Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Associated Press (via The Washington Post) reports that Tunisia is sending a mission to the United States to convince the U.S. to release the five Tunisians who are still being detained in Guantanamo.
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The Associated Press (via The Washington Post) reports that Tunisia is sending a mission to the United States to convince the U.S. to release the five Tunisians who are still being detained in Guantanamo.
Michael G. Vickers, the undersecretary of defense for intelligence, said at a defense conference that "within 18 to 24 months, core al-Qaeda's cohesion and operational capabilities could be degraded to the point that the group could fragment" if the pace of U.S. operations remains at today's levels. Craig Whitlock and Greg Miller at the Post have the story.
Lawfare's Book Review Editor, Kenneth Anderson, writing on the Volokh Conspiracy argues that of all the reviews of Dick Cheney's memoir, the most interesting is this one by Victor Davis Hanson.
Josh Gerstein has eyes like a hawk: Federal courts announced on Tuesday that it will be increasing the cost of accessing court files through its online PACER system by 25 percent--although, government entities will be exempt from the price hike for three years, and the bill waiver threshold will go up from $10 to $15 a quarter. Here's warning the federal judiciary: If the the courts don't keep PACER costs under control, Lawfare will have no choice but to initiate a per-page user feefor access to the blog by members of the federal judiciary.
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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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