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

Robert Chesney
Thursday, October 16, 2014, 4:50 PM
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</

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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).

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Robert (Bobby) Chesney is the Dean of the University of Texas School of Law, where he also holds the James A. Baker III Chair in the Rule of Law and World Affairs at UT. He is known internationally for his scholarship relating both to cybersecurity and national security. He is a co-founder of Lawfare, the nation’s leading online source for analysis of national security legal issues, and he co-hosts the popular show The National Security Law Podcast.

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