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Raffaela Wakeman
Tuesday, July 3, 2012, 10:28 AM

The story of the day is that the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, aka the Dronemaker Club, has released a "Code of Conduct" (the quotation marks are theirs, not added by me to increase the snark factor) for the industry.

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The story of the day is that the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, aka the Dronemaker Club, has released a "Code of Conduct" (the quotation marks are theirs, not added by me to increase the snark factor) for the industry. The AP reports on the guidelines, which are aimed to encourage "safe, non-intrusive operation."

Stanley Fish writes in the New York Times on the Supreme Court's ruling in Alvarez, and the AP has this piece on reaction around the country to the decision.

Thom Shanker, Eric Schmitt and David Sanger at the New York Times inform us about the U.S. military reinforcements that have been moved into the Persian Gulf

Bloomberg's Businessweek reports that the Pentagon has requested permission from Congress to redirect some ($94.2 million) of its existing funding to finance the purchase of additional drones built by Boeing. The article also provides details for the rest of the Pentagon's "reprogramming" requests.

Conor Friedersdorf writes in The Atlantic on Jane Harman's remarks at the Aspen Ideas Festival, and even has a video of her response to his question regarding civilian deaths in drone strikes (Brookings' own Michael O'Hanlon, former Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, and Retired Brigadier General Craig Nixon were also on the panel, with NPR's Dina Temple-Raston moderating).

Micah Zenko at the Council on Foreign Relations has compiled some key excerpts from Dan Klaidman's new book Kill or Capture.

Victor Davis Hanson gives Mitt Romney advice on how to critique President Obama's foreign policy strategy at the National Review.

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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.

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