The Week That Was: All of Lawfare In One Post
Edward Snowden and the NSA continued to dominate Lawfare this week.
Matt mused on how one might measure the value of the NSA surveillance programs.
Lawfare hosted a debate between Carrie Cordero and Steve.
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Edward Snowden and the NSA continued to dominate Lawfare this week.
Matt mused on how one might measure the value of the NSA surveillance programs.
Lawfare hosted a debate between Carrie Cordero and Steve. Carrie responded to proposals to reform the FISC process, Steve reacted, and Ben found himself agreeing with both of them. Steve didn't see how Ben could agree with both simultaneously, and Carrie wrote a short piece to close out the conversation for now.
Jane spotlighted the decisions of two secure email providers to shutter their operations. One of the pair was Snowden's email provider. And Sean summed up the latest Snowden leaks, published by the Washington Post.
Jack noted an important New York Times story about an NSA plan to screen all internet traffic for malicious cyberagents, as well as Susan Landau's piece discussing what is significant in Snowden's leaks.
With all the goings on in Egypt, we ran two new entries in Laura Dean's Cairo Diary, including this first-hand account of goings on the day of the bloodbath in Egypt's capital.
On the eve of the 64th anniversary of the signing of the Geneva Conventions, John wrote on the Obama administration's failure to apply the Conventions to the detainee populations at GTMO and Bagram prison.
David Remes, a GTMO defense counsel, wrote in to respond to Senators Dianne Feinstein and Dick Durbin's GTMO closure proposal. Matt joined Remes in criticizing the proposal.
Some relevant court cases inched forward: Zach wrote on the FOIA lawsuit dismissed in the Eastern District of New York. Plaintiffs had sought access to National Security Counsel records of the drone program. Jane noted the reply brief and D.C. Circuit's decision to stay District Court Judge Royce Lamberth's order invalidating GTMO access procedures in Hatim v. Obama.
Jack noted the DoD's refresher of its publications on the Posse Comitatus Act and other authorities relevant to military operations inside the U.S. border.
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Ben promoted the use of our Amazon widget to buy all sorts of things, including textbooks. And Ritika encouraged undergrads and recent college grads to apply for our fall internship.
And that was the week that was.
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.
