Counsel of the department of Homeland Security commented on the fact Homeland Security is a discipline and we see this in our law schools and undergraduate schools around the country were Homeland Security is taught today and we will be holding not on a penal josh will be moderating later. Celebrations and anniversaries come in 10 year intervals. Youre part of History Today with this 10th year program. The program really had its genesis to serving the general counsels office many years ago. So it is only appropriate today introduced the keynote speaker who is the current general counsel of the department of Homeland Security. The bible is the current general counsel and has served with distinction they are the last many years. Hes the chief legal officer of the department of Homeland Security and see if i lost track of how Many Employers you actually supervise, but it is probably somewhere in the vicinity of 1800 lawyers. I recall as many as 600 lawyers are sure the wash d. C. Area. I
Insightful with respect to the wall and if we have time at the end i will be happy to take some questions. Let me start with kind of what weve been spending our time on at the department the. This is the operational policy challenges of the department so the first challenge i want to discuss its counterterrorism and as joe and others now counterterrorism was the Founding Mission of the department and it continues to be the cornerstone of what we do compared to 2003 when the department was established the terrorism threat today is more challenging and more decentralized and diffuse and arguably more complex. We are more concerned about the foreign fighters who leave this country and others have traveled to another and take up to the fight and link up with a terrorist organization. They are concerned about the terrorist organizations adapted and skilled use of the internet to publicly recruit and inspire individuals. To prevent the travel of the foreign terrorist fighters the secretary r
Lets get started. The program is recorded and live stream so we have to start exactly at 5 30 p. M. So i apologize if we cut off any brilliance. Ina a visiting scholar and coauthor buyers now before the supply runs out. That is a joke the supply will never run out. To have the panelist and commentator at the center for strategic and International Studies and was just complaining United Nations. Those that have day background is cybersecurity issues they are grateful to have them with us. So briefly describe the themes in the book first we will hear to have 20 or 25 minutes for questions and answers and discussion. Also but i could not think of a better place to think of future technology. Is an amazing facility and also things to lindsey for organizing the up panel and of course, day ae i of leadership and staff. So the book basically has three points. The Rapid Advances are also coming to military weaponry. Autonomous cars and great advances in robotics. And now the of leading edge th
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