Susan Hennessey

Susan Hennessey
EducationUCLA Harvard Law School
Occupation(s)Lawyer, legal commentator, and online media editor, contributor
EmployerBrookings Institution
Organization Lawfare

Susan Hennessey is an American lawyer and commentator, managing editor of Lawfare, and Fellow in National Security Law in Governance at the Brookings Institution. She formerly served as a staff attorney at the National Security Agency.

Education

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Hennessey received a Bachelor of Arts in Italian from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School.[1][2] Hennessey contributed to Harvard Law School's National Security Journal, graduating in 2013.[3]

Career

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From 2013 to 2015, Hennessey worked as a staff attorney in the National Security Agency's Office of General Counsel.[1][4]

One of the first student contributors to Lawfare, a blog dedicated to U.S. national security law, Hennessey became the publication's managing editor in November 2015.[5][6] She is also general counsel of the Lawfare Institute, the non-profit organization through which the blog operates.[6][7]

Hennessey has written for The Huffington Post, among other publications, and provided commentary on legal and national security matters to a number of television programs, including PBS Newshour.[8][9] In May 2017, Hennessey joined CNN as a national security and legal analyst.[10][11]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Susan Hennessey | Brookings Institution". Brookings. 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  2. ^ "Susan Hennessey | USENIX". www.usenix.org. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  3. ^ "A clear and future danger? Blum explores 'Invisible Threats' in national security and law - Harvard Law Today". Harvard Law Today. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  4. ^ "Susan Hennessey". KCRW. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  5. ^ "A Lawfare Welcome: Susan Hennessey". Lawfare. 2015-11-16. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  6. ^ a b "Susan Hennessey". Lawfare. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  7. ^ "Support Lawfare". Lawfare. 2015-05-14. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  8. ^ Hennessey, Susan; Singh, Ritika (2013-04-22). "Examining the Tsarnaev Brothers' Roots". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  9. ^ "How credible are reports that Russia has compromising information about Trump?". PBS NewsHour. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  10. ^ Hennessey, Susan (2017-05-08). "This is probably a good chance to announce that I'm delighted to be @CNN's newest National Security and Legal analyst". @susan_hennessey. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  11. ^ CNN, Stephen Collinson. "Now it's up to the special counsel". CNN. Retrieved 2017-06-19. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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