The Century Foundation's Homeland Security Project: Homeland Security Sources On Call

8/28/2002

From: Christy Hicks of The Century Foundation, 212-452-7723 or hicks@tcf.org http://www.homelandsec.org

News Advisory:

In response to the tragic events of September 11 and their aftermath, The Century Foundation created the Homeland Security Project to help formulate coherent and comprehensive approaches to homeland security challenges. The project is composed of three working groups: The Federal Response; Federalism Challenges; and The Public's Need to Know. The project is cochaired by Tom Kean, former New Jersey governor and current Drew University president, and Richard Celeste, former Ohio governor and current Colorado College president. Project leadership also includes former White House chiefs of staff Kenneth Duberstein and John Podesta; Vanderbilt's First Amendment Center director, John Seigenthaler; and former Time magazine executive editor John Stacks.

Century Foundation Fellows, staff, and other experts on issues such as national security, civil liberties, media, the federal government, and federal-state relations have written papers and issue briefs and contributed to our working groups on a broad array of topics related to homeland security and the war on terrorism.

These experts can provide information and insight to enhance your coverage of September 11 related issues. Their papers, issue briefs, and biographies are available on The Century Foundation's homeland security Web site at http://www.homelandsec.org.

Call Maureen Farrell at 212-452-7741 for more information or to set up interviews.

Experts on homeland security topics include:

-- Stephen Flynn, the Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations; author of Century Foundation Homeland Security Issue Brief "Creating the Department of Homeland Security, Rethinking the Ends and Means"

Areas of Expertise: National Security Issues; Military Issues; Border and Port Security

-- Donald Kettl, professor of public affairs and political science at the University of Wisconsin at Madison; executive director, The Century Foundation Project on Homeland Security, Working Group on Federalism Challenges; coauthor of Century Foundation Homeland Security Issue Brief "An Alternative to President Bush's Department of Homeland Security Plan"

Areas of Expertise: Federal Responses to Homeland Security; Local Preparedness; Intelligence Gathering

-- Richard C. Leone, President, The Century Foundation; former chairman, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; author of "The Port Authority's Role in The World Trade Center," New York Times op-ed, August 6, 2002

Areas of Expertise: The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; Rebuilding Lower Manhattan; Local Responses to Homeland Security; Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS)

-- Stephen J. Schulhofer, New York University law professor; author of The Enemy Within: Intelligence Gathering, Law Enforcement, and Civil Liberties in the Wake of September 11 (The Century Foundation Press, 2002)

Areas of Expertise: Intelligence Gathering; Civil Liberties; FBI; CIA; Historical Perspectives on Homeland Security; Detainment of Immigrants

-- John Stacks, former executive editor, Time Magazine; executive director, Working Group on The Public's Need To Know, The Century Foundation Project on Homeland Security

Areas of Expertise: Media's Response to September 11; Public Information

-- Gregory Treverton, senior policy analyst, RAND; former vice chair, National Intelligence Council; author, Reshaping National Intelligence for an Age of Information, A Century Foundation Book (Cambridge University Press, 2001); coauthor of Century Foundation Homeland Security Issue Brief "An Alternative to President Bush's Department of Homeland Security Plan"; author of The Century Foundation Homeland Security Issue Brief "Intelligence, Law Enforcement, and Homeland Security"

Areas of Expertise: Intelligence Gathering; CIA; FBI; Federal Responses To Homeland Security

-- Leif Haase, Fellow, The Century Foundation; author of Century Foundation Homeland Security Issue Brief "Securing U.S. Nuclear Power Plants and Radioactive Materials against Terrorism"

Area of Expertise: Nuclear Issues

-- Thad Hall, Program Officer, The Century Foundation; author of Century Foundation Homeland Security Issue Brief "Visa Tracking"

Areas of Expertise: Immigration Issues; Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS); Visa Tracking

-- Tova Wang, Program Officer and Special Counsel, The Century Foundation; member; Civic Alliance to Rebuild Downtown New York; author of The Century Foundation Homeland Security Fact Sheet "The Economic Impact of Terrorist Attack on NYC" (updated weekly); author of Century Foundation Homeland Security Issue Brief "The Debate Over a National Identification Card"; author of Century Foundation Homeland Security Issue Brief "The Debate Over a North American Security Perimeter"

Areas of Expertise: Rebuilding Lower Manhattan; Civil Liberties

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