Michael,
I have been asking for the creation of an external whistleblower process to be added to workstream 2 discussions.
The hopeful addition of an external whistleblower process in WorkStream 2 can be an additional and useful support line for the providing of important information from ICANN members to legally designated human rights organizations, so that if ICANN members feel
pressured or intimidated in any way after the transition process is completed, multiple support mechanisms can be available, included into ICANN's transition proposal, and acting as a deterrance to all nefarious activity.
For example:
I am a hypothetical board member and in the post transition process someone tries to influence my ICANN votes and decisions with various intimidation tactics such as blackmail, instead of calling the current ICANN whisleblower "phone-line" or one of the entities
listed above, I could instead call one of five randomly selected human rights organizations to get the word out to the greater internet community, a legally sanctioned process which would prevent an over-reliance on websites like "wikileaks". Such a deterrant
to nefarious activity could last for as many decades as it takes to achieve world peace.
Here is a link to the speeches and agenda from the recent 2nd Annual Ethos and Profession of Intelligence Conference, co-hosted by the Central Intelligence Agency on October 27, 2015. These speeches are given by relevant and supporting experts who make up one
prominent line of support against nefarious activity, experts speak from the United States and elsewhere, speeches which I believe lend indirect support for additional legal whistleblower support mechanisms, as I have proposed:
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-bQ6_vfcE0793TlEHtB-5UAGltlwJrRu
"Conference Agenda
Opening Remarks [9:00am - 9:20am]
John Brennan, Director, Central Intelligence Agency
21st Century Challenges: Denied Areas, Digital Domains, and Determined Adversaries
[9:20am-10:20am]
Gwen Ifill (moderator) - Moderator and Managing editor of Washington Week; Co-Anchor and Managing Editor, PBS NewsHour
John Brennan - Director, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Adm. Mike Rogers - Commander, US Cyber Command; Director, National Security Agency (NSA), Chief, Central Security Service
Robert Cardillo - Director, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
Doug Wise - Deputy Director, Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
21st Century Warning: What Should Policymakers Reasonably Expect? [10:20am-11:20am]
David Cohen (Moderator) - Deputy Director, CIA
Michèle Flournoy - Co-Founder and CEO, Center for a New American Security; Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (former)
Chris Kojm - Visiting Professor, Practice of International Affairs, The George Washington University
Gregory Treverton - Chairman, National Intelligence Council (NIC)
Remarks [1:00pm - 1:05pm]
Dr. Steven Knapp - President, The George Washington University
Keynote Address [1:05pm - 1:30pm]
James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence
Bridging 20th Century Law and 21st Century Intelligence [1:30pm - 2:30pm]
Ken Wainstein (Moderator) - Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP; Homeland Security Advisor, White House (former)
Orin Kerr - Fred C. Stevenson Research Professor of Law, The George Washington University
Caroline Krass - General Counsel, CIA
David Kris - General Counsel, Intellectual Ventures; Assistant Attorney General for National Security (former)
Benjamin Wittes - Senior Fellow in Governance Studies, Brookings Institution
21st Century Intelligence Officers: What Capabilities Do They Need to Fulfill the Mission? [2:30pm - 3:30pm]
Dr. Mike Vickers (Moderator) - Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence (former)
Glenn Gaffney - Associate Director for Talent, CIA
Evan Burfield - Co-Founder and Co-CEO, 1776
Diana Burley -
Executive Director and Chair, Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection (I3P); Professor, Human and Organizational Learning, The George Washington University
Andrew Hallman - Deputy Director, Digital Innovation, CIA
The Shared 21st Century International Mission - Partners in Security [4:00pm - 5:00pm]
David Ignatius (Moderator) -
Associate Editor and Columnist, The Washington Post
Yaakov Amirdror - Anne and Greg Rosshandler Senior Fellow, Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies; Distinguished Fellow, Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, Israeli National Security Advisor (former)
Bernard Bajolet - Director, French Directorate General for External Security (DGSE)
John Brennan - Director, CIA
John Sawers - Partner and Chairman, Macro Advisory Partners; Chief, Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) (former)
Closing Remarks [5:00pm - 5:20pm]
Judge William Webster, Director CIA (former), Director Federal Bureau of Investigation (former)"
Ron