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March 7, 2017
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National Security Institute at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School Announces Advisory Board
Nearly Two Dozen Members Representing Decades of Expertise and Public Service in Federal Counterterrorism, Defense, and Intelligence
Arlington, VA – The National Security Institute (NSI) at Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University today released names of a board of advisors representing decades of experience in public service in a wide range of federal counterterrorism, defense, and intelligence agencies. They include former senior national security officials from multiple prior administrations and the U.S. Congress, including Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey, CIA Director Gen (ret.) Michael V. Hayden, and NSA Director and Founding Commander of U.S. Cyber Command, Gen. (ret.) Keith B. Alexander, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-MI), and National Counterterrorism Center Director Matt Olsen. A full list of current NSI Advisory Board members can be found here.
“The NSI Board of Advisors is represented by a deep bench of today’s key influencers in counterterrorism, defense, and intelligence,” said NSI Founder Jamil N. Jaffer. “It will bolster our organization as we strive to contribute practical solutions to complex national security questions from maintaining highly effective and fully lawful foreign intelligence surveillance capabilities to securing our nation’s critical computer networks and systems.”
The NSI was launched last month as a resource to bring national security experts together with policymakers to find practical answers to hard national security law and policy questions. From its advantageous location right next to the nation’s capital, NSI serves as a platform for research, teaching, scholarship, and policy development that incorporates a realistic assessment of the threats facing the United States and its allies, as well as an appreciation of the legal and practical challenges facing U.S. intelligence, defense, law enforcement, homeland security, and cybersecurity communities.
The institute draws on the experience of its board of advisors as well as faculty members and experts to produce research and policy materials that are highly relevant to current questions of national security law and policy and that are immediately useful to senior policymakers in the White House and key departments and agencies, as well as on Capitol Hill.
About George Mason
George Mason University is Virginia’s largest public research university. Located near Washington, D.C., Mason enrolls more than 33,000 students from 130 countries and all 50 states. Mason has grown rapidly over the past half-century and is recognized for its innovation and entrepreneurship, remarkable diversity, and commitment to accessibility.
About the Scalia Law School
The Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University is defined by three words: Learn. Challenge. Lead. Students receive an outstanding legal education (Learn), are taught to critically evaluate prevailing orthodoxy and pursue new ideas (Challenge), and, ultimately, are well prepared to distinguish themselves in their chosen fields (Lead). It has been one of America’s top-ranked law schools for the last fifteen years.