Al Qaeda 3.0: The 'War on Terror' After the Bush Administration

Oct. 8, 2008
3 min read

New America Foundation/Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency Initiative, New York University/Center on Law and Security

WASHINGTON , Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was released by the New America Foundation:

WHAT: Al Qaeda 3.0: The "War On Terror" After The Bush Administration

WHEN: Friday, October 10, 2008

8:45am - 5:00pm, EDT

WHERE: Caucus Room, Room 325, Russell Building, U.S. Senate

Washington, DC

RSVP HERE: http://www.newamerica.net/events/2008/al_qaeda_3_0 or call Kate Brown at 202-986-3058

WHO: FRANCES FRAGO TOWNSEND

Homeland Security Advisor to President George W. Bush , 2004-2008

LAWRENCE WRIGHT

NYU Center on Law and Security and New Yorker

Author of The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11

PHILIP MUDD

National Security Branch, Federal Bureau of Investigation

PETER BERGEN

New America Foundation and CNN

Author of The Osama bin Laden I Know and Holy War, Inc.

BRUCE HOFFMAN

Georgetown University

Author of Inside Terrorism

STEVE COLL

New America Foundation and New Yorker

Author of Ghost Wars and The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century

AGENDA:

9:15 am

The Future of Al Qaeda

FRAN TOWNSEND , Homeland Security Adviser to President Bush 2004-2008

BRUCE HOFFMAN , Georgetown University

STEVE COLL , New America Foundation

PETER BERGEN , New America Foundation/CNN

10:45 am

The War of Ideas

LAWRENCE WRIGHT , NYU Center on Law and Security and New Yorker

DANIEL KIMMAGE

ELIZA GRISWOLD , New America Foundation

12:00 pm

Taliban and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan

SETH JONES , RAND Corporation

CHRISTINE FAIR , RAND Corporation

NIR ROSEN , NYU Center on Law and Security/New America Foundation

1:15 pm

Al Qaeda in the Arab World and Europe

ABDEL BARI ATWAN , Editor, Al Quds Al Arabi, Author, The Secret History of Al Qa 'ida

BRIAN FISHMAN , Combating Terrorism Center at West Point

MOHAMMED HAFEZ , Naval Postgraduate School

THOMAS HEGGHAMMER, Harvard University/ Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI)

2:30 pm

Counter-Radicalization: What Works?

CHRISTOPHER BOUCEK , Carnegie Endowment

ZACHARY ABUZA , Simmons College

KENNETH BALLEN , Terror Free Tomorrow

3:45 pm

Counterterrorism and American Security at Home

PHILIP MUDD , National Security Branch, FBI

MARC SAGEMAN , New York Police Department

MITCHELL SILBER , Intelligence Division's Analytic and Cyber Units, New York Police Department

AMBASSADOR MICHAEL SHEEHAN , NYU Center on Law and Security, former NYC Deputy Police Commissioner

About the New America Foundation

The New America Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy institute that invests in new thinkers and new ideas to address the next generation of challenges facing the United States .

CONTACT: Kate Brown of the New America Foundation, 202-986-3058 work, 414-737-0462 cell, [email protected]

Web Site: http://www.newamerica.net/

SOURCE New America Foundation

Copyright © 2008 PR Newswire Association LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Sign up for SecurityInfoWatch Newsletters
Get the latest news and updates.

Voice Your Opinion!

To join the conversation, and become an exclusive member of SecurityInfoWatch, create an account today!