Program of Events
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
9 A.M. - 1 P.M.
William G. McGowan Theater
National Archives Building
Constitution Ave NW at 7th St.
Washington, DC 20408
Administrative and Introductory Remarks 9-9:05 A.M.
Opening Remarks 9:05-9:10 A.M.
Professor Allen Weinstein, Archivist
of the United States
Introduction of Keynote Speaker 9:10-9:15 A.M.
Keynote Address 9:15-9:45 A.M.
The Honorable Lee H. Hamilton
Break 9:45-10 A.M.
Panel One: Classification 10-11:25 A.M.
Moderator: Rebecca Carr, Cox
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Panelists:
Steven Aftergood, Senior
Research Analyst, Federation of American Scientists
Lawrence J. Halloran, Staff
Director and Counsel, Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and
International Relations, House of Representatives
Charles S. Phalen, Jr., Federal
Bureau of Investigation
Robert W. Rogalski,
Department of Defense.
Break 11:25-11:35 A.M.
Panel Two: Declassification 11:35 A.M.-1 P.M.
Moderator: L. Britt Snider, formerly
of the Central Intelligence Agency and currently the chair of the Public Interest
Declassification Board
Panelists
Thomas S. Blanton,
Executive Director, The National Security Archives, The George Washington
University
Edmund Cohen, Chief, ISC/IMS,
Central Intelligence Agency
Margaret P. Grafeld, Department
of State
Michael J. Kurtz, Assistant
Archivist for the Office of Records Services-Washington, DC
Anna K. Nelson, American
University and former board member of the United States Assassination Records
Review Board.
Closing Remarks 1 P.M.