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Former Defense Department officials talked about the role of special operations and intelligence in 21st century warfare and in the battles against al Qaeda and the ISIL.* Journalist Kimberl…

Assistant Attorney General for National Security John Carlin and Central Intelligence Agency General Counsel Caroline Krass discussed their differing roles in securing the homeland. “The …

The French and Spanish ambassadors to the U.S. and former Undersecretary of State Paula Dobriansky discussed the continuing threats to Europe such as Russia’s annexation of Crimea and reside…

General John Allen (Retired), Ambassador Lukman Faily, and Assistant Secretary Daniel Glaser talked about combating ISIL* in Syria and Iraq. “Iraq/Syria: Worse Now Than Before” was a pan…

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson spoke about his department’s role in combating ISIS*. “Homeland Security in the Age of ISIL” was part of the 2015 Aspen Security Forum in Aspen, Co…

Cybersecurity experts from the government and private industry talked about the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Sony, and JP Morgan Chase data breaches, and ways to protect both govern…

Panelists talked about preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, the threat of a nuclear Iran, and potential strategies to combat this and other similar security threats. “Iran and…

Secretary Jeh Johnson talked about the Department of Homeland Security’s work to fight threats facing the country. After his speech, he took questions from audience members on topics that ra…

Terrorism expert Peter Bergen, author of the book, Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden From 9/11 to Abbottabad, and Greg Barker, who produced and directed an HBO documentary based on …

Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter talked about the future of the Pentagon as it shifts from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to a new focus on the Asia Pacific Theater, cyber securit…

National Intelligence Council Counselor Matthew Burrows and former CIA and Homeland Security officials talked about future world security threats and how to prevent them. Dina Temple-Raston,…

The current and former directors of the National Counterterrorism Center talked about current terrorism threats, intelligence oversight, data collection and surveillance, and civil liberties…

Panelists talked about the tension between a free press and national security. Among the topics they addressed were National Security Agency (NSA) data collection, prosecuting journalists fo…

Two former directors of National Intelligence talked about National Security Agency (NSA) intelligence and data collection. Both were involved with the beginning and expansion of the NSA sur…