A Year at War: The Domestic Front

October 1, 2002 - 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Leamy Hall Auditorium, U. S. Coast Guard Academy
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Biographies of Panelists

360 Days at War: An Update and Perspective | Homeland Security and Freedom | Searching for Security: The Restructuring of the Federal Government and the War on Terrorism | Enlisting the Private Sector: The Importance of Private/Public Partnerships in the War on Terrorism | Looking to the Future: Can Technology Win the War on Terrorism?

360 Days at War: An Update and Perspective

Biography of Dr. Stephen E. Flynn, Keynote and Moderator
Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow, National Security Studies Council on Foreign Relations

Dr. Flynn holds the Ph.D., and M.A.L.D., from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, and a B.S. from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.

Dr. Flynn's expertise includes the fields of homeland security; border control; global logistics; maritime and transportation security. He is a Commander, U.S. Coast Guard (retired). His positions have included: Consultant on homeland security, U.S. Commission on National Security (Hart-Rudman Commission (2000-01); Director, Office of Global Issues, National Security Council staff (1997); Associate Professor, U.S. Coast Guard Academy (1994-99); Guest Scholar and Visiting Fellow, Brookings Institution (1991-94); Commanding Officer, U.S. Coast Guard (1992-93, 1984-86).

Dr. Flynn's publications include: "America the Vulnerable,"in Foreign Affairs (Jan/Feb 2002); "Transforming Border Management in the Post-September 11 World" in Governance & Public Security, Syracuse University (2002); "The Unguarded Homeland" in How Did This Happen? Terrorism and the New War, in Public Affairs (Nov 2001); and "Beyond Border Control" in Foreign Affairs (Nov/Dec 2000)..

Among the honors received by Dr. Flynn: appointed to the National Academy of Sciences Panel on Science and Technology for Countering Terrorism in Transportation and Distribution Systems (2002); Legion of Merit (2001); Coast Guard Academy Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award (1999); Annenberg Scholar-in-Residence, University of Pennsylvania (1993-94); International Affairs Fellowship, Council on Foreign Relations (1991-92); Distinguished Graduate, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University (1988).

Homeland Security and Freedom

Biography of Robert Levy, Esq.
Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies
CATO Institute

Bob Levy joined Cato in 1997 after 25 years in business. He is an Adjunct Professor at the Georgetown University Law Center, a director of the Institute for Justice, and a trustee of The Objectivist Center.

Levy received his Ph.D. in business from the American University in 1966. That year he founded CDA Investment Technologies, Inc., a major provider of financial information and software. Levy was chief executive officer of CDA until 1991.

He then earned his J.D. in 1994 from the George Mason University, where he was chief articles editor of the law review. The next two years he clerked for Judge Royce C. Lamberth on the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., and for Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Among Levy's publications are a book, dozens of articles on investments and, more recently, numerous papers on law and public policy. His writing has been published in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Washington Post, National Review, Weekly Standard, Journal of the American Medical Association and numerous other media. He also has discussed public policy on many national radio and TV programs, including "CNN's Crossfire," ABC's"Nightline," "Geraldo," "Hardball" and NBC's "Today Show."

Searching for Security: The Restructuring of the Federal Government and the War on Terrorism

Dr. Harold C. Relyea
Specialist in American Government
Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress

Harold C. Relyea is a Specialist in American National Government with the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress. An undergraduate of Drew University, he received his doctoral degree in government from The American University. Since joining CRS in 1971, he has produced a number of major studies for Congress, including analyses of the office and powers of the President, executive branch organization and management, congressional oversight, and various aspects of government information policy and practice. He has testified before congressional panels on various occasions, and also recently appeared before a committee of the European Parliament.

In addition to his CRS duties, Dr. Relyea has authored numerous articles for scholarly and professional publications in the United States and abroad. Currently preparing a book on national emergency powers, his recently published titles include Silencing Science: National Security Controls and Scientific Communication (1994), Federal Information Policies in the 1990s (1996), The Executive Office of the President (1997), and United States Government Information: Policies and Sources (2002).

He has served on the editorial board of Government Information Quarterly since its founding in 1984, and has held similar positions with several other journals in the past.

Enlisting the Private Sector: The Importance of Private/Public Partnerships in the War on Terrorism

Dr. Sonia L. Dillon
President and CEO
Homeland Security Foundation (HSF)

Dr. Sonia Dillon has Bachelor and Master degrees in Business Administration. She earned her Ph.D. in Public and International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh in 1995. The National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) chose her PhD dissertation among the eight best for a National Award in 1996.

The World Bank, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Inter-American Foundation, sponsored her research and scholarships in Public and International Affairs.

Dr. Dillon has been a professor and a Dean of Business Administration Schools for more than 15 years. During the 1990s she coordinated a coalition of public-private partnerships from Pittsburgh to help the country of Nicaragua (after the Sandinistas) to develop a democratic system and promote business relations with the United States. This program received strong support from the Bayer Corporation, the Mayor of Pittsburgh and the Governor of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Dillon has also contributed to other Latin American and Caribbean Countries, first as the Coordinator of the Latin American Program of Duquesne University and as the Coordinator of International Projects for the Central East University.

Actually, she is the President of the Homeland Security Foundation (HSF) and will join The Florida Metropolitan University as an adjunct faculty of the MBA program this winter. Dr. Dillon has several publications related to international trade, small businesses, and self-study and accreditation processes.

Looking to the Future: Can Technology Win the War on Terrorism?

Dr. Ruth David
President and CEO
Analytic Services Inc. (ANSER)

Dr. Ruth A. David is President and CEO of ANSER, an independent, nonprofit public service research institute. In November 1999, Dr. David initiated ANSER’s Homeland Defense Strategic Thrust to address the growing national concern of multi-dimensional, asymmetric threats from rogue nations, sub-state terrorist groups, and domestic terrorists.

In May 2001, the ANSER Institute of Homeland Security was established to enhance public awareness and education and contribute to the dialog on a national, state, and local level.

She is a member of the President’s Homeland Security Advisory Council, the National Academy of Engineering, the NSA Advisory Board and the National Research Council