Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker discusses her career as general counsel to the CIA and the NSA, and talks about how her work in the intelligence community led her to become a champion for civic education. This episode references: Women in American Cryptography https://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic-heritage/historical-figures-publications/women/ CIA spycatcher Jeanne Vertefeuille https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2016-featured-story-archive/spy-catcher-jeanne-vertefeuille.html Mir Aimal Kansi's attack on the CIA headquarters https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/murder-at-cia.html Educating for Democracy Act https://delauro.house.gov/sites/delauro.house.gov/files/documents/DELAUR_074_xml_final.pdf iCivics https://www.icivics.org/ CivXNow Coalition https://www.civxnow.org/ "Back in the Day: Return to civics classes may be crucial for American society" Philadelphia Tribune, September 12, 2020 https://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/backintheday/back-in-the-day-return-to-civics-classes-may-be-crucial-for-american-society/article_b9ad8256-f28d-564e-aad8-eae2a93df78a.html Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker is the Dean Emerita of the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law and the former Executive Director of the State Bar of California.

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Steward of American Rule of Law: How Elizabeth Parker Champions Civics with Lessons from NSA and CIA

Dr. Jill Goldenziel talks about how she teaches law and leadership to Marines, how the U.S. needs to think differently about online free speech, and how China and America use law as an operational tool This episode references: The New Fighting Words?: How U.S. Law Hampers the Fight Against Information Warfare https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/jcl/vol22/iss1/3/ Packingham v. North Carolina 582 US _ (2017) https://www.oyez.org/cases/2016/15-1194 S. 4534: A bill to amend section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 to modify the scope of protection from civil liability for “good Samaritan” blocking and screening of offensive material https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/s4534 Law as a Battlefield: The U.S., China, and Global Escalation of Lawfare https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3525442 The South China Sea Arbitration (The Republic of Philippines v. The People's Republic of China) https://pca-cpa.org/en/cases/7/ Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration https://refugeesmigrants.un.org/sites/default/files/180713_agreed_outcome_global_compact_for_migration.pdf What's on Your CV of Purpose? https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/whats-your-cv-purpose-jill-goldenziel Dr. Jill Goldenziel is a Professor at Marine Corps University-Command and Staff College https://jillgoldenziel.com/

Marines, Migrants, and Mentorship with Dr. Jill Goldenziel

This episode references "Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is out of coma and responsive after suspected poisoning, hospital says" CBS News, September 8, 2020 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alexei-navalny-russian-opposition-leader-out-of-coma-suspected-poisoning/ "Trolls, tracking and films: How Putin's Russia obsessively hounded opposition leader Navalny" Washington Post, August 29, 2020 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/navalny-russia-poison-kremlin/2020/08/28/03ad9c58-e6d2-11ea-bf44-0d31c85838a5_story.html Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Report on Russian Active Measures Campaigns and Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election, Volumes 1-5 https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/publications/report-select-committee-intelligence-united-states-senate-russian-active-measures Statement by NCSC Director William Evanina: Election Threat Update for the American Public, August 7, 2020 https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/item/2139-statement-by-ncsc-director-william-evanina-election-threat-update-for-the-american-public Robert Dannenberg is a former CIA officer who served as Chief of Operations for the Counter Terrorism Center, Chief of the Central Eurasia Division and Chief of the CIA’s Information Operations Center. https://www.susandavis.com/robert-dannenberg/

Politics of Putin Part 2: Attacking American Elections

Robert Dannenberg, who served in the CIA for 24 years, discusses Putin's history and worldview, how he views NATO and the United States, and why Russia launched interference campaigns against US elections. This episode references "Alexei Navalny: Russia opposition leader poisoned with Novichok - Germany" BBC, September 2, 2020 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54002880 "Trolls, tracking and films: How Putin's Russia obsessively hounded opposition leader Navalny" Washington Post, August 29, 2020 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/navalny-russia-poison-kremlin/2020/08/28/03ad9c58-e6d2-11ea-bf44-0d31c85838a5_story.html Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Report on Russian Active Measures Campaigns and Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election, Volumes 1-5 https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/publications/report-select-committee-intelligence-united-states-senate-russian-active-measures Statement by NCSC Director William Evanina: Election Threat Update for the American Public, August 7, 2020 https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/item/2139-statement-by-ncsc-director-william-evanina-election-threat-update-for-the-american-public Robert Dannenberg is a former CIA officer who served as Chief of Operations for the Counter Terrorism Center, Chief of the Central Eurasia Division and Chief of the CIA’s Information Operations Center. https://www.susandavis.com/robert-dannenberg/

Politics of Putin: Why he's attacking NATO, the EU and America's free and fair elections

Senior women in the intelligence community discuss national security legal issues, provide career advice, and answer audience questions. Watch the full panel video https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_national_security/ The biographies of all speakers can be found below https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/law_national_security/speaker-bios-winsl-aug.pdf

Women in Intelligence Law LIVE

In this episode Amb. Bonnie Jenkins discusses the value of education in policy work, her different experiences in government and think tanks, and her work advocating for women of color in national security. This episode references: The Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (9/11 Commission) https://9-11commission.gov/report/ The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's study on Radioactive Sources: Applications and Alternative Technologies https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/radioactive-sources-applications-and-alternative-technologies NSLT episode "Women in National Security Law LIVE" June 11, 2020 https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_national_security/nslt/20200611-women-in-nat-sec-law/ Women of Color Advancing Peace, Security, and Conflict Transformation https://www.wcaps.org/ Amb. Bonnie Jenkins is the Founder and Chair of Women of Color Advancing Peace and Security and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institute https://www.brookings.edu/experts/bonnie-jenkins/

Lawyering from SCIFs to Think Tanks with Bonnie Jenkins

This episode references: The President’s Executive Order on Hong Kong Normalization, July 14, 2020 https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/presidents-executive-order-hong-kong-normalization/ Executive Order on Addressing the Threat Posed by TikTok, August 6, 2020 https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-addressing-threat-posed-tiktok/ Cybersecurity Law of the People’s Republic of China (Translated) https://www.newamerica.org/cybersecurity-initiative/digichina/blog/translation-cybersecurity-law-peoples-republic-china/ National Security Law Today Episode "5G and National Security LIVE with Craig Silliman," December 12, 2019 https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_national_security/nslt/20191212-5g-and-national-security/ ABA/NPEC Space Law and Policy Workshops and Reports https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_national_security/resources/ United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea https://www.un.org/depts/los/convention_agreements/convention_overview_convention.htm English translation of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Xinhua, July 1, 2020 http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-07/01/c_139178753.htm Hong Kong issues arrest warrant for U.S. citizen under new national security law, NBC News, August 1, 2020 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/hong-kong-issues-arrest-warrant-u-s-citizen-under-new-n1235574 Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 https://www.soxlaw.com/  Dean Cheng is a Senior Research Fellow in the Asian Studies Center at the Heritage Foundation Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy https://www.heritage.org/staff/dean-cheng

China and National Security: From TikTok to Hong Kong with Dean Cheng

Global Health Security Agenda https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/security/index.htm Open Skies Treaty https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/openskies DOD Statement on Open Skies Treaty Withdrawal on May 21, 2020 https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/2195239/dod-statement-on-open-skies-treaty-withdrawal/ State Department Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation https://www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/under-secretary-for-arms-control-and-international-security-affairs/bureau-of-international-security-and-nonproliferation/ Women in Intelligence Law Webinar August 12 https://americanbar.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vnNdrgeUR8mb36DV3L5f8A Bonnie Jenkins is the Founder and Chair of Women of Color Advancing Peace and Security https://www.brookings.edu/experts/bonnie-jenkins/

Nonproliferation: Infectious Diseases and International Treaties with Bonnie Jenkins

This episode references: Full "Hacking Democracy: Elections and Beyond" recording, sign in required https://beacon360.content.online/xbcs/S1251/catalog/resources.xhtml?pSref=2020ANNW1OLC Supplemental reading materials for "Hacking Democracy: Elections and Beyond" https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/law_national_security/hacking-democracy-toc.pdf

Hacking Democracy: Elections and Beyond LIVE

This episode references: UN Security Council Resolution 1325, Adopted October 31, 2000https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N00/720/18/PDF/N0072018.pdf?OpenElement Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017https://www.congress.gov/115/plaws/publ68/PLAW-115publ68.pdf United States Strategy on Women, Peace, and Securityhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/WPS-Strategy-FINAL-PDF-6.11.19.pdf Implementation of the Strategy from the Department of Statehttps://www.state.gov/the-department-of-states-plan-to-implement-the-u-s-strategy-on-women-peace-and-security/ Implementation of the Strategy from USAID https://www.usaid.gov/women-peace-and-security/ Implementation of the Strategy from the Department of Homeland Security https://www.dhs.gov/publication/dhs-implementation-plan-us-strategy-women-peace-and-security Implementation of the Strategy from the Department of Defense https://media.defense.gov/2020/Jun/11/2002314428/-1/-1/1/WOMEN_PEACE_SECURITY_STRATEGIC_FRAMEWORK_IMPLEMENTATION_PLAN.PDF Congressional Hearing on Empowering Women and Girls and Promoting International Securityhttps://oversight.house.gov/legislation/hearings/empowering-women-and-girls-and-promoting-international-security-0 Understanding Gender Equality in Foreign Policy: What the United States Can Do https://www.cfr.org/report/understanding-gender-equality-foreign-policy Jamille Bigio "UN peacekeeping recognizes that women are key to lasting peace amid COVID-19" The Hill, June 1, 2020https://thehill.com/opinion/international/500518-un-peacekeeping-recognizes-that-women-are-key-to-lasting-peace-amid Interactive: Women's Participation in the Peace Processhttps://www.cfr.org/womens-participation-in-peace-processes/ Council on Foreign Relations Women and Foreign Policy Programhttps://www.cfr.org/programs/women-and-foreign-policy-program Jamille Bigio is a Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy and the Council on Foreign Relationshttps://www.cfr.org/expert/jamille-bigio

Women, Peace, and Security with Jamille Bigio

This episode references: The Rome Statute https://www.icc-cpi.int/resource-library/documents/rs-eng.pdf Executive Order on Blocking Property Of Certain Persons Associated With The International Criminal Court https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-blocking-property-certain-persons-associated-international-criminal-court/ NSLT Episode "Will the Dollar be Disarmed? with Brian Egan." September 19, 2019 https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_national_security/nslt/20190919-will-the-dollar-be-disarmed/ International Emergency Economic Powers Act 50 USC 1701 https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Documents/ieepa.pdf Preliminary ICC Investigation into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan https://www.icc-cpi.int/afghanistan National Emergencies Act https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title50/chapter34&edition=prelim ABA President Judy Perry Martinez statement Re: U.S. sanctions of International Criminal Court personnel https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2020/06/aba-president-judy-perry-martinez-statement-re--u-s--sanctions-o/ Washington Post "Lawyers urge Trump to rescind sanctions, travel bans for International Criminal Court" June 29, 2020 https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/lawyers-urge-trump-to-rescind-sanctions-and-travel-bans-for-international-criminal-court/2020/06/29/0ef0c476-ba15-11ea-86d5-3b9b3863273b_story.html Philadelphia Bar Association Resolution Supporting Independence of International Criminal Court http://www.philadelphiabar.org/page/ResJune20_2?appNum=2 Just Security "The Self Defeating Executive Order Against the International Criminal Court." June 12, 2020 https://www.justsecurity.org/70742/the-self-defeating-executive-order-against-the-international-criminal-court/ Brian Egan is a Partner at Steptoe & Johnson https://www.steptoe.com/en/lawyers/brian-egan.html

Understanding the International Criminal Court with Brian Egan

This episode references: Social Media and National Security Part II with Peter Singer and Rachel Levinson-Waldman https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_national_security/nslt/20190131-social-media-and-national-security-part2/ Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-preventing-online-censorship/ Section 230 — Nurturing Innovation or Fostering Unaccountability? Key Takeaways and Discussions https://www.justice.gov/file/1286331/download "The Justice Department’s Thoughtful Proposals for Section 230 Reform" Lawfare, June 19, 2020. https://www.lawfareblog.com/justice-departments-thoughtful-proposals-section-230-reform "How hoax information on social media about COVID-19 might be worsening the pandemic." LSE US Centre, April 24, 2020 https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2020/04/24/how-hoax-information-on-social-media-about-covid-19-might-be-worsening-the-pandemic/ "Militias flocked to Gettysburg to foil a supposed antifa flag burning, an apparent hoax created on social media" Washington Post, July 4, 2020 https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/hundreds-of-armed-men-went-to-gettysburg-to-defend-it-from-a-phantom-antifa-flag-burner-created-on-social-media/2020/07/04/206ee4da-bb05-11ea-86d5-3b9b3863273b_story.html Panel IX – Social Media: 2020 at the 28th Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law Conference https://bcove.video/2DJ50Vj  LikeWar by Peter Singer https://www.amazon.com/LikeWar-Weaponization-P-W-Singer/dp/1328695743  Trump-Russia Investigations: A Guide by Rachel Levinson-Waldman https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/publications/Trump-Russia%20Investigations_0.pdf  The Islamophobic Administration by Rachel Levinson-Waldman https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/publications/BCJ_Islamophobic_Administration.pdf Report on foreign influence in the 2016 election to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence “The Tactics and Tropes of the Internet Research Agency” https://www.newknowledge.com/disinforeport  Packingham v. North Carolina (2017) https://www.oyez.org/cases/2016/15-1194  Manhattan Community Access Corp v Halleck (2019) including the amici curiae briefs https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/manhattan-community-access-corp-v-halleck/  Peter Singer is Strategist and Senior Fellow at New America https://www.newamerica.org/our-people/peter-warren-singer/  Rachel Levinson-Waldman is Senior Counsel at the Brennan Center’s Liberty and National Security Program https://www.brennancenter.org/expert/rachel-levinson-waldman

Social Media and National Security with Peter Singer and Rachel Levinson-Waldman REBROADCAST

This episode references: " 'The Damage is Done': Judge Slams John Bolton, but Refuses to Block Book, National Law Journal, June 18, 2020 https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2020/06/20/the-damage-is-done-judge-slams-john-bolton-but-refuses-to-block-book/ Executive Order 13526 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-2010-title3-vol1/pdf/CFR-2010-title3-vol1-eo13526.pdf Iran and the Law of Armed Conflict with Bill Banks and John Bellinger https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_national_security/nslt/20200109-iran-and-the-law-of-armed-conflict/ "Interpol shuts down Iran’s request for Trump arrest" CNBC, June 30 2020 https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/30/interpol-shuts-down-irans-request-for-trump-arrest.html "Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says" New York Times, June 26, 2020 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/us/politics/russia-afghanistan-bounties.html  "Republican lawmakers confirm intelligence reports on Russian operation to target U.S. troops but say material needs further review" Washington Post, June 29, 2020 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-us-intelligence-did-not-find-reports-of-russian-bounties-to-taliban-linked-militants-credible/2020/06/29/a69e1722-b9f4-11ea-80b9-40ece9a701dc_story.html 18 USC 2339B https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2011-title18/pdf/USCODE-2011-title18-partI-chap113B-sec2339B.pdf UNSC report on Abdelmalek Droukdel https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/sanctions/1267/aq_sanctions_list/summaries/individual/abdelmalek-droukdel Executive Order on Blocking Property Of Certain Persons Associated With The International Criminal Court https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-blocking-property-certain-persons-associated-international-criminal-court/ Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court https://www.icc-cpi.int/resource-library/documents/rs-eng.pdf

National Security News Roundup

This episode references: SIGAR's 2019 High Risk Listhttps://www.sigar.mil/pdf/spotlight/2019_High-Risk_List.pdf Interactive High Risk Listhttps://www.sigar.mil/interactive-reports/high-risk-list/index.html SIGAR's April 30, 2020 Quarterly Report to Congresshttps://www.sigar.mil/pdf/quarterlyreports/2020-04-30qr.pdf Learning Lessons: Capturing and Institutionalizing Lessonsfrom Complex Stabilization Effortshttps://www.sigar.mil/pdf/lessonslearned/SIGAR-17-15-LL.pdf "Boondoggle HQ: The $25 Million Building in Afghanistan Nobody Needed" Pro Publica, May 20, 2015.https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/boondoggle Cleveland.Com "John Sopko fought the Mafia in Cleveland and now he's fighting fraud and corruption in Afghanistan", updated January 12, 2019https://www.cleveland.com/open/2013/07/he_fought_the_mafia_in_clevela.html John Sopko is the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstructionhttps://www.sigar.mil/about/leadership/leadership.aspx?SSR=1&SubSSR=2&Sub2SSR=1&WP=IG%20SIGAR

Inspectors General: Anti-Corruption in Afghanistan Part II with John Sopko

This episode references: The Inspector General Act of 1978, As Amended https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title5/title5a/node20&edition=prelim 2008 National Defense Authorization Act, SIGAR authorities at Section 1229 https://www.congress.gov/110/plaws/publ181/PLAW-110publ181.pdf SIGAR's 2019 High Risk List https://www.sigar.mil/pdf/spotlight/2019_High-Risk_List.pdf Interactive High Risk List https://www.sigar.mil/interactive-reports/high-risk-list/index.html SIGAR's April 30, 2020 Quarterly Report to Congress https://www.sigar.mil/pdf/quarterlyreports/2020-04-30qr.pdf Counternarcotics: Lessons from the U.S. Experience in Afghanistan https://www.sigar.mil/interactive-reports/counternarcotics/index.html Reintegration of Ex-Combatants: Lessons from the U.S.Experience in Afghanistan https://www.sigar.mil/interactive-reports/reintegration/index.html Washington Post, "The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War", December 9, 2019 https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/investigations/afghanistan-papers/documents-database/ Cleveland.Com "John Sopko fought the Mafia in Cleveland and now he's fighting fraud and corruption in Afghanistan", updated January 12, 2019 https://www.cleveland.com/open/2013/07/he_fought_the_mafia_in_clevela.html John Sopko is the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction https://www.sigar.mil/about/leadership/leadership.aspx?SSR=1&SubSSR=2&Sub2SSR=1&WP=IG%20SIGAR

Inspectors General: Anti-Corruption in Afghanistan Part I with John Sopko

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