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AGENDA Roundtable on Social and Behavioral Sciences and Terrorism "Screening for Terrorists" National Research Council Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education May 13, 2003 NAS Building, Room 250 2101 Constitution Ave, Washington DC 20418

Morning Session 9:00 am.

Welcome and Greeting (Coffee and Pastries available) Michael Feuer, Executive Director, Division on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council Philip Heymann, Professor of Law and Government, Harvard University, Co-chair, Roundtable Michael Chertoff, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice, Co-chair, Roundtable

9:15

Presentations Characteristics of Suicide Bombers Ariel Merari, Professor of Psychology, Tel Aviv University, Jerusalem (will participate by video-conference) Marc Sageman, Forensic Psychiatrist (will briefly discuss preliminary data from biographies of over 100 Al Qaida Terrorists) Airport Security — Screening the General Population Rafi Ron, Consultant - Former Director of Security at Ben Gurion International Airport and the Israel Airport Authority Recommendations from the Markle Foundation Task Force Philip Zelikow, Executive Director, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks on the United States

10:45

BREAK

11:00

Discussion - Roundtable

11:30

Presentations Can We Rely on Technology and Data mining to Solve Our Security Concerns: The Role of Variation and Measurement Error Stephen Fienberg, Carnegie Mellon University Cross-cultural judgments of deception. Charles Bond, Texas Christian University

Afternoon Session 12:30-1:15 WORKING LUNCH Discussion — Roundtable 1:15

Presentations Legal Issues in the Use of Profiles Debra Livingston, Columbia University School of Law Psychological errors and logical pitfalls in racial profiling Jack Glaser, University of California, Berkeley

2:00

Discussion — Roundtable

2:30

Presentations ProfilinR Terrorists: Lessons from Research Andrew Silke, Home Office, United Kingdom How Does One Become a Terrorist and What Marks the Process? Applications of a Theory of Deviant Legitimation. Jonathan Drummond, Major, USAF, Princeton University

3:15

Discussion ~ Roundtable

4:00

Adjourn