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The Ethics of Intelligence Operations
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Although thought about the justice of warfare is highly developed, ethical analyses of intelligence operations—which can involve lying, manipulation, coercion, stealing and even killing—are relatively recent and conflicting. The purpose of the first week of the 2021 McCain Conference is to identify the general ethical principles relevant to spying, and then apply them to specific activities—including human and technical intelligence gathering, interrogational torture, covert action, and intelligence analysis.
To begin this endeavor, the Center was honored to host Michael Morell, the former Deputy and Acting Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. He’s also the author of The Great War of Our Time: The CIA's Fight Against Terrorism—From al Qa'ida to ISIS.
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Mitt Regan is McDevitt Professor of Jurisprudence, Director of the Center on the Legal Profession, and Co-Director on the Center on National Security and the Law at Georgetown University Law Center. His work focuses on international law, national security, international human rights, and legal and military ethics. Professor Regan is also Senior Fellow at the Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership at the U.S. Naval Academy, and Adjunct Faculty Member at the Center for Military and Security Law at the Australian National University College of Law. He is a participant in two major interdisciplinary research projects: Global Terrorism and Collective Responsibility, funded by the European Research Council, and Split-Second Morality: Protecting Civilians in Asymmetric Conflicts, funded by the Georgetown University program on complex moral problems.
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