November 17th & November 18th, 2005

The Willard Hotel
1401 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20004

The War on Terror has now entered its fifth year. To fight that war, governments have expanded in size and scope. Governments have been reorganized and new bureaucratic entities have been created. Public expenditure--both security and non-security spending--has increased. Domestic security agencies have garnered more power to constrict civil liberties. All of this activity seems to demonstrate that governments are doing more to protect their people, but do bigger and more powerful governments actually increase security or merely enhance state control over citizens?

The conference will explore government growth after 9/11, whether a larger government is equipped to fight small, agile terrorist groups, and whether innovative approaches might provide better domestic security and lessen the need to restrict civil liberties.

Thursday, November 17

6:30 p.m. Reception
Location: Buchanan Room

7:00 p.m. Opening Dinner

Welcoming Remarks
Claus Gramckow, Acting Representative, Friedrich Naumann Foundation
Ivan Eland, Independent Institute

Keynote Address by Representative Ron Paul (R/TX)

Location: Pierce Room

Friday, November 18

9:00 a.m. Fighting the War on Terror by Expanding the State: An Effective Strategy?

Michael Sheuer, former CIA official
Angela Freimuth, FDP State Legislator, State of North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Comments by:
Veronique de Rugy, American Enterprise Institute
Charles Pena, Coalition for a Realistic Foreign Policy

Followed by Question & Answer

10:30 a.m. Coffee Break

10:45 a.m. Innovative Approaches to Homeland Security for the U.S. and Europe

Greg Nojeim, American Civil Liberties Union
Robert Klemmensen, University of Southern Denmark

Comments by:
Ivan Eland, Independent Institute
Winslow Wheeler, Center for Defense Information

Followed by Question & Answer

Location: Pierce Room

12:30 p.m. Luncheon
Location: Holmes Room

For more information about this conference, please contact tad@usa.fnst.org by November 13th, 2005.