President Obama will discuss the National Security Agency and the scope of government surveillance powers in a speech on Friday, Jan. 17. Two Duke Law faculty members with expertise in surveillance issues are available for analysis of the president's statements. Charlie Dunlap Jr.Professor of the practice, Duke Law School; executive director of Duke's Center on Law, Ethics and National Security.dunlap@law.duke.eduhttp://www.law.duke.edu/fac/dunlapDunlap specializes in warfare policy and strategy, cyber-warfare, military commissions, counterinsurgency, nuclear issues and air power. He's a former deputy judge advocate general of the U.S. Air Force and retired from the military in June 2010 as a major general.Christopher H. SchroederProfessor of law and public policy, Duke Law School, Sanford School of Public Policy.schroeder@law.duke.eduhttp://www.law.duke.edu/fac/schroederSchroeder, whose scholarly expertise is focused on constitutional law issues, was appointed assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Policy (OLP) at the U.S. Department of Justice in April 2010. He served in that post through 2012. While at OLP he offered policy advice to the attorney general and the White House on a variety of law enforcement and national security issues, including how best to change and update existing surveillance procedures.
