--- title: James Comey Speaks at INSA Dinner: Watch Live description: FBI Director James Comey will speak at the Intelligence and National Security Alliance Leadership Dinner in Alexandria, Va. Wednesday night canonical: https://time.com/4717519/james-comey-insa-leadership-dinner-live-stream/ author: Aric Jenkins article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-29T21:51:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T04:06:13.798Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Live: FBI Director James Comey Speaks at the INSA Leadership Dinner og:description: Comey is the event's guest of honor og:url: https://time.com/4717519/james-comey-insa-leadership-dinner-live-stream/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf33a4e2909b27e23/6988beff196cf4eb8403f4a8/james-comey1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: James B. Comey og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: FBI Director James Comey Speaks at the INSA Leadership Dinner twitter:description: Comey is the event's guest of honor twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf33a4e2909b27e23/6988beff196cf4eb8403f4a8/james-comey1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Live: FBI Director James Comey Speaks at the INSA Leadership Dinner by [Aric Jenkins](https://time.com/author/aric-jenkins/) ## Aric Jenkins Mar 29, 2017 9:51 PM UTC  FBI Director James B. Comey gestures as he delivers an address on cyber security at the first Boston Conference of Cyber Security in Boston, on March 8, 2017. FBI Director James B. Comey gestures as he delivers an address on cyber security at the first Boston Conference of Cyber Security in Boston, on March 8, 2017.Stephan Savoia—AP by [Aric Jenkins](https://time.com/author/aric-jenkins/) ## Aric Jenkins Mar 29, 2017 9:51 PM UTC FBI Director [James Comey](http://time.com/4706720/james-comey-donald-trump-barack-obama-wiretap/) will speak at the Intelligence and National Security Alliance Leadership Dinner in Alexandria, Va. Wednesday night. Comey is the dinner’s guest of honor and will discuss the “strategic importance of the FBI’s role within the Intelligence Community and his vision for the Bureau in 2017 and beyond,” [according to event’s webpage](http://www.cvent.com/events/insa-leadership-dinner-with-fbi-director-james-comey/event-summary-ac8b88695f614703bef4f0dc1614627f.aspx). Comey has become a major public figure over his agency’s [investigation of President Donald Trump](http://time.com/4710626/russia-and-the-trump-campaign/) and his administration’s ties to Russia. On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), Chair of the House Intelligence Committee, [invited Comey to testify again before House investigators](http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/28/politics/fbi-director-james-comey-house-testify/) regarding Russia’s alleged interference with the 2016 presidential election. Comey’s speech is scheduled for 8 p.m. Eastern. 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