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The Lawfare Podcast: Cyber in the CIA with CIA Deputy Director David Cohen

Jen Patja, David Kris, David Cunningham, David Cohen
Monday, May 1, 2023, 12:00 PM
David Cohen is the Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, a position he held also during the Obama administration.
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David Cohen is the Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, a position he held also during the Obama administration. He's also been Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence in the Department of the Treasury and a partner at the WilmerHale law firm.

David Kris, Lawfare contributor and former Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division, and Bryan Cunningham, Lawfare contributor and Executive Director of the University of California, Irvine’s Cybersecurity Policy & Research Institute, sat down with David to talk about his career, including taking the same job twice; the coming debate about the FISA Amendments Act reauthorization; relationships between CIA and other U.S. government elements, particularly in cyber; the new CIA Transnational and Technology Mission Center; and the strategic competition between the United States and the People's Republic of China.

 

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Jen Patja

Jen Patja

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Jen Patja is the editor and producer of the Lawfare Podcast and Rational Security. She currently serves as the Co-Executive Director of Virginia Civics, a nonprofit organization that empowers the next generation of leaders in Virginia by promoting constitutional literacy, critical thinking, and civic engagement. She is the former Deputy Director of the Robert H. Smith Center for the Constitution at James Madison's Montpelier and has been a freelance editor for over 20 years.
David Kris

David Kris

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David Kris is a founder of Culper Partners, with more than 30 years of experience in the private sector, government, and academia. He has been a corporate director, general counsel, deputy general counsel, and chief compliance officer; assistant attorney general for national security, associate deputy attorney general, and a trial attorney at the Justice Department. He serves on advisory boards for several government agencies and as a FISA Court amicus curiae. He is the author or co-author of several works on national security and teaches national security law. He is a member of the board of directors of Lawfare.
David Cunningham

David Cunningham

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David Cunningham is professor and chair of sociology at Washington University in St. Louis and an expert on the policing of white supremacy in the United States.
David Cohen

David Cohen

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David Cohen is the Deputy Director of the CIA, former Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence in the Department of the Treasury, and a former partner the WilmerHale law firm.

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