Today is the deadline registration to attend the Levin Center at Wayne State University Law School’s half-day conference, “Congressional Oversight of Classified Programs – 40 Years after the Church Committee,” on Tuesday, Oct. 20, in Washington, D.C.
The conference, the first for the newly established Levin Center, will review the status of the Church Committee reforms of 1975 and Congress’ ability to oversee classified programs.
The U.S. Senate’s Church Committee was tasked with investigating federal intelligence operations in the wake of the Watergate scandal and the revelation of spying by the CIA on anti-war activists.
The conference is set for 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Kennedy Caucus Room of the Russell Senate Office Building, 2 Constitution Ave. N.E.
Admission is free, including lunch, but registration is required.
Registration can be completed online at law.wayne.edu/livestream.
Moderating the discussions will be former Sen. Carl Levin, chair of the Levin Center, distinguished legislator in residence at Wayne Law, former chairman of the Senate Armed Forces Committee and senior counsel to Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP in Detroit, with former Sen. Richard Lugar, president of The Lugar Center and former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
