presented arguments for and against the need for a court to oversee the Obama administration’s policy of targeted killings of American terrorist suspects abroad. “A 'Drone Court'…

Fordham Law School in New York City held a day-long conference focusing on the balance between government secrecy, transparency and public access to information. Panelists analyzed the impli…

Fordham Law School in New York City held a day-long conference focusing on the balance between government secrecy, transparency and public access to information. Panelists analyzed the impli…

Fordham Law School in New York City held a day-long conference focusing on the balance between government secrecy, transparency and public access to information. Panelists analyzed the impli…