Today's Headlines and Commentary
Jeanette Catsoulis at the New York Times has this film review of "You Don't Like the Truth: 4 Days Inside Guantanamo," which presents excerpts of the interrogation of Omar Khadr, who was 16 at the time of his interrogation.
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Jeanette Catsoulis at the New York Times has this film review of "You Don't Like the Truth: 4 Days Inside Guantanamo," which presents excerpts of the interrogation of Omar Khadr, who was 16 at the time of his interrogation. Film Journal International also reviews the movie.
Claire Cain Miller at the Times writes on the concern over the security of cell phones both among security companies like MacAfee and among cell phone carriers like AT&T.
Despite being cleared of crimes, those on the FBI's terrorist watch list can under certain circumstances remain listed, according to documents which the Times has posted this morning. Tim Mak at the Politico also covers the story. The list has about 420,000 names on it.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a FOIA request for the names of those serving on the President's Intelligence Advisory Board, which the White House refuses to fulfill. Josh Gerstein at the Politico reports on the story.
Yesterday, U.S District Judge Thomas B. Russell held that an Iraqi charged in Kentucky for planting roadside bombs in Iraq could be tried in civilian court.
Amber Hildebrandt at CBC News profiles the Bagram prison, which many human rights activists refer to as "Obama's Gitmo" or "The other Guantanamo."
Julia Tate at the Washington Post discusses the commemoration of the 10th anniversary of 9/11 in Inspire, a jihadist magazine.
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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.
