2011 Aspen Security Forum
July 27 - 30, 2011 | Aspen, CO
Counterterrorism: Past, Present, and Future
Speaker: Michael Leiter, former Director, National Counterterrorism Center, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Moderator: David Sanger, The New York Times
Aviation Security
Speaker: John Pistole, Assistant Secretary of the Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security
Speaker: Michael Leiter, Former Director, National Counterterrorism Center; Senior Counselor, Palantir Technologies
Moderator: Jeanne Meserve, CNN
Maritime Security
Speaker: Donald Kusser, Assistant Port Director, Tactical Operations, Los Angeles -- Long Beach Seaport, Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security
Speaker: Stephen L. Caldwell, Director, Homeland Security and Justice Issues, Government Accountability Office
Moderator: Robert O'Harrow, The Washington Post
The Terrorist Threat Picture and a Counterterrorism Strategy for the Post-bin Laden Era
Speaker: John McLaughlin, former Deputy and Acting Director, Central Intelligence Agency; Distinguished Practitioner-in-Residence at the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Speaker: Charles Allen, former Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis, Department of Homeland Security; Principal, The Chertoff Group
Moderator: Michael Isikoff, NBC News
Border Security
Speaker: Chief Michael Fisher, Chief, U.S. Border Patrol, Department of Homeland Security
Speaker: Cindy Coppola, Deputy Director, Terrorist Screening Center; Robert Mocny, Director, US-VISIT program, Department of Homeland Security
Speaker: Daniel Prieto, Vice President and Practice Lead, Public Sector Strategy & Innovation, IBM
Moderator: Shaun Waterman, The Washington Times
Threat vs. Response
Speaker: Dennis Blair, Former Director of National Intelligence
Moderator: Lesley Stahl, Correspondent, "60 Minutes," CBS News
Mass Transit Security
Speaker: Brian Michael Jenkins, Senior Advisor to the President, RAND Corporation; Research Associate, Mineta Transportation Institute
Speaker: Paul S. MacMillan, Chief of Police, Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority Transit Police Department
Speaker: Owen J. Monaghan, Assistant Chief, Transit Bureau, New York Police Department
Moderator: Owen J. Monaghan, Assistant Chief, Transit Bureau, New York Police Department
Reflections on 9/11 and the Decade Since
Speaker: Stephen Hadley, Former National Security Advisor
Speaker: Fran Townsend, Former White House Anti-Terrorism Chief
Speaker: Jane Harman, Former House Homeland Security Chair
Moderator: Walter Isaacson, President and CEO, Aspen Institute
Nuclear Security
Speaker: Joseph Cirincione, President, Ploughshares Foundation
Speaker: Robert Gallucci, President, MacArthur Foundation
Speaker: Megan Garcia, Hewlett Foundation
Speaker: Warren Stern, Director, DHS Nuclear Detection Office
Moderator: Susan Glasser, Foreign Policy
Cyber Security
Speaker: Michael V. Hayden, Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Speaker: Jon Ramsey, Dell SecureWorks
Speaker: Mati Kochavi, AGT International
Moderator: Allan Holmes, Bloomberg
The Wars Abroad and the Threat at Home
Speaker: Douglas E. Lute, Special Assistant to the the President on Afghanistan and Pakistan
Speaker: Paul N. Stockton, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Speaker: Guy C. Swann III, U.S. Northern Command
Moderator: Kimberly Dozier, Intelligence and Counterterrorism Correspondent, AP
Industry and Innovation
Speaker: Tom Herring, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, AeroVironment, Inc.
Speaker: Jack Lichtenstein, Vice President for Governmental Affairs and Public Policy, American Society for Industrial Security
Speaker: Marc Nathanson, Chairman, Mapleton Investments; Co-Chair, Homeland Security Advisory Council for Los Angeles County
Speaker: Marc Pearl, President and CEO, Homeland Security & Defense Business Council
Speaker: Chris Taylor, CEO, Mission Essential Personnel
Moderator: Noah Shachtman, Wired Magazine
The View from Abroad - Middle East and South Asia
Speaker: Abdullah Alsaidi, former Ambassador of the Republic of Yemen to the United Nations
Speaker: Eklil Hakimi, Ambassador to the United States for the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Speaker: Husain Haqqani, Ambassador to the United States for the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Moderator: Massimo Calabresi, TIME Magazine
The Road to 9/11 and the Immediate Aftermath
Speaker: Richard Ben-Veniste, former 9/11 Commissioner
Speaker: Gary Berntsen, former Commander, Central Intelligence Agency forces in Eastern Afghanistan
Speaker: Cofer Black, former Ambassador-at-Large, Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Department of State; former Director, Counterterrorist Center, Central Intelligence Agency
Speaker: Barbara Sude, Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation; former Senior AlQaeda Analyst, National Counterterrorism Center
Moderator: Catherine Herridge, Fox News
The Media's Role in Covering Terrorism
Speaker: P.J. Crowley, former Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
Speaker: Dana Priest, The Washington Post
Speaker: Ira Rosen, Producer, “60 Minutes,” CBS News
Speaker: Kristen Saloomey, Al Jazeera
Speaker: Eric Schmitt, The New York Times
Moderator: Josh Gerstein, Politico
Financing Terror
Speaker: Stuart Levey, former Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, Department of the Treasury
Speaker: Juan Carlos Zarate, former Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Adviser for Combating Terrorism
Moderator: Erin Burnett, CNN
The Role of Special Operations Forces in the Global War on Terrorism
Speaker: Eric T. Olson, Commander, SOCOM
Moderator: Martha Raddatz, ABC News
International Organizations and European Partners
Speaker: Richard Barrett, Coordinator, United Nations Al-Qaida Taliban Monitoring Team
Speaker: Gilles de Kerchove, Counterterrorism Coordinator, European Union
Moderator: Ryan Lizza, The New Yorker
The Rule of Law and the War on Terrorism
Speaker: Bill Bratton, Chairman, Kroll; former Chief, Los Angeles Police Department; former Commissioner, New York Police Department
Speaker: Alberto Gonzales, former Attorney General of the United States and White House Counsel
Speaker: Anthony Romero, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Uni
Speaker: John Yoo, former Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice; Professor of Law, University of California at Berkeley
Moderator: Dahlia Lithwick, Slate
Conducting a Global Response to Counterterrorism
Speaker: Daniel Benjamin, Ambassador-at-Large, Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Department of State
Moderator: Dan Klaidman, former Managing Editor, Newsweek
The Department of Homeland Security at Year Eight
Speaker: Janet A. Napolitano, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security
Speaker: Michael Chertoff, former Secretary, Department of Homeland Security
Moderator: Pete Williams, NBC News
Discussion of the Film "Killing In The Name"
Speaker: Peter Bergen, Co-Director, Counterterrorism Strategy Initiative, New America Foundation; National Security Analyst, CNN
Speaker: Carie Lemack, Co-Founder, Global Survivors Network; Executive Producer, Killing in the Name
Moderator: Dina Temple-Raston, NPR