Posted by BEN BEAUMONT – With the recent instability in a nuclear Pakistan, nuclear terrorism and nuclear proliferation are hot topics in America, especially in the presidential campaigns. In that respect, the Clinton School will host a panel discussion featuring Carie Lemack, founder of Families of September 11, (www.familiesofseptember11.org) and Michael Hurley, counterterrorism advisor to the Nuclear Threat Initiative (www.nti.org), who will discuss lessons learned in the aftermath of 9/11 and methods for preventing nuclear terrorism in today’s volatile world. To RSVP for this FREE public program, contact Nikolai DiPippa at publicprograms@clintonschool.uasys.edu, or call 501.683.5239.
A former CIA officer, Hurley was a senior staff member to the 9/11 Commission, writing much of the panel’s final report. He also served as a senior counsel and director of the counterterrorism policy investigation. Lemack helped to create and then lead the Families of September 11 after her mother, Judy Larocque was killed on American Airlines Flight 11 that terrorists crashed into the World Trade Center. Lemack successfully advocated alongside other family members for the creation of the 9/11 investigative commission and other terrorism prevention legislation.