SPRING 2003 LECTURE SERIES
Thursday, March 6th, 2003, 6:00-7:30 p.m.

The World Policy Institute at New School University presents

View Archived Webcast (You will need Real Player to view this.) Courtesy of New School Online University special events.

AMERICA'S INTELLIGENCE BREAKDOWN

a panel discussion with

MAURICE SONNENBERG
has served on a number of intelligence commissions and boards. He is the former Vice Chairman of the National Commission on Terrorism and served for eight years on the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. Currently, he is the Senior International Advisor to the investment banking firm of Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc., and the law firm of Manatt, Phelps and Phillips LLP.

and

RICHARD ALLEN
Professor at Brooklyn Law School and American Scholar in Residence at the EastWest Institute

Moderated by

SHERLE SCHWENNINGER
World Policy Institute Senior Fellow, Director of the Building a Global Middle-Class Project

The multiple failures and shortcomings of US intelligence in the area of counter-terrorism before 9/11 are by now well known. From books to Congressional hearings, the "whys," " wherefores" and "what ifs," have been gone over with a fine toothcomb. But in light of all of this analysis, hand wringing and second-guessing, what concrete steps have actually been taken to fix the problems, and what are likely to be the impact and effectiveness of such measures in combating a new generation of international terrorists, one that seeks to inflict large-scale physical damage and massive casualties on their opponents. And beyond the war on terrorism, what are their civil liberties implications for the people of the United States of new intelligence gathering and analysis capabilities that inevitably involve ever greater intrusions into everyone's' lives?

Thursday, March 6, 2003, 6:00-7:30 p.m. Swayduck Auditorium, First Floor, 65 Fifth Avenue (between East 13-14th). Admission is free.

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Online webcast and discussion:

Enter the www.dialnsa.edu website and click on the "America's Intelligence Breakdown" which will be listed under Special Events. Be sure on the day of the event that it is between 6:00 - 7.30 pm EST to view the live webcast. Archived realplayer files will be available from this page less than one week after the event.

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