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Senator John McCain wants a new Congressional panel created to deal with cybersecurity. Ben Pershing at the Post discusses McCain's proposal sent to Senate leaders last week.
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Senator John McCain wants a new Congressional panel created to deal with cybersecurity. Ben Pershing at the Post discusses McCain's proposal sent to Senate leaders last week. Last week, Jennifer Martinez broke down the Pentagon's cybersecurity strategy over at Politico.
The AP (via the Boston Herald) is reporting that the House Foreign Affairs Committee will consider a bill limiting U.S. aid to Pakistan, Lebanon and the Palestinian Authority in an effort to secure cooperation from those countries in the war on terror.
Lawyers for Abd al Rahim al Nashiri, the Saudi accused of being involved with the U.S.S. Cole bombing, are arguing that the prosecution's case is tainted by destruction of evidence, torture and delays, and are requesting that the death penalty be taken off the table. The Miami Herald's Carol Rosenberg has the story.
The Guardian's Saeed Shah and Peter Beaumont interview a Pakistani man who is documenting casualties of drone attacks in Waziristan. Ted Rall at Al Jazeera, meanwhile, opines on the U.S. military strategy in Afghanistan, focusing on drone use specifically.
The AFP reports on the aftermath of the U.S. refusal to relocate Uighur detainees to China, choosing instead to send them to Palau, a former American-administered territory. China has rapidly reduced its investments in Palau as a result of this decision.
The assassination of Hamid Karzai's brother is only the latest in a 3-decade long series of assassinations which, in Edward Girardet's opinion over at Foreign Policy, leaves few Afghans capable of leading the country.
The British Daily Mail reports that the latest Navy drone has failed every test in trials.
For more news and analysis links, see Today’s Terrorism News over at the CenterLine.
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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.
