Jeh Johnson on the Rachel Maddow Show

Raffaela Wakeman
Friday, January 4, 2013, 4:22 PM

Last night, former DOD General Counsel Jeh Johnson was on the Rachel Maddow Show, discussing the war on terror, detention, and how the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, proceeded. Warning: the clip includes Maddow's 8 minute introduction to the issue, followed by clips of Mr. Johnson's speech at the Oxford Union, and then the interview starts up. If all you want to see is Mr.

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Last night, former DOD General Counsel Jeh Johnson was on the Rachel Maddow Show, discussing the war on terror, detention, and how the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, proceeded. Warning: the clip includes Maddow's 8 minute introduction to the issue, followed by clips of Mr. Johnson's speech at the Oxford Union, and then the interview starts up. If all you want to see is Mr. Johnson's interview with Maddow (and want to skip her monologue about the last German POW in the U.S.), start up at the 9 minute mark. And although there is a second part to this interview, it was focused on the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell.

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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.

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