Secrets and Leaks: Whistleblowers, Journalists, and National Security

The Free Speech Project at Georgetown University and the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University held a joint forum in Gaston Hall on Monday, Sept. 24, 2018, on the subject of “Secrets and Leaks: Whistleblowers, Journalists, and National Security.” The objective was to explore the important, but perennially uneasy, relationship among reporters, their confidential sources inside the government, and other officials, especially on issues of foreign affairs and national defense policy — and to ask how the public interest can best be served in this critical area at a volatile moment for American civil society.

Panelists included Martin Baron, Executive Editor, The Washington Post; Carrie Cordero, Georgetown Law School, and former counsel to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; Jameel Jaffer, Executive Director, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University; Alberto Mora, Director, Global Programs, American Bar Association, and former General Counsel, Department of the Navy; Laura Poitras, Filmmaker, Journalist, and Executive Producer, Field of Vision.

Sept. 24, 2018, at 7 p.m. in historic Gaston Hall.