Ccurrently Special Assistant to the President and Special Advisor to the Homeland Security Advisor on Countering Domestic Violent Extremism, former Executive Director of the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, Georgetown University Law Center, ASU Future Security Fellow at New America 2017-2018
Contributing opinion writer for The New York Times writing on women’s rights in conflict zones, author of The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness, ASU Future of War Fellow at New America 2018-2019
Trauma journalist from the Philippines covering disaster, conflict, and human rights issues, award-winning staff reporter for Rappler focusing on President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, ASU Future Security Fellow at New America 2019-2020
currently Deputy General Counsel at the Department of Homeland Security, Professor and Faculty Director of the Tech, Law, Security Program at American University Washington College of Law, ASU Future Security Fellow at New America 2020-2021
Journalist working in Yemen, winner of the 2016 Orwell Prize, 2014 Martha Gellhorn Prize and 2018 George Polk Award, ASU Future of War Fellow at New America 2018-2019
Professor and former Associate Dean at Georgetown Law, former Counselor to Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, former Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of State, Founding Future of War Senior Fellow 2014-2017
Award-winning filmmaker who directed The Final Year, a sweeping insiders’ account of President Barack Obama’s foreign policy team, Legion of Brothers, Sergio (Sundance award-winner), and numerous films for PBS/Frontline, including the acclaimed Ghosts of Rwanda, ASU Future of War Fellow at New America 2017-2018
Investigative journalist for The Intercept, executive director of the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting, author of The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI’s Manufactured War on Terrorism, ASU Future Security Fellow at New America 2019-2020
investigative journalist, Carnegie Fellow, winner multiple awards including a Pulitzer Prize, the National Magazine Award, the Hillman Prize, the Overseas Press Club Ed Cunningham Award, and the Deadline Club Magazine Investigative Reporting Award, ASU Future of War Fellow at New America 2016-2017
Professor of Practice, President, Joint Special Operations University, combat veteran and expert on comparative strategy