National security experts gathered in Washington Nov. 6-7 for the 24th Annual Review of the field of National Security Law, an event co-sponsored by the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security; the Center for National Security Law at the University of Virginia School of Law; the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security at Duke University School of Law; and the Center on National Security and the Law at Georgetown University.
The first panel of the day, “Executive Branch Updates on Developments in National Security Law,” featured (from left): moderator Benjamin Powell, a partner at WilmerHale; Caroline Krass, general counsel, Central Intelligence Agency; Robert Litt, general counsel, Office of the Director of National Intelligence; Rajesh De, general counsel, National Security Agency; Cynthia Ryan, general counsel, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; John Carlin, assistant attorney general, National Security Division, U.S. Department of Justice; and Brigadier General Richard C. Gross, U.S. Army, legal counsel to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.