UT-Austin Conference on ODNI and NCTC at the 1-Decade Mark: "Intelligence Reform and Counterterrorism after a Decade: Are We Smarter and Safer?"

Happening between now and Saturday: an important conference at the University of Texas at Austin (sponsored by UT's Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law, which I direct, as well as UT's Clements Center for History, Strategy & Statecraft (directed by Will Inboden) and the Intelligence and National Security Alliance). The conference is entitled "Intelligence Reform and Counterterrorism after a Decade: Are We Smarter and Safer?" and it aims to explore lessons learned from a decade's worth of experience with ODNI and NCTC. The program kicks off today at 5:00 EST, with a discussion in which Will Inboden and I will interview Adm. William McRaven, former head of U.S. Special Operations Command (and now Chancellor-designate of the University of Texas System). Remarks will follow thereafter by James Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence.  There will be no shortage of high-profile sessions on Friday and Saturday, either; keynote address will be given by former National Security Advisor Steve Hadley and Reps. Mac Thornberry and Michael McCaul. For reader convenience, we'll re-post this notice during the conference's keynote sessions. Throughout, though, live streaming coverage of all conference events---keynote speeches as well as panel discussions and other programming---can be found in Lawfare's "Special Events" section (drop-down menu above; link here).