2012 Aspen Security Forum
July 25 - 28, 2012 | Aspen, CO
At the Point of the Spear: The Role of Special Operations Forces in America’s Post-9/11, Post-Iraq/Afghanistan Defense Strategy
Speaker: Admiral William McRaven, Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command
Moderator: Wolf Blitzer, Host, "The Situation Room," CNN
National Counterterrorism Center's Role in Counterterrorism
Speaker: Matthew Olsen, Director, National Counterterrorism Center
Speaker: Michael Leiter, Former Director, National Counterterrorism Center; Senior Counselor, Palantir Technologies
Moderator: David Sanger, Chief Washington Correspondent, The New York Times
DOD and Counterterrorism
Speaker: Michael Sheehan, Assistant Secretary for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflicts, Department of Defense
Speaker: Paul N. Stockton, Assistant Secretary for Homeland Defense and Americas' Security Affairs, Department of Defense
Operations and Low-Intensity Conflicts, Department of Defense
Speaker: Admiral (Ret.) Eric Olson, Former Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command
Moderator: Eric Schmitt, Senior Writer & Terrorism Correspondent, The New York Times
The Director of National Intelligence's Role in Counterterrorism
Speaker: Admiral (Ret.) Dennis Blair, Former Director of National Intelligence
Speaker: John Negroponte, Former Director of National Intelligence; Former Deputy Secretary of State; Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations; Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq
Moderator: Steve Coll, Staff Writer, The New Yorker; President, New America Foundation
Cybersecurity
Speaker: General Keith Alexander, Director, National Security Agency; Chief, Central Security Service; Commander, United States Cyber Command
Moderator: Pete Williams, Correspondent, NBC News
Differing Perspectives on Terrorism
Speaker: Peter Bergen, Co-Director, Counterterrorism Strategy Initiative, New America Foundation; National Security Analyst, CNN
Speaker: P.J. Crowley, Former Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs; Fellow, Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication, The George Washington University
Speaker: Jane Harman, Former Representative, 36th Congressional District of California; Director, President, and CEO, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Speaker: Philip Mudd, Former Deputy Director of National Security, Federal Bureau of Investigation; Former Deputy Director, Counterterrorist Center, Central Intelligence Agency; Senior Global Advisor, Oxford Analytica
Speaker: Maurice Sonnenberg, Senior International Advisor, J.P. Morgan Chase
Moderator: Ken Dilanian, Correspondent, Los Angeles Times
The CIA, the NSA, DHS, and Counterterrorism
Speaker: General (Ret.) Michael V. Hayden, Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency; Former Director, National Security Agency
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: Charlie Allen, Former Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis, Department of Homeland Security
Moderator: Catherine Herridge, American Homeland Security Correspondent, Fox News
The State Department’s Role in Counterterrorism
Speaker: Robert Godec, Principal Deputy Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Department of State
Speaker: Cofer Black, Former Ambassador-at-Large, Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Department of State; Former Director, Counterterrorist Center, Central Intelligence Agency
Speaker: Former Ambassador-at-Large, Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Department of State
Moderator: Jill Dougherty, Foreign Affairs Correspondent, CNN
Aviation Security
Speaker: John Pistole, Administrator, Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security
Moderator: Terry Moran, Co-Anchor, "Nightline," ABC
Law Enforcement and Homeland Security
Speaker: Brad Brekke, Vice President, Assets Protection, Target
Speaker: Sean Joyce, Deputy Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Speaker: Bart Johnson, Former Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, Department of Homeland Security
Speaker: William Webster, Former Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation; Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Speaker: Timothy Williams, Director, Washington Bureau, INTERPOL
Moderator: Dina Temple-Raston, Counterterrorism Correspondent, NPR
The White House’s Role in Counterterrorism
Speaker: Quintan Wiktorowicz, Senior Director for Community Partnerships, National Security Staff, The White House
Speaker: Juan Zarate, Former Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Adviser for Combating Terrorism
Speaker: Kenneth Wainstein, Former Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism; Former Assistant Attorney General for National Security
Moderator: Michael Crowley, Senior Correspondent & Deputy Washington Bureau Chief, TIME Magazine
Industry and Innovation
Speaker: Brad Buswell, President & CEO, Morpho Detection
Speaker: Thomas Grumbly, Vice President, Civil Government Programs, Washington Operations, Lockheed Martin
Speaker: John Harris II, President, Raytheon Technical Services Company LLC
Speaker: Roger Krone, President, Network and Space Systems, The Boeing Company
Speaker: Wesley Rhodes, Deputy Chief Technology Officer, IBM Federal
Moderator: Adam Entous, National Security Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal
American Wars and Foreign Policy - Iraq
Speaker: James F. Jeffrey, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq
Speaker: Stephen Cambone, Former Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
Speaker: Christopher R. Hill, Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq
Moderator: Kim Dozier, Intelligence and Counterterrorism Correspondent, The Associated Press
Afghanistan and Pakistan
Speaker: Lt. General (Ret.) Douglas E. Lute, Special Assistant to the President for Afghanistan and Pakistan
Speaker: Eklil Hakimi, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the United States
Speaker: Sherry Rehman, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to the U.S.
Speaker: Lt. General (Ret.) Karl Eikenberry, Former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan
Moderator: Steve Kroft, "60 Minutes," CBS
International Organizations and European Partners
Speaker: Gilles de Kerchove, EU Counter-terrorism Coordinator
Speaker: Richard Barrett, Coordinator, United Nations Al-Qaida Taliban Monitoring Team
Speaker: Peter Ammon, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United States
Speaker: Karen Betts, Counsellor, Foreign and Security Policy Group, British Embassy, Washington
Moderator: Susan Glasser, Editor in Chief, Foreign Policy
Forecasting Global Trends
Speaker: Christopher Kojm, Chairman, National Intelligence Council, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Speaker: Christopher Ahlberg, CEO & Co-Founder, Recorded Future
Moderator: Dana Priest, National Security Correspondent, The Washington Post
The Rule of Law and the War on Terrorism
Speaker: Lisa Monaco, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, National Security Division, Department of Justice
Speaker: Alberto Mora, Former General Counsel of the Navy
Speaker: Ali Soufan, Former FBI Special Agent; CEO, The Soufan Group
Moderator: Dan Klaidman, Former Managing Editor, Newsweek
Media Panel
Speaker: Paula Broadwell, Author, All In: The Education of General David Petraeus
Speaker: Rajiv Chandrasekaran, National Editor, The Washington Post
Speaker: Michael Isikoff, Investigative Journalist, NBC News
Speaker: Josh Meyer, Author, The Hunt for KSM; Lecturer & Director of Education and Outreach, National Security Journalism Initiative, Northwestern University
Moderator: Clark Bell, Journalism Program Director, Robert R. McCormick Foundation
Securing the Nation’s Largest City
Speaker: Raymond Kelly, Commissioner, New York Police Department
Moderator: Walter Isaacson, President & CEO, The Aspen Institute
Decision 2012 and National Security
Speaker: P.J. Crowley, Former Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs; Fellow, Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication, The George Washington University
Speaker: Douglas Feith, Former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; Senior Fellow and Director, Center for National Security Strategies, Hudson Institute
Moderator: Josh Gerstein, White House Correspondent, Politico
Terrorism Finance
Speaker: David Cohen, Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, Department of the Treasury
Moderator: Margaret Brennan, Correspondent, CBS News
Investing in the Security and Defense Sector
Speaker: Devin Talbott, Managing Partner, Enlightenment Capital
Speaker: Kevin DeSanto, Managing Director, Kipps DeSanto & Co.
Speaker: Michael R. Steed, Chairman, Founder & Managing Partner, Paladin Capital Group; Chairman, Paladin Homeland Security Fund Investment Committees
Speaker: Thomas Sass, Director of Platfor for HFR Asset Management, HFR Group LLC
Moderator: Noah Shachtman, Contributing Editor, Wired; Nonresident Fellow, Brookings Institution
The Department of Homeland Security: Past, Present, and Future
Speaker: Jane Holl Lute, Deputy Secretary, Department of Homeland Security
Speaker: Admiral (Ret.) Jim Loy, Former Deputy and Acting Secretary, Department of Homeland Security; Former Administrator, Transportation Security Administration; Senior Counselor, The Cohen Group
Speaker: Michael Chertoff, Former Secretary, Department of Homeland Security; Managing Principal & Co-Founder, The Chertoff Group
Moderator: Barton Gellman, Editor-at-Large, TIME Magazine
The Changing National Security Landscape for the Warfighter
Speaker: Vice Admiral Michael LeFever, Deputy Director for Strategic Operational Planning, National Counterterrorism Center
Speaker: Lieutenant General (Ret.) David Barno, Senior Advisor and Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security; Former Commander Combined Forces Command - Afghanistan 2003-2005
Moderator: Dana Priest, National Security Correspondent, The Washington Post