BACKGROUND PAPERS FOR THE

INFORMATION SHARING AND HOMELAND SECURITY CONFERENCE

Better sharing of information - between intelligence and law enforcement agencies; among federal, state and local governments; and between the public and private sectors - has been called one of the main foundations of improved homeland security.  Sharing information is not easy.  Often, there are bureaucratic or technical barriers that impede information flows.  There are also difficult policy questions.  For example, how will the security of sensitive information be preserved? And how will civil liberties and privacy rights be protected?  Students in the Research Center addressed these and other questions by examining information sharing in the law enforcement and intelligence communities, the protection of critical infrastructure, and the use of personal information.

The Legal Framework in the U.S.

for Sharing Law Enforcement and Intelligence Information 

Rebekah Bina and Caroline Nicolai

Domestic Intelligence and National Security Reform Proposals

Fayza Elmostehi and Michael D. Vozzo

Critical Infrastructure and Information Sharing  

Sean Gallagher and Michael Neugebauer

Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening Systems ("CAPPS II"): 

National Security v. Civil Liberties

Valerie Alberto and Dominique Bogatz

TIA and MATRIX:  Functions, Benefits, and Barriers

Joe Judiciani and Daniel Snyder

Information Sharing:  The European Experience

Amanda DiPaola and Bartosz H. Stanislawski

COMMENTARY ON ENEMY COMBATANT CASES
Law students enrolled in the National Security and Counterterrorism Research Center for the 2003-2004 academic year produced written commentary on the two "enemy combatant" cases argued before the Supreme Court on April 28, 2004: Padilla v. Bush and Hamdi v. Rumsfeld.

I. Commentary
William Banks, "Enemy combatants' and the Supreme Court:

The cases of Yaser Hamdi and Jose Padilla"

II. Statement of the Facts
Valerie Alberto, "Padilla v. Bush"
Rebekah Bina, "Hamdi v. Rumsfeld"

III. The Role of the Judiciary
Sean Gallagher, "Padilla v. Bush"
Daniel Snyder, "Hamdi v. Rumsfeld"

IV. Authorization for Use of Military Force
Michael Vozzo, "Padilla v. Bush"
Joseph Juidiciani, "Hamdi v. Rumsfeld"

V. 18 U.S.C. Section 4001
Valerie Alberto, "Padilla v. Bush"
Rebekah Bina, "Hamdi v. Rumsfeld"

VI. Commander in Chief
Dominique Bogatz, "Padilla v. Bush"
Fayza Elmostehi, "Hamdi v. Rumsfeld"

VII. International Law
Michael Neugebauer, "Padilla v. Bush"
Caroline Nicolai, "Hamdi v. Rumsfeld"

VIII. Additional Resources