Carrie Cordero

senior fellow and general counsel at the Center for a New American Security, member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council,

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Carrie Cordero is Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law School. She previously served as a former national security attorney in the Justice Department and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

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