Video of a panel discussion on “The Challenges of Gathering Intelligence and Conducting Investigations.” The panel was held at the “Building Freedom, Building Security: America’s Challenge for the Next Five Years” conference on September 7, 2007, and featured:

• Milt Bearden, retired CIA officer, recipient of the CIA’s Distinguished Intelligence Medal for work in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Moscow, and Khartoum
• Kate Martin, Director, Center for National Security Studies
• Deborah Pearlstein, Associate Research Scholar in Law and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs
• Moderator James Johnson, partner, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP; Board Chair, Brennan Center for Justice