The topic of whistleblowers has dominated the news and public conversation lately, along with widely differing viewpoints of their role and approval in the Intelligence Community.

What is a whistleblower, and how does it differ from a leaker, a spy, or an insider threat? What obligations do members of the Intelligence Community have to report matters of fraud, waste, and abuse, and what protections exist for them when they do? Independent of political considerations, these are important questions that have crucial implications for national security, the Intelligence Community workforce, and foreign partnerships.

Our panel of academic, legal, and government experts, to include a former USIC whistleblower and a national security correspondent, will make for a robust conversation on this timely and important topic.

This is a brown-bag /"power lunch" type of discussion that occurs over the lunch hour. Light refreshments will be served. Attendees are encouraged to bring their lunch or stop by their favorite to-go restaurant on the way to the event. All are free to enjoy their food while listening to the panelist remarks.

We will have a Q&A session after the panel discussion.

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This event will be live-streamed via Zoom through this link: https://georgetown.zoom.us/j/581971813

We suggest allowing yourself a bit of extra time to get set up, in case you'll need to download the Zoom client first.

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Moderator:

Jorhena Thomas, Vice-President, International Association for Intelligence Education Washington DC Area Chapter; Faculty, Master's in Applied Intelligence at Georgetown University

Panelists:

Bradley P. Moss, Partner at the Law Office of Mark S. Zaid, PC

John Kostyack, Executive Director of the National Whistleblower Center

Erik Kleinsmith, Former US Army ABLE DANGER Whistleblower

JJ Green, WTOP National Security Correspondent

Frederic Lemieux, Georgetown University Faculty Director, Master’s in Applied Intelligence

W. George Jameson, Former CIA Director of the Office of Policy and Corporate Coordination

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Session Agenda:

11:30 AM - 11:55 AM ............Attendee Registration

12:00 PM - 12:40 PM ............Panel Discussion

12:40 PM - 1:00 PM .............Q & A Session

This event is proudly co-sponsored by the International Association for Intelligence Education - Washington DC Area Chapter and the Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies - Applied Intelligence Program.