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Bobby covered this DOJ press release announcing that Justin Cannon, the Blackwater contractor who was convicted in March of involuntary manslaughter for the 2009 shooting and killing of an Afghan man in Kabul, received a 30 month sentence.
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Bobby covered this DOJ press release announcing that Justin Cannon, the Blackwater contractor who was convicted in March of involuntary manslaughter for the 2009 shooting and killing of an Afghan man in Kabul, received a 30 month sentence. The Miami Herald covers the story here.
Politico reports that the Supreme Court declined an appeal by former detainees at Abu Ghraib prison who sought to sue defense contractors in connection with alleged abuse.
Nick Adams, Ted Nordhaus and Michael Schellenberger have an op-ed in Roll Call today pushing for evaluation of the effectiveness of interrogation tactics.
The hackers who have been implicated in both the Sony and CIA's security breaches are claiming to have successfully infiltrated computer files of the Arizona Department of Public Safety, according to the AP.
After not being permitted to use online video-chatting tools because of potential cybersecurity risks, members of Congress have been informed that the wireless network now will support the use of Skype and ooVoo, reports Kim Hart at Politico.
For more news and analysis links, see Today’s Terrorism News over at the CenterLine.
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.
