Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Surveillance Authorities at 2PM
At 2pm today, the Senate Judiciary Committee is will hold an oversight hearing on U.S. government surveillance authorities.
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At 2pm today, the Senate Judiciary Committee is will hold an oversight hearing on U.S. government surveillance authorities. Catch the live webcast at their website, or on C-SPAN 3.
Here are the witnesses:
Panel I (Joint Testimony)
The Honorable Keith B. Alexander
Director, National Security Agency, Fort Meade, MD
The Honorable James Cole
Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, Washington, DC
The Honorable Robert S. Litt
General Counsel, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Washington, DC
Panel II
Edward Black (Testimony)
President & CEO, Computer & Communications Industry Association, Washington, DC
Julian Sanchez (Testimony)
Research Fellow, Cato Institute, Washington, DC
Carrie F. Cordero (Testimony)
Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown Law, Director, National Security Studies at Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC
[Update: Testimony added.]
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.
