Lisa Monaco

Lisa Monaco

Lisa Oudens Monaco (* 25. February 1968 in Boston , Massachusetts ) is an American lawyer and was from March 2013 to January 2017 President Obama's adviser on homeland security ( United States Homeland Security Advisor ).

Life

Monaco grew up in Newton and graduated from Winsor School (graduation 1987). She then studied American history and literature at Harvard University , where she received her Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude in 1990 . After graduating, she worked briefly at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and for the Health Care Advisory Board . From 1992 she was research coordinator for the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary ; In 1994 she began the law program at the University of Chicago Law School , which she received in 1997 with the Juris Doctorcompleted. In 1998 she was admitted to the New York City Bar Association .

She then worked for Justice Secretary Janet Reno until 2001 . After that she was a prosecutor; also commissioned with the Enron case . She then worked for the then FBI director Robert Mueller .

In 2009, United States Deputy Attorney General David W. Ogden appointed her Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General . When Ogden left office in February 2010, Monaco was appointed Assistant Attorney General for National Security by President Obama ; as such, she directed major anti-terror and espionage cases in the US Department of Justice and approved the use of FISA resolutions. Monaco is also intimately familiar with the difficulties of closing the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base detention center .

When John O. Brennan was appointed Director of the Central Intelligence Agency in 2013 , Monaco took over his previous role as Homeland Security Advisor.

Web links

• Meet the Assistant Attorney General
• Official CV 2011

Individual evidence

1. ↑ United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence : NOMINATION OF LISA O. MONACO TO BE ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR NATIONAL SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (PDF; 3.9 MB) intelligence.senate.gov. May 17, 2011. Archived from the original on February 14, 2013. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 26, 2013. 
2. ^ The Winsor School : Alumna Selected for Top White House Counterterrorism Post . winsor.edu. March 8, 2013. Archived from the original on September 29, 2013. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 26, 2013. 
3. ^ Matt Viser: Newton native in key counterterrorism job , Boston Globe . April 19, 2013. Archived from the original on May 25, 2013. “Monaco's parents, Mary Lou and Anthony Monaco, still live in Newton. She attended Winsor School, a prestigious all-girls prep school in Boston known for its "Ivy pipeline." 
4. ↑ Practicing Law Institute : Lisa O. Monaco US Department of Justice . pli.edu. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
5. ^ Andrew Ramonas: Meet Lisa Monaco . mainjustice.com. May 5, 2011. Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 26, 2013. 
6. ↑ University of Maryland : VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN THE RESPONSE TO RAPE: DETOURS ON THE ROAD TO EQUAL JUSTICE Prepared by the Majority Staff of the Senate Judiciary Committee . Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities. May 1993. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 9, 2013. 
7. ^ Lisa Monaco Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (upon John Brennan's confirmation as CIA director) . washingtonpost.com. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
8. ^ Lisa Monaco '97 Nominated Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism . law.uchicago.edu. January 28, 2013. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 26, 2013. 
9. ^ Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs : Attorney General Eric Holder Welcomes Confirmation of James Cole, Lisa Monaco and Virginia Seitz . justice.gov. June 28, 2011. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
10. ↑ BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON 2 TOP OBAMA AIDES . bigstory.ap.org. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
11. ↑ Federal Bureau of Investigation : Lisa O. Monaco Named Deputy Chief of Staff and Counselor to FBI Director Mueller . fbi.gov. March 20, 2007. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
12. ^ Charlie Savage : Obama Acts on a Key Vacancy at Justice . nytimes.com. March 17, 2011. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
13. ^ Evan Perez: Obama Nominates New National Security Prosecutor . Wall Street Journal . March 17, 2011. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
14. ↑ Frank James: Congress' Dems Still Irked By Obama On Gitmo, Tribunals . npr.org. January 3, 2009. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
15. ↑ Dina Temple-Raston: Justice Department Lawyers Play Role In Guantanamo . npr.org. February 3, 2012. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
16. ↑ Adam Aigner-Treworgy: Big shoes to fill: Replacing John Brennan . cnn.com. January 25, 2013. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
17. ↑ President Obama Announces Key White House Posts - White House, Jan. 25, 2013