On February 27, 2003, the Lexington Institute will be hosting a one-day
conference titled "Progress Towards Homeland Security: An Interim
Report Card." Our team of scholars will present their findings on the
state of homeland security seventeen months after September 11.
Congressman Asa Hutchinson, Under Secretary for Border and
Transportation Security in the Department of Homeland Security, will
deliver the morning address. Admiral James M. Loy, Under Secretary of
Transportation for Security at the Transportation Security
Administration, will deliver the luncheon address. Other speakers
include:
Joel Feldschuh, former CEO of El Al Airlines, on Air Transportation Security.
David Kay, former Chief Nuclear Weapons Inspector for the United Nations on Nuclear Defense.
Ellen Laipson, former Vice Chairwoman of the National Intelligence Council, will discuss the state of Foreign Intelligence.
Loren Thompson, Chief Operating Officer of Lexington Institute, will discuss Public Education and the Media.
Other
presentations will include Emergency Response & Consequence
Management, Border Security and Infrastructure Protection.
Draft Papers (Requires Adobe Acrobat)
Domestic Intelligence Challenges in the 21st Century
By Robert M. Blitzer
Safe Skies: The Current State of Aviation Security
By Brigadier General Joel Feldschuh
Border Security: Closing The Ingenuity Gap
By Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Frank Hoffman
Improving Public Surface Transportation Security: What Do We Do Now?
By Brian M. Jenkins
Homeland Security and Nuclear Defense
By Dr. David Kay
On
June 11, 2003, Former U.N. Special Commission chief nuclear weapons
inspector David Kay was appointed as a special advisor for strategy to
assist the United States in searching for Iraq's weapons of mass
destruction. The transcript of his presentation at the Lexington
Institute's Homeland Security Conference on February 27, 2003 is
provided here.
Foreign Intelligence Challenges post-September 11
By Ellen Laipson
Military Support to Homeland Security
By Steven Metz
Preparedness for Chemical and Biological Threats to Homeland Security: A Glass Half Empty; A Glass Half Full
By Michael Moodie
Biographical Information for Conference Participants
