9/11 at 10: Surveillance

ACS's "9/11 at 10" symposium, marking the 10th anniversary of the tragic events of September 11, 2001, featured:

  • Moderator , Jeffrey Rosen, law professor, The George Washington University;
  • Michael German, Senior Counsel, ACLU;
  • Deepa Iyer, Executive Director, South Asian Americans Leading Together;
  • Gregory Nojeim, Senior Counsel and Director of Project on Freedom, Security and Technology, Center for Democracy and Technology;
  • Suzanne Spaulding, Principal, the Bingham Consulting Group and former Executive Director of the National Commission on Terrorism and Assistant General Counsel, CIA; and
  • Kenneth L. Wainstein, Partner, O’Melveny & Myers LLP and former Homeland Security Advisor to President George W. Bush

9/11 at 10: National Security as a Drive of Doctrinal Shifts in Other Areas of Law & Policy

ACS's "9/11 at 10" symposium, marking the 10th anniversary of the tragic events of September 11, 2001, featured:

  • Moderator, Charlie Savage, Washington Correspondent, The New York Times;
  • David D. Cole, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center;
  • Richard D. Klingler, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP and former General Counsel and Legal Advisor on the National Security Council (2006-2007);
  • Wendy Patten, Senior Policy Analyst, Open Society Foundations;
  • Deborah Pearlstein, Associate Research Scholar, Princeton University; and
  • Geoffrey R. Stone, Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor, The University of Chicago Law School and ACS Board Chair.

9/11 at 10: Featured Address by William Lietzau

William Lietzau, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Rule of Law and Detainee Policy, addresses the American Constitution Society's "9/11 at 10" symposium, marking the 10th anniversary of the tragic events of September 11, 2001.

Deborah Pearlstein on the Role of Courts Post-9/11

Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs Associate Research Scholar Deborah Pearlstein speaks with ACSblog following the "National Security as a Driver of Doctrinal Shifts in Other Areas of Law & Policy" at "9/11 at 10", an ACS symposium marking the 10th anniversary of the tragic events of September 11, 2001. She speaks on the role of executive power and attempts by the courts and civil society to restrain excess grabs to that power.