debated --witz feldman. on march 27, professor years of age will return to talk about issues at the heart of his new book. today, we will discuss one of the most important and at necessary to debate questions confronting the country today. that is the reform of the foreign intelligence surveillance courts. as we will hear, it is responsible for popularizing secret wars to collect data outside of the ordinary criminal justice process in the service of national security. we will discuss the arguments for and against reforming it. to do so, we are proud to partner with the constitution project based in washington dc. the project is a great organization that, like the national constitution center, brings together experts from all sides of the political spectrum to make recommendations about constitutional and legal reform. it is my great pleasure now to introduce the senior counsel for the constitution project, catherine stern, will make some internet -- introductory words honorednd introduce our guest speaker,