Brennan Center for Justice

The Brennan Center for Justice and the New York City Bar Association

present a discussion with

Glenn Fine, former Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice

moderated by

Scott Horton, Columbia Law School and Harper’s Magazine

Watching the Detectives:
Oversight of Post 9/11 Law Enforcement Counterterrorism Operations

CLE credit will be available

Law enforcement agencies today are charged not only with solving crimes, but with preventing the next terrorist attack. To this end, federal law enforcement agencies have been given broad new powers to collect intelligence about U.S. citizens and residents, and local and state law enforcement agencies have increasingly joined in these efforts. In this landscape, robust oversight is more important than ever to ensure effective intelligence operations that adhere to our constitutional values and do not stray beyond their authorized purpose.

Please join us for a discussion with Glenn Fine, who served as the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Justice from 2000 to 2011, and will discuss his experience overseeing the FBI and lessons learned about oversight of intelligence operations. The Co-Director of the Brennan Center’s Liberty and National Security Program, Faiza Patel, will introduce the talk. Mr. Fine’s remarks will be followed by a discussion moderated by Scott Horton, of Columbia Law School and Harper’s Magazine, a leading commentator on national security issues.

Thursday, March 8, 2012, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.

New York City Bar Association
Stimson Room, 42 West 44th Street
New York, NY 10036

Space is limited. Please RSVP to R. Kyle Alagood at kyle.alagood@nyu.edu or 646-292-8346.

Glenn A. Fine served as the Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Justice from December 2000 until January 2011. Mr. Fine joined the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG) in January 1995, initially serving as Special Counsel to the Inspector General. In 1996, he became the Director of the OIG’s Special Investigations and Review Unit. In 2000, he was nominated by the President to serve as the Inspector General, and in December 2000 he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate for that position.

As the Inspector General, Mr. Fine supervised a staff of more than 400 employees who conducted investigations, audits and special reviews of Department of Justice programs and expenditures. Among the most high profile of these matters were the reviews of the Department of Justice’s handling of intelligence information related to the Sept. 11 attacks, the Department’s treatment of detainees after the Sept. 11 attacks, allegations regarding politicized hiring in the Justice Department and the firing of U.S. Attorneys, the FBI’s use of national security letters, and the Department’s preparation to respond to attacks utilizing weapons of mass destruction. Under Mr. Fine’s supervision, the OIG also conducted many audits of the Department’s operations and practices, as well as investigations of individual allegations of misconduct by Department employees. Mr. Fine has testified more than 40 times before Congressional committees.  He is currently a partner at Dechert LLP in Washington, D.C.