Panel Members

The Honorable E. Spencer Abraham

The Honorable E. Spencer AbrahamFormer U.S. Secretary of Energy and U.S. Senator from Michigan, The Abraham Group

Peter Bergen

Peter BergenCNN National Security Analyst and Author, Schwartz Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation

Dr. Stephen Flynn

Dr. Stephen FlynnIra A. Lipman Senior Fellow for Counterterrorism and National Security Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations

Dr. John Gannon

Dr. John GannonFormer Deputy Director of the CIA for Intelligence, Vice President for Global Analysis, BAE Systems Information Technology

Dr. Bruce Hoffman

Dr. Bruce HoffmanGeorgetown University terrorism specialist and former Vice President for External Affairs at RAND Corporation

The Honorable Dave McCurdy

The Honorable Dave McCurdyFormer Congressman from Oklahoma and Chairman of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee, President of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers

The Honorable Edwin Meese III

The Honorable Edwin Meese IIIFormer U.S. Attorney General, Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow in Public Policy and Chairman of the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation

The Honorable Tom Ridge

The Honorable Tom RidgeFormer Governor of Pennsylvania and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security; President and CEO, Ridge Global

The Honorable Richard L. Thornburgh

The Honorable Richard L. ThornburghFormer U.S. Attorney General, Of Counsel at K&L Gates

The Honorable Frances Townsend

The Honorable Frances TownsendFormer Homeland Security Advisor and former Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism under President George W. Bush

The Honorable Jim Turner

The Honorable Jim TurnerFormer Congressman from Texas and Ranking Member of the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee, Arnold and Porter, LLP

Lawrence Wright

Lawrence WrightNew Yorker Columnist and Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11