9/11 Case Motions Hearing: June 17 Session
The Fort Meade CCTV screen comes to life, as your correspondents return for another week of pre-trial proceedings in United States v. Mohammed et al. Look for posts in our Event Coverage section; we'll link to those posts below, throughout the day.
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The Fort Meade CCTV screen comes to life, as your correspondents return for another week of pre-trial proceedings in United States v. Mohammed et al. Look for posts in our Event Coverage section; we'll link to those posts below, throughout the day. We expect a rapping of the Guantanamo gavel at 0900.
6/17 Motions Session #1: Testing, Testing
6/17 Motions Session #2: Admiral MacDonald Returns
6/17 Motions Session #3: More from Admiral MacDonald
6/17 Motions Session #4: Still More From MacDonald---Will This Be a One-Witness Day?
6/17 Motions Session #5: Definitely a MacDonald-Focused Day
6/17 Motions Session #6: Make That a MacDonald-Only Day
Raffaela Wakeman is a Senior Director at In-Q-Tel. She started her career at the Brookings Institution, where she spent five years conducting research on national security, election reform, and Congress. During this time she was also the Associate Editor of Lawfare. From there, Raffaela practiced law at the U.S. Department of Defense for four years, advising her clients on privacy and surveillance law, cybersecurity, and foreign liaison relationships. She departed DoD in 2019 to join the Majority Staff of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, where she oversaw the Intelligence Community’s science and technology portfolios, cybersecurity, and surveillance activities. She left HPSCI in May 2021 to join IQT.
Raffaela received her BS and MS in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2009 and her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 2015, where she was recognized for her commitment to public service with the Joyce Chiang Memorial Award. While at the Department of Defense, she was the inaugural recipient of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s General Counsel Award for exhibiting the highest standards of leadership, professional conduct, and integrity.
Wells C. Bennett was Managing Editor of Lawfare and a Fellow in National Security Law at the Brookings Institution. Before coming to Brookings, he was an Associate at Arnold & Porter LLP.
