The last twenty years of American counterterror and national security efforts have had profound impacts on our nation and the world. On the 20th Anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, we ask, how have we done? What worked and what didn’t work? Were processes, policies, laws, and resources adequate to the requirements? Did we adhere to those policies and laws? And perhaps most importantly, what lessons have we learned to ensure our nation and its allies can do better in the coming decades?

This episode features welcoming remarks by ABA President Reginald M. Turner:

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/aba_officers/turner-reginald/

Moderated by Judge James Baker, Director of the Institute for Security Policy and Law at Syracuse University:

http://law.syr.edu/profile/the-hon.-james-e.-baker

Speakers:

Ambassador Anne Patterson is a Kissinger Sr. Fellow at the Yale Jackson Institute for Global Affairs:

https://www.academyofdiplomacy.org/member/anne-w-patterson/

Michael Vickers is the former Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence:

https://www.baesystems.com/en-us/our-company/about-us/bae-systems-inc/inc-board-of-directors/michael-g-vickers

Sahar Aziz is a Professor of Law Chancellor’s Social Justice Scholar at Rutgers Law School:

https://law.rutgers.edu/directory/view/8277