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March 2020
The United States as a National Security State
A talk at Johns Hopkins Montgomery County Campus. Registration opens on January 6. To register, call 301-469-6800, press 1, x211 or click here to register online.
Find out more »April 2020
A Threat to our Democracy
The President Doesn't Follow the Law: The President is regularly taking advantage of our preoccupation with the pandemic to weaken and even gut our democracy. There have been three major anti-democratic steps in the past few weeks, beginning with the removal of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community, Michael Atkinson, without cause, which federal law requires. On April 13, Trump claimed that he had “total authority” over 50 U.S. governors to open up the U.S. economy, although he backed away from that empty threat within 24 hours. Nevertheless, it demonstrated his lack of knowledge of the Constitution, the rule of law, and the separation of powers. And most recently, Trump threatened an action that has no precedent in U.S. history, forcing Congress to adjourn to allow him to make numerous recess appointments to various positions.
Find out more »May 2020
Donald Trump’s Pandemic: Implications for National Security Policy
Speaker: Mel Goodman Topic: Donald Trump’s Pandemic: Implications for National Security Policy. When: Monday, May 18, 2020 at 7:00 PM …
Find out more »June 2020
Virtual Discussion: The Role of the Whistleblower in U.S. Democracy
The whistleblower is essential to congressional oversight, investigative journalism, and the public’s awareness of important national and international security issues. The speaker will address his own experiences as a whistleblower in testifying to the Senate intelligence committee in 1991 to block the confirmation of Robert Gates as Director of Central Intelligence. He will also discuss such whistleblowers as Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, the CIA whistleblower at the White House, and the recent case of Dr. Rick Bright at the Department of Health and Human Services. The lack of protection for whistleblowers in the intelligence community will also be assessed.
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