Stuart Baker, ex NSA general counsel, gets Homeland Security post
Perry E. Metzger
perry at piermont.com
Wed Jul 13 21:15:15 EDT 2005
Many of you may remember Stuart Baker from the crypto export policy
wars. I still remember him telling me in a conversation after a New
York Bar Association debate on the subject that the Internet would
never be of any economic importance. Anyway, without further comment:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/07/20050713-8.html
The President intends to nominate Stewart A. Baker, of Virginia, to be
an Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Policy). Mr. Baker is
currently a Partner with Steptoe & Johnson, LLP in Washington, D.C. He
previously served as General Counsel for the Commission on the
Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of
Mass Destruction. Prior to that, Mr. Baker served as General Counsel
for the National Security Agency. Earlier in his career, he was a law
clerk for Justice John Paul Stevens, U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Baker
received his bachelor's degree from Brown University and his J.D. from
the University of California, Los Angeles.
Perry
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