Today's Headlines and Commentary
As Bobby and Steve have already discussed, John Kiriakou, the author of "The Reluctant Spy: My Secret Life in the CIA's War on Terror" has been indicted for allegedly leaking classified information to the media.
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As Bobby and Steve have already discussed, John Kiriakou, the author of "The Reluctant Spy: My Secret Life in the CIA's War on Terror" has been indicted for allegedly leaking classified information to the media. Read Charlie Savage's New York Times piece here, Warren Richey at the Christian Science Monitor covers the news here, and Josh Gerstein notes that Rep. Pete King has requested that the DOJ name the journalists with whom Kiriakou might have shared classified information.
Steve has already commented upon the fact that Jose Padilla has lost his 4th Circuit appeal. Here are reports from the ABA Journal, from the AP, and analysis by Lyle Denniston over at SCOTUS Blog.
Last week, we mentioned that the UK had requested interviews of former IRA members from Boston College. On Friday, Judge William Young ordered BC to turn over the transcripts to U.S. prosecutors, who will in turn give them to investigators.
Spencer Ackerman at Wired's Danger Room blog writes that the DHS is soliciting industry feedback on a "Wide Area Surveillance System," which could collect video of almost 4 square miles of American soil at once.
Ben posted earlier about the fact that the U.S. is considering repatriating non-Afghan detainees being held in Bagram before the facility is officially transferred to Afghan oversight. Read Peter Finn and Julie Tate's Washington Post story.
Wired UK covers the collaborative effort between France, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Greece and Switzerland that culminated in a European-made UAV, which, after it is tested, won't go into combat or be produced. According to the company's website, it 'represents a triple "first" for the aerospace industries of European countries: first stealth combat aircraft, first UCAV developed in co-operation and first combat aircraft entirely designed and developed on a virtual plateau.' In case you've been missing all the coverage on drones, this video over at Gizmodo will give you the 4-1-1.
Pakistan's military released a report placing all of the blame on NATO for the November attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. This contradicts the results of a U.S. investigation finding that the U.S. and Pakistani officials share blame. Charles Hoskinson at the Politico writes, as does Karin Brulliard at the Post, and Declan Walsh at the Times.
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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.
