Following the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, we spoke with longtime national security professors and practitioners William Banks, Mary DeRosa and Harvey Rishikof about the many different security threats and legal implications of last week's events. This episode references: National Security: Emerging Critical Issues CLE Webinar Series https://cvent.me/BNXmX5 The 25th Amendment https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxxv Articles of Impeachment introduced in the House https://cicilline.house.gov/sites/cicilline.house.gov/files/documents/ARTICLES%20-%20Final%201030%20-%20011121.pdf Mayor Bowser’s Letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Chad Wolf Regarding Inauguration Preparations https://mayor.dc.gov/release/mayor-bowser%E2%80%99s-letter-us-department-homeland-security-acting-secretary-chad-wolf-regarding 18 USC § 2384, Seditious conspiracy https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2384 18 USC § 2381, Treason https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2381 18 USC § 2383, Rebellion or insurrection https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2383 52 USC § 20511 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/52/20511 40 USC § 5104, Unlawful activities [in the United States Capitol Buildings and Grounds] https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/40/5104 "If Trump pardons himself now, he’ll be walking into a trap" Asha Rangappa, Washington Post, January 8, 2021 https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/trump-raffensperger-pardon-prosecute/2021/01/06/a32388fe-4f9d-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html FBI Statement Before the House Oversight and Reform Committee. "Confronting White Supremacy" June 4, 2019 https://www.fbi.gov/news/testimony/confronting-white-supremacy "Hate Crimes in U.S. Rose to Highest Level in More Than a Decade in 2019" New York Times, November 16, 2020 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/16/us/hate-crime-rate.html "Pelosi asks Joint Chiefs about preventing Trump from launching nukes" Politico, January 8, 2021 https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/08/pelosi-trump-take-away-nuclear-codes-456529 "Amazon Will Suspend Hosting For Pro-Trump Social Network Parler" Buzzfeed News, January 9, 2021 https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/johnpaczkowski/amazon-parler-aws "From ‘beautiful’ to ‘disgraceful’: World reacts to Capitol riots" Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 7, 2021 https://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/from-beautiful-to-disgraceful-world-reacts-to-capitol-protests/JONZQYHFKZFQ5GKOUP4QHOK2XE/ "Kim Jong Un Calls U.S. North Korea's 'Biggest Enemy,' Vows To Advance Nuclear Arsenal" NPR, January 9, 2021 https://www.npr.org/2021/01/09/955192283/kim-jong-un-calls-u-s-north-koreas-biggest-enemy-vows-to-advance-nuclear-arsenal Past NSLT podcasts on Impeachment https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_national_security/nslt/20191219-impeachment-national-security-and-the-law/ The Mueller Report https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_national_security/nslt/20190502-what-have-we-learned-from-the-mueller-report-part1/ Pardons https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_national_security/nslt/20201203-pardons-clemency1/ Domestic Terrorism https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_national_security/nslt/20210107-domestic-terrorism/ The Insurrection Act https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_national_security/nslt/20200605-insurrection-act/ William Banks is a professor at Syracuse Law School and the Chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security http://law.syr.edu/profile/william-banks1 Mary DeRosa is a professor at Georgetown University Law Center and the Chair of the Advisory Committee https://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/mary-b-derosa/ Harvey Rishikof is the Director of Policy and Cyber Security Research at the University of Maryland ARLIS and the Senior Counselor to the Committee https://www.aspeninstitute.org/our-people/harvey-rishikof/

National Security Law Today

Siege at the Capital – The National Security Law Perspective

Seth Jones is a Senior Adviser at CSIS and terrorism researcher discusses the growing terror threat from domestic political extremists - a threat that played out in the assault of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 This episode references: The ABA President's Statement on the violence at the Capitol https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2021/01/statement-of-aba-president-patricia-lee-refo-re--violence-at-the/ "Pro-Trump mob storms US Capitol in bid to overturn election" AP, January 7, 2021 https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-elections-electoral-college-78104aea082995bbd7412a6e6cd13818 Senate Hearing "Does Section 230’s Sweeping Immunity Enable Big Tech Bad Behavior?" October 28, 2020 https://www.commerce.senate.gov/2020/10/does-section-230-s-sweeping-immunity-enable-big-tech-bad-behavior Seth Jones "The War Comes Home: The Evolution of Domestic Terrorism in the United States" October 22, 2020 https://www.csis.org/analysis/war-comes-home-evolution-domestic-terrorism-united-states Hunting in the Shadows The Pursuit of Al Qa'ida Since 9/11 https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393081459 In the Graveyard of Empires: America's War in Afghanistan https://www.amazon.com/Graveyard-Empires-Americas-War-Afghanistan/dp/0393338517 A Covert Action: Reagan, the CIA, and the Cold War Struggle in Poland https://www.amazon.com/Covert-Action-Reagan-Struggle-Poland/dp/0393247007 How Terrorist Groups End: Lessons for Countering al Qa'ida https://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG741-1.html Seth Jones is the Director of the Transnational Threats Project and a Senior Adviser in the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studied (CSIS) https://www.csis.org/people/seth-g-jones

Rebroadcast: Today's terror threats come from domestic extremists with Seth Jones

This week we discuss the must-pass National Defense Authorization Act which funds much of the defense and national security operations in the US and would add some interesting new cybersecurity protections. This year's bill is unusually controversial, with fights about social media regulations threatening the smooth passage of the legislation. This episode references: The 2021 National Defense Authorization Act https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr6395enr/pdf/BILLS-116hr6395enr.pdf "Trump says he will veto $740 billion defense bill, breaking with Republican-led Senate" CNBC, December 17, 2020 https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/17/trump-says-he-will-veto-defense-bill.html Cyberspace Solarium Commission https://www.solarium.gov/ "Six Pillars of Cyber Deterrence with Suzanne Spaulding," NSLT Podcast, March 19, 2020 https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_national_security/nslt/20200319-six-pillars-of-cyber-deterrence/ "Senate approves defense bill establishing cyber czar position, subpoena power for cyber agency" The Hill, December 11, 2020 https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/529888-senate-approves-defense-bill-establishing-cyber-czar-position-subpoena FireEye Hack Explainer https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2020/12/evasive-attacker-leverages-solarwinds-supply-chain-compromises-with-sunburst-backdoor.html "How suspected Russian hackers outed their massive cyberattack" Politico, December 16, 2020 https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/16/russian-hackers-fireeye-cyberattack-447226 "How does CISA and the intelligence community protect American elections? With Dan Sutherland" NSLT Podcast, October 8, 2020 https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_national_security/nslt/20201008-cisa-elections-voting-security/ "Public Service and National Security with Avril Haines and Paul Lekas" NSLT Podcast, April 16, 2020 https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_national_security/nslt/20200416-public-service-and-national-security/  Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/230 Andrew Borene is Managing Director for the US Public Sector at Cybereason https://www.american.edu/spa/faculty/borene.cfm Adam Pearlman is the Founder and Managing Director of Lexpat Global Services https://www.lexpatglobal.com/staff_trusted/adam-pearlman/

The fight over funding next year's national security budget with Andrew Borene and Adam Pearlman

Sometimes presidents have pardoned famous or controversial figures, stirring up news stories and even Congressional hearings. And we ask the biggest pardon question of them all: can the president pardon himself? This episode references:U.S. Constitution, Art. II, Sec. 2https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-2/section-2/ Congressional Report, Justice Undone: Clemency Decisions in the Clinton White House, May 14, 2002. [In Three Parts] https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRPT-107hrpt454/pdf/CRPT-107hrpt454-vol1.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRPT-107hrpt454/pdf/CRPT-107hrpt454-vol2.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRPT-107hrpt454/pdf/CRPT-107hrpt454-vol3.pdf Congressional Hearing, Use and Misuse of Presidential Clemency Power for Executive Branch Officials, July 11, 2007https://fas.org/irp/congress/2007_hr/clemency.pdf 28 CFR § 1.1 - 1.11https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/28/part-1 Presidential or Legislative Pardon of the President (August 5, 1974) https://www.justice.gov/olc/opinion/presidential-or-legislative-pardon-president  Helen Bollwerk worked as an attorney in the Justice Department Office of the Pardon Attorney

Pardon Controversies and Limits with Helen Bollwerk

Longtime former pardon attorney Helen Bollwerk explains that while the pardon power is solely at the discretion of the president, there are also lots of procedural regulations and judicial precedents that influence who gets pardoned. This episode references: U.S. Constitution, Art. II, Sec. 2 https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-2/section-2/ 28 CFR § 1.1 - 1.11 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/28/part-1 Ex parte Wells, 59 U.S. (18 How.) 307 (1855) https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/59/307/ Ex parte Garland, 71 U.S. (4 Wall.) 333 (1866) https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/71/333/ Carlesi v. New York, 233 U.S. 51 (1914) https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/233/51/ Burdick v. United States, 236 U.S. 79 (1915) https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/236/79/ Ex parte Grossman, 267 U.S. 87 (1925) https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/267/87/ Hoffa v. Saxbe, 378 F. Supp. 1221 (D.D.C. 1974) https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/378/1221/2124607/ Schick v. Reed, 419 U.S. 256 (1974) https://www.oyez.org/cases/1974/73-5677 United States v. Noonan, 906 F.2d 952 (3d Cir. 1990) https://casetext.com/case/us-v-noonan Office of the Pardon Attorney in the Department of Justice https://www.justice.gov/pardon Helen Bollwerk worked as an attorney in the Justice Department Office of the Pardon Attorney.

Who can get a presidential pardon? Part 1 with Helen Bollwerk

The podcast hosts discuss the ongoing troubles with the presidential transition, and why that's a security risk, along with the shakeups at the highest levels of CISA. This episode references: 9/11 Commission Report [PDF] https://govinfo.library.unt.edu/911/report/911Report.pdf The Presidential Transition Act of 1963 [PDF]https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-78/pdf/STATUTE-78-Pg153.pdf CRS Report "Presidential Transitions: Issues Involving Outgoing and Incoming Administrations" May 17, 2017https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL34722.pdf Joint Statement from Elections Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council & the Election Infrastructure Sector Coordinating Executive Committees, November 12, 2020https://www.cisa.gov/news/2020/11/12/joint-statement-elections-infrastructure-government-coordinating-council-election

Times of Transition and National Security Risks: A News Roundup

The hosts of National Security Law Today look at major headlines form the past week around the election, the pandemic, and the firing of the Secretary of Defense. This episode references: "Politics of Putin: Why he's attacking NATO, the EU, and America's free and fair elections" National Security Law Today, September 3, 2020 https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_national_security/nslt/20200903-politics-of-putin-1/ "Trump adviser Scott Atlas apologizes for appearing on RT" Axios, November 1, 2020 https://www.axios.com/scott-atlas-rt-russia-today-48f2dcae-8660-438e-90af-407b90e4b490.html The Presidential Transition Act of 1963 [PDF] https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-78/pdf/STATUTE-78-Pg153.pdf "Voting Part 1: The risks and remedies for fair elections with Ned Foley" National Security Law Today, October 22, 2020 https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_national_security/nslt/20201022-election-law-voting-foley-1/ Senate Hearing "Does Section 230’s Sweeping Immunity Enable Big Tech Bad Behavior?" October 28, 2020 https://www.commerce.senate.gov/2020/10/does-section-230-s-sweeping-immunity-enable-big-tech-bad-behavior "Nonproliferation: Infectious Diseases and International Treaties with Bonnie Jenkins" National Security Law Today, August 6, 2020 https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_national_security/nslt/20200806-nonproliferation-pandemic-open-skies/ "Today's terror threats come from domestic extremists with Seth Jones" National Security Law Today, November 5, 2020 https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_national_security/nslt/20201105-domestic-terrorism/ Classified Information Procedures Act https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title18/title18a/node16&edition=prelim DOJ Synopsis of CISA https://www.justice.gov/archives/jm/criminal-resource-manual-2054-synopsis-classified-information-procedures-act-cipa "Inspectors General: Oversight, Authority, and Removal with Joel Brenner" National Security Law Today, May 14, 2020 https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_national_security/nslt/20200514-inspectors-general-oversight-removal/ "The Insurrection Act Today with William Banks and Harvey Rishikof" National Security Law Today, June 19, 2020 https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_national_security/nslt/20200605-insurrection-act/

National Security News Roundup

Seth Jones discusses the changing landscape of terrorism over the past decades and why it is domestic extremists not international terror cells that are now the greatest threat to our national security. This episode references: Senate Hearing "Does Section 230’s Sweeping Immunity Enable Big Tech Bad Behavior?" October 28, 2020 https://www.commerce.senate.gov/2020/10/does-section-230-s-sweeping-immunity-enable-big-tech-bad-behavior Seth Jones "The War Comes Home: The Evolution of Domestic Terrorism in the United States" October 22, 2020 https://www.csis.org/analysis/war-comes-home-evolution-domestic-terrorism-united-states Hunting in the Shadows The Pursuit of Al Qa'ida Since 9/11 https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393081459 In the Graveyard of Empires: America's War in Afghanistan https://www.amazon.com/Graveyard-Empires-Americas-War-Afghanistan/dp/0393338517 A Covert Action: Reagan, the CIA, and the Cold War Struggle in Poland https://www.amazon.com/Covert-Action-Reagan-Struggle-Poland/dp/0393247007 How Terrorist Groups End: Lessons for Countering al Qa'ida https://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG741-1.html Seth Jones is the Director of the Transnational Threats Project and a Senior Adviser in the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies(CSIS) https://www.csis.org/people/seth-g-jones

Today's terror threats come from domestic extremists with Seth Jones

Professor Ned Foley of the Moritz College of Law at Ohio State University returns to talk about the milestone election case Bush v Gore and what a successful election looks like in America. This episode references: Edward Foley, "How to Know if the Election Is Actually ‘Rigged’ " Politico, September 13, 2020 https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/09/13/how-to-know-if-the-election-is-actually-rigged-412557 Presidential Elections and Majority Rule: The Rise, Demise, and Potential Restoration of the Jeffersonian Electoral College. Edward Foley, 2020 https://global.oup.com/academic/product/presidential-elections-and-majority-rule-9780190060152?cc=us&lang=en& Ballot Battles: The History of Disputed Elections in the United States. Edward Foley, 2016 https://global.oup.com/academic/product/ballot-battles-9780190235277?cc=us&lang=en& Bush v. Gore 531 US 98 (2000) https://www.oyez.org/cases/2000/00-949 Full Case Opinion (PDF) https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/531/98/case.pdf  Debra Cassens Weiss "Dec. 8 'safe harbor' deadline is a critical date in nightmare election scenarios" ABA Journal, September 25, 2020 https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/dec.-8-safe-harbor-deadline-is-a-critical-date-in-nightmare-election-scenarios  Professor Edward Foley is the Ebersold Chair in Constitutional Law at The Ohio State University and director of the school's election law program https://moritzlaw.osu.edu/faculty/edward-b-foley/

Voting Part 2: Are we ready to resolve a disputed election? with Ned Foley

Professor Edward "Ned" Foley discusses how Americans elect our federal officers and how the law and the courts have ruled on voting; from naming electors to deciding Bush v Gore in 2000. Edward Foley "Think the Constitution protects your right to vote? That’s not really true — but it should." Washington Post, October 19, 2020 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/19/does-the-constitution-protect-your-right-to-vote/ Presidential Elections and Majority Rule: The Rise, Demise, and Potential Restoration of the Jeffersonian Electoral College. Edward Foley, 2020 https://global.oup.com/academic/product/presidential-elections-and-majority-rule-9780190060152?cc=us&lang=en& Ballot Battles: The History of Disputed Elections in the United States. Edward Foley, 2016 https://global.oup.com/academic/product/ballot-battles-9780190235277?cc=us&lang=en& Bush v. Gore 531 US 98 (2000) https://www.oyez.org/cases/2000/00-949 Chiafalo v. Washington 591 US _ (2020) https://www.oyez.org/cases/2019/19-465 Republican Party of Pennsylvania v. Boockvar https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/republican-party-of-pennsylvania-v-boockvar/ Edward Foley "The Supreme Court ruling on ballot deadlines may be more of a reprieve for Democrats than a win." Washington Post, October 20, 2020 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/20/supreme-court-ruling-ballot-deadlines-may-be-more-reprieve-democrats-than-win/ Professor Edward Foley is the Ebersold Chair in Constitutional Law at The Ohio State University and director of the school's election law program https://moritzlaw.osu.edu/faculty/edward-b-foley/

Voting Part 1: The risks and remedies for fair elections with Ned Foley

ABA President Patricia "Trish" Refo discusses how the ABA supports elections and voting and how it advises on judicial nominations, and talks about her career in litigation. This episode references Federal Rules of Evidence https://www.rulesofevidence.org/ Daubert Standard from Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993) https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/509/579/ An army of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's former law clerks gathered to meet her casket at the Supreme Court, CBS News, September 23, 2020 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ruth-bader-ginsburg-law-clerks-meet-casket-supreme-court-lie-in-repose/ Poll Worker Esq. (Also found at ambar.org/vote) https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_interest/election_law/poll-worker-esq/ CanIvote.org https://www.nass.org/can-I-vote ABA Presidents on the 19th Amendment https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/programs/19th-amendment-centennial/ ABA Cybersecurity Task Force Resources https://www.americanbar.org/groups/cybersecurity/resources/aba-cyber-resources/ Patricia "Trish" Refo is the President of the American Bar Association https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/aba_officers/patricia-lee-refo/

The 19th Amendment and the ABA with President Trish Refo

Dan Sutherland, Chief Counsel of the Cyber Infrastructure Security Agency discusses the challenges of supporting election security across the US and just what steps the government takes to safeguard the vote. This episode references: CISA Resources for Lawyers https://www.cisa.gov/resources-lawyers CISA Cyber Summit https://www.cisa.gov/live CISA Election Security Page https://www.cisa.gov/protect2020 CISA Election Security Resource Library https://www.cisa.gov/election-security-library Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project https://healthyelections.org/ 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 Elections Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EI-ISAC) https://www.cisecurity.org/ei-isac/ National Association of Secretaries of State #TrustedInfo2020 https://www.nass.org/initiatives/trustedinfo-2020 CISA Election Disinformation Toolkit [PDF] https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/election-disinformation-toolkit_508.pdf Help America Vote Act of 2002 https://www.eac.gov/sites/default/files/eac_assets/1/6/HAVA41.PDF Help America Vote Act Appropriations https://www.eac.gov/payments-and-grants/election-security-funds Election Grants under the 2020 CARES Act https://www.eac.gov/payments-and-grants/2020-cares-act-grants NASS Issue Briefing on State Spending of Election Security Grant Funds [PDF] https://www.nass.org/sites/default/files/Election%20Cybersecurity/issue-brief-HAVA-spending-april-2020_.pdf Center for Tech and Civic Life https://www.techandciviclife.org/ Poll Worker, Esq. https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_interest/election_law/poll-worker-esq/ Safeguarding Your Vote: A Joint Message on Election Security [Video] https://youtu.be/GhQjRtVi9pQ Committee on House Administration Election Security Update: Top 18 Most Vulnerable States, July 2018 https://cha.house.gov/sites/democrats.cha.house.gov/files/Election_Security_Update_v5.pdf Dan Sutherland is the Chief Counsel for the Cyber and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/law_national_security/dsutherlandbio-20.pdf

How does CISA and the intelligence community protect American elections? With Dan Sutherland

In this episode John Barry, author of the bestselling book The Great Influenza discusses the historical and policy lessons of the 1918 flu and what they mean for 2020. This episode references The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History https://www.amazon.com/Great-Influenza-Deadliest-Pandemic-History/dp/0143036491 The Espionage Act of 1917 https://iowaculture.gov/sites/default/files/history-education-pss-wwi-espionageact-transcription.pdf The Sedition Act of 1918 https://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/The_U.S._Sedition_Act The Committee on Public Information https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1179/committee-on-public-information Operation Warp Speed https://www.defense.gov/Explore/Spotlight/Coronavirus/Operation-Warp-Speed/ National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza: Implementation Plan, May 2006 https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/homeland/pandemic-influenza-implementation.html Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 https://www.amazon.com/Rising-Tide-Mississippi-Changed-America/dp/0684840022 John Barry is a prize-winning and bestselling author whose book on the 1918 pandemic influenza won the National Academies of Sciences award for the year's outstanding book on science or medicine. http://www.johnmbarry.com/events.htm

What can the 1918 pandemic teach us about our own health security? With John Barry

Cynthia Ryan, the former general counsel of the NGA - the intelligence community's space surveillance and imaging agency - talks about her career path and what the biggest growth areas are in national security law. This episode references: National Space Council https://www.space.commerce.gov/category/national-space-council/ Law and Military Ops in Space with Jack Beard and Dale Stephens https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_national_security/nslt/20200430-woomera-manual-space-law/ NASA Publishes Artemis Plan to Land First Woman, Next Man on Moon in 2024 https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-publishes-artemis-plan-to-land-first-woman-next-man-on-moon-in-2024/ The Confidence Code https://theconfidencecode.com/ Lean In https://leanin.org/book Cynthia Ryan is the former General Counsel of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and the immediate past chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/law_national_security/crryan-bio-20.pdf

Career Insights from a Senior Space Lawyer with Cynthia Ryan

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.

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

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