The Lawfare Podcast: Lisa Monaco on America’s Counterterrorism Strategy against ISIS and Al Qaeda
The Lawfare Podcast
The Lawfare Institute
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🗓️ 10 March 2016
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
This week, the president’s Homeland Security Advisor, Lisa Monaco, made news by announcing that the White House will release long sought data on the U.S. drone program. Delivering the Kenneth A. Moskow Lecture at the Council on Foreign Relations, Monaco outlined the evolving nature of the terrorist threat to U.S. national security. In her address, she notes that we no longer think of sleeper cells, but of lone wolves, and that instead of fighting a top down war, the U.S. finds itself engaging networks where information and inspiration flow both up and down. Monaco outlines how the administration is responding to this new, disparate nature of the terrorist threat.
After her remarks, Monaco was joined by former Assistant Attorney General for National Security Kenneth Wainstein for a Q&A on homeland security.
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| 0:22.0 | rational security, chatter, law fair no bull, and the aftermath. |
| 0:29.0 | There must be no safe haven for these killers. |
| 0:35.0 | We continue to go after ISIL wherever it tries to take root. |
| 0:39.0 | In Libya, for instance, we've removed ISIL's leader there |
| 0:43.0 | and recently struck an ISIL training camp. |
| 0:46.0 | In all of these strikes, our operators do everything in their power |
| 0:51.0 | to avoid civilian casualties. |
| 0:54.0 | And in keeping with the president's commitment to transparency, |
| 0:58.0 | I can announce today that in the coming weeks, |
| 1:01.0 | the administration will publicly release an assessment of combatant |
| 1:06.0 | and non-combatant casualties resulting from strikes taken outside |
| 1:11.0 | areas of active hostilities since 2009. |
| 1:15.0 | Going forward, these figures will be provided annually. |
| 1:20.0 | We know that not only is greater transparency the right thing to do, |
| 1:25.0 | it is the best way to maintain the legitimacy of our counterterrorism actions |
| 1:30.0 | and the broad support of our allies. |
| 1:33.0 | I'm Cody Poplin, and this is the LawFair podcast March 12, 2016. |
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