Is America’s current “War on Terror” essential to keeping our nation safe? Or is it yet another vehicle for the federal government to increase its power over our lives and take away our liberties? Is the “War on Terror” actually weakening our national defense and increasing opposition overseas? The panel, co-sponsored by The Future of Freedom Foundation, Ladies of Liberty Alliance and Campaign for Liberty, included:

- Karen Kwiatkowski — retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel

- Jacob Hornberger — founder and president of The Future of Freedom Foundation

- Philip M. Giraldi — former CIA counter-terrorism specialist and military intelligence officer, current Francis Walsingham Fellow at The American Conservative Defense Alliance

- Bruce Fein — former associate deputy attorney general in the Reagan administration