DHS at 10: The Department of Homeland Security’s Past, Present and Future

LaShawn Warren

ACS Vice President of Policy Development and Programming
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Dipal Shah

ACS Director of Policy Development and Programming
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Stephen Vladeck

Associate Dean & Professor of Law at American University, Washington College of Law
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Michael German

Senior Policy Counsel, ACLU
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Wendy Patten

Senior Policy Analyst, Open Society Foundations
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Seth Grossman

Deputy General Counsel, DHS
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Jamil Jaffer

Senior Counsel, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
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Department of Homeland Security at 10: Past, Present, and Future

On November 25, 2002, then President George W. Bush signed the Homeland Security Act, which established the Department of Homeland Security and called for the largest federal government reorganization since the creation of the Department of Defense in 1947. On Wednesday, November 28, the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy and the Open Society Foundations hosted a panel discussion covering a decade of DHS accomplishments, successes, failures, and controversies, as well as suggested national security policies looking forward. The panel featured:

Moderator, Stephen Vladeck, Associate Dean & Professor of Law at American University, Washington College of Law
Michael German, Senior Policy Counsel, ACLU
Seth Grossman, Deputy General Counsel, DHS
Jamil Jaffer, Senior Counsel, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Wendy Patten, Senior Policy Analyst, Open Society Foundations