Lisa Monaco, former Homeland Security Advisor to Barack Obama, discusses the national security implications of the raid on Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi with Andrew McCabe, former Deputy Director of the FBI. Watch the full interview here: Full Interview
"Congressional representatives who previously served in the executive branch discussed the role of Congress in national security and foreign affairs. Representatives Will Hurd (R-TX), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), and Andy Kim (D-NJ) all served in the national security sector before being elected to the House and talked about the transition from working in the executive branch to the legislative branch. The lawmakers also discussed the U.S. foreign policy leadership in the world, the whistleblower complaint against President Trump, and President Trump’s decision [...]
"‘Will America lead the technology that secures Americans?’ asked Lisa Monaco, co-chair of the Aspen group, in an interview with Axios. ‘Will American values be reflected in the technologies of the future?’ “The Aspen Cybersecurity Group is co-chaired by Monaco, Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) and IBM CEO Ginni Rometty…” Read the full article here: Full Article
"On this episode of Stay Tuned, 'Russian Asset & The 1st Female Firefighter,' Lisa Monaco, who served as Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism in the Obama Administration, joins host Preet Bharara to help answer some of your questions on: reports of an extracted Russian Spy who allegedly provided critical information about the Kremlin’s interference in the 2016 American election; the sudden departure of John Bolton as President Trump’s national security adviser; and President Trump’s cancelled negotiations with [...]
"Lisa Monaco, who was a homeland security and counterterrorism adviser for President Barack Obama, warned that such impulsive decision-making was a recipe for geopolitical confusion. "'What is the strategy here?' she asked. "'That is really turning a national security process completely on its head,' she said on CNN, warning that the President was not getting the full range of necessary advice on such a sensitive issue..." Read the full article here: Full Article
“After the carnage in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, we are finally talking more about the increasing threat of domestic terrorism, which has killed more people in America since 9/11 than the foreign terrorism of al-Qaeda and the Islamic State. With the body count growing at an alarming rate, it is time to turn from talk to action and confront this threat before it claims more American lives. "As former homeland security and counterterrorism advisers in Democratic and Republican administrations, we [...]
"Protecting the public from the most pressing terrorist threat 'has been our governing principle for many years now,' said Lisa Monaco, who served as the top counterterrorism adviser to President Barack Obama. Given the surge in attacks linked to the far right, she said, 'we need to prioritize our resources and focus on this threat.' "...Nicholas Rasmussen, who served three years as director of the National Counterterrorism Center, said that attacks linked to al-Qaeda or the Islamic State — including the [...]
"Lisa Monaco, a former homeland security adviser, told the committee that DHS found some states didn’t have their voter databases encrypted or backed up. Others in industry agreed that state security officials often failed to follow basic advice..." Read the full article here: Full Article
"It also unclear whether the federal government was able to collect the data that it needed to make firm conclusions about the nature of Russian hacking. 'Law enforcement and the intelligence community is going to be significantly reliant on what the holders and owners and operators of the infrastructure sees on its system and decides to raise their hand,' Lisa Monaco, Obama’s top homeland security advisor, told investigators. "Monaco’s skepticism about whether the state and local governments that operate American elections [...]
Lisa Monaco appears alongside David Gergen on Erin Burnett OutFront to preview Robert Mueller's Capitol Hill testimony and provide insight on how it could play out. Watch the full interview here: Full Interview