Center for National Security Law to Co-Sponsor Conference on Media and the War on Terror

January 9, 2003

"The Media and the War for the Fourth Freedom: Covering the War on Terror" will focus on the near-term military prospects from a national security viewpoint, a media assessment of the challenges anticipated in covering and reporting such events, and the appropriate balance between media access and the needs of national security in perilous times. To be held Jan. 16 in Washington, D.C. at the National Press Club, the event will feature keynote speaker Steve Roberts, an author, columnist, and television and radio commentator. The conference takes its title from a 1941 speech by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in which he names the fourth freedom — freedom from fear — as an essential value in American democracy.

Reservations for the conference and lunch are required and can be made by calling (434) 295-4784, or by e-mailing freespch@tjcenter.org. A payment of $25 by cash or check will be accepted for the luncheon on the day of the conference.

The conference is the joint effort of the Center for National Security Law and the Charlottesville-based Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression.

The Media and the War for the Fourth Freedom* Covering the War on Terror Freedom from Fear The fourth freedom in President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Four Freedom Speech, January 6, 1941 National Press Club 529 14th Street, NW Washington, DC January 16, 2003*
8:30 - 9:00 AM	Registration
9:00 - 9:15 AM	Setting the Stage John Norton Moore Director, Center for National Security Law Robert M. O'Neil Director, The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression
9:15 - 10:45 AM	Roundtable I: The War on Terror: What Should We Expect? Moderator: John Norton Moore Director, Center for National Security Law Speakers: Richard Falkenrath Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Policy and Plans Office of Homeland Security Neil C. Livingstone, Ph.D. Chairman of the Board GlobalOptions, Inc. Larry Mefford Assistant Director for Counterterrorism Federal Bureau of Investigation Dennis Murphy Assistant Commissioner, Office of Public Affairs United States Customs Service
10:45 - 11:00 AM	Break
11:00 - 12:45 PM	Roundtable II: Military Operations and the Media: Covering the Next War Moderator: Bruce Sanford Attorney Baker & Hostetler Speakers: Tom Bowman Pentagon Correspondent The Baltimore Sun Doyle McManus Washington Bureau Chief Los Angeles Times Paul McMasters First Amendment Ombudsman The Freedom Forum Michael Steger Counsel Twentieth Television/Americas Most Wanted Evan Thomas Assistant Managing Editor Newsweek Magazine Bryan G. Whitman Deputy Assistant Secretary Defense for Public Affairs (Media Operations) Department of Defense
12:45 - 2:00 PM	Luncheon Keynote Speaker: Steven V. Roberts Syndicated Columnist and Shapiro Professor of Media and Public Affairs George Washington University
2:00 - 2:15 PM	Break
2:15 - 4:15 PM	Roundtable III: Right Against Right: Reconciling National Security and the Public's Right to Know Moderator: Robert M. O'Neil Director, Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression Speakers: Stephanie Abrutyn Legal Counsel/East Coast Media Tribune Company Scott Armstrong Founder National Security Archive Peter Copeland Editor and General Manager Scripps Howard News Service Colonel James DeFrank III, USAF Director, Press Operations Department of Defense Leonard Downie Executive Editor The Washington Post Robert McNamara former General Counsel, Central Intelligence Agency Mark Thompson National Security Correspondent TIME Magazine

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