The NSA's former head of intelligence law is joining the Senate's Trump-Russia probe

[GliderGuider]

Source: Business Insider

The former head of intelligence law at the National Security Agency (NSA), April Doss, has been hired to work on the Senate Intelligence Committee's investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election, her law firm confirmed in a press release on Wednesday.

Doss, who spent over a decade at the NSA and now chairs the Cybersecurity and Privacy practice at Saul Ewing, LLP, will serve as the committee's special counsel as it examines " allegations that Russia participated in a disinformation campaign intended to benefit President Donald Trump, and claims of potential collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia," the firm said.

Doss will join the committee on May 1.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/april-doss-will-join-senate-intelligence-committee-russia-investigation-2017-4

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From her work bio:

April F. Doss spent over a decade at the National Security Agency, stepping down from her position as the National Security Agency’s Associate General Counsel for Intelligence Law to join the private sector as a partner at the law firm of Saul Ewing, where she advises clients on cybersecurity issues including incident response, privacy, Big Data governance, surveillance law and process, and other cybersecurity- related issues. At NSA she served as part of the senior management team for NSA’s new technology development. Prior to her service at the NSA, Doss spent a number of years as a Public Defender, Civil Litigator, and In-house Counsel in higher education.

I guess now we know which way the investigation is going.

Nice to see some movement.

[mopinko]

1. sounds like good news.

kickity

[Achilleaze]

2. Hmmm... we shall see, or not

[klook]

13. Re: "White House discussing asking foreign visitors for social media info and cell phone contacts"

...a CNN story -- in case others seeing this aren't familiar with the Tweets.

"Doss, an Annapolis woman who spent more than a decade at the NSA, will be senior counsel for the Democrats on the probe." - Baltimore Sun

[shraby]

3. Is the committee going to finally get their hands dirty and do their job with

the proddings of a professional?

[tenorly]

4. "She advises clients on cybersecurity issues including privacy and Big Data governance"

Which of course means that when they ask her what they should do with their most sensitive data, she tells them: "write it down."

[DK504]

5. Violates the law. "Nuff said.

[Phoenix61]

6. Cool!

Sounds like they are getting serious about getting to the bottom of this mess. IMO, that she is outside the government speaks volumes.

[Volaris]

11. Yep. To make this legally airtight for prison sentences instead of just politics,

WILL take time. But at the end, it looks like the entire Republican top leadership could go down.

No immunity for testimony, unless Public and you name Names. And NO PARDONS. Trump and Pence go FIRST and that's it no deals.

[jmowreader]

14. Trump and Pence need to go at the same time

Besides throwing both in prison, steps need to be taken to ensure Mike Pence isn't president for so much as a single millisecond. We also need to ensure Trump doesn't get a chance to nominate a new VP.

[Fritz Walter]

7. Stay safe, Ms. Doss!

No small aircraft.
Hell, don't even fly United!

[barbtries]

8. i just hope she's honest.

i feel like i know what the truth is here. will she dig for it, or will she dig away from it for the republicans. i know nothing about her other than what is in your post.

[GliderGuider]

10. I haven't heard of her before either. But she has the necessary expertise.

I'm willing to hope a little on this one.

[barbtries]

12. i'll hope.

but it's wait and see to find out if the hope is a vacant hope. guess i'm getting cynical in my old age.

[bluestarone]

9. Don't know her but

I will take everyones for it that it could be a good deal!