Lisa Monaco

Lisa Monaco
6th United States Homeland Security Advisor
In office
March 8, 2013 – January 20, 2017
President Barack Obama
Preceded by John Brennan
Succeeded by Tom Bossert
Assistant Attorney General for National Security
In office
July 1, 2011 – March 8, 2013
President Barack Obama
Preceded by David Kris
Succeeded by John Carlin
Personal details
Born Lisa Oudens Monaco
(1968-02-25) February 25, 1968
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Education Harvard University (BA)
University of Chicago (JD)

Lisa Oudens Monaco (born February 25, 1968) is an American federal prosecutor who was the United States Homeland Security Advisor to President Barack Obama; the chief counterterrorism advisor to the President, and a statutory member of the United States Homeland Security Council.

Monaco previously served as the Assistant Attorney General for National Security from 2011 to 2013, and as the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Justice Department. In 2017, Monaco became a senior national security analyst for CNN.[1]

Early life, education, and career

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, to parents Anthony and Mary Lou Monaco, she was raised in Newton, Massachusetts, and graduated from The Winsor School in 1986.[2][3] She comes from an Italian American family.[4][5]

Monaco attended Harvard University, graduating with her Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude in American History and Literature, in 1990.[6] After graduating, she worked as a research associate for The Wilson Quarterly at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars from 1990 to 1991, and as a senior associate for the Health Care Advisory Board, a healthcare advisory group, from 1991 to 1992. She worked as a research coordinator for the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary from 1992 to 1994 under then chairman Joe Biden, where she worked on the Violence Against Women Act;[7] before enrolling at the University of Chicago Law School where she was the Editor-in-Chief of the University of Chicago Law School Roundtable.[8] During her time at the University of Chicago, she spent summers working in Washington, D.C. as an intern on the D.C. Superior Court and as an intern for the United States Department of Justice in 1995.[9] She also worked as an intern for the White House Counsel in 1996, and as a summer associate for the law firm Hogan and Hartson, LLP, before receiving her Juris Doctor in 1997.[10] She was admitted to the New York Bar in 1998.

United States Department of Justice

Monaco is sworn in as Assistant Attorney General for National Security by Justice Elena Kagan in 2011

From 1997 to 1998, Monaco worked as a law clerk for the Honorable Jane Richards Roth on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and as the Counsel to then Attorney General Janet Reno from 1998 to 2001.[11] From 2001 to 2007, she was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the United States Attorney's office for the District of Columbia, and was appointed as a member of the Justice Department's Enron Task Force, co-leading the trial team in the prosecution of five former Enron executives from 2004 to 2006.[12] Monaco received Department of Justice Awards for Special Achievement in 2002, 2003 and 2005.[13] She received the Attorney General's Award for Exceptional service for her work on the Enron Task Force, the Department's highest award.[14] After the end of the Enron trial and the Justice Department's disbandment of the special task force, Monaco worked as a special counselor to FBI Director Robert Mueller. She was later chosen by Mueller to be his Deputy Chief of Staff,[15] and then his Chief of Staff; a position she held until January 2009.[8]

Monaco announces information related to charges for the 2011 alleged Iran assassination plot

In 2009, Monaco was appointed by United States Deputy Attorney General David W. Ogden to serve as Associate Deputy Attorney General focusing on National Security issues. She later served as the Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General, the top aide to the Deputy Attorney General.[16] In 2011, Monaco was appointed by President Barack Obama to be the Assistant Attorney General for National Security; leading the Justice Department division which oversees major counterterrorism and espionage cases, and authorizes the use of FISA warrants.[17] In that role she oversaw the investigation of Mansour Arbabsiar, for a plot directed by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps to kill the Saudi Ambassador to the U.S.[18] She also made combatting cyber threats a top priority during her tenure, creating the first ever network of national security cyber specialist prosecutors from across the country.[19][20] Monaco has been involved in meetings and attempts to close down the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.[21][22]

Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Advisor

Lisa Monaco briefs President Barack Obama on the investigation of the Boston Marathon bombing, in the Diplomatic Reception Room before the President departed the White House, April 18, 2013

On January 25, 2013, President Barack Obama announced he would name Monaco to be his Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, the chief counterterrorism advisor to the President.[23] Monaco succeeded John Brennan, who was nominated by Obama to become the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.[24] Monaco took office on March 8, 2013, and became a statutory member of the United States Homeland Security Council.[25]

As Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, Monaco led U.S. policy to disrupt terrorist threats against the United States, including degrading Al-Qaeda core and affiliates from Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula to Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, putting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on a lasting path to defeat, and building partner capacity to prevent and disrupt terrorist threats.[26] She also led initiatives to expand collaboration with the private sector to counter ISIL's messaging and abuse of online platforms while lifting up alternative narratives.[27][28] Separately, she led a comprehensive hostage policy reform effort from 2014 to 2015 to better align and coordinate U.S. Government efforts and better serve affected families.[29]

On May 23, 2013, Daniel Klaidman, writing for the Daily Beast reported a "White House official" confirmed Monaco would "handle day-to-day responsibilities for Guantanamo."[30] In late July 2014, Monaco answered a question as to whether the mandate to keep Guantanamo open would end when U.S. troops had effectively retired from Guantanamo.[31][32][33][34] Scholars at Lawfare interpreted Monaco's comment as a sign that the Obama Presidency would ask the United States Congress to pass legislation enabling Guantanamo to remain open after U.S. involvement in the Afghan war ended. In February 2016, the White House and Department of Defense presented a comprehensive plan to Congress to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay.[35][36]

Monaco briefs President Obama, 2014

In the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism role, Monaco was also President Obama's chief cybersecurity advisor. She drove the policy decision to create the Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center under the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in 2015, to provide integrated all-source analysis of intelligence on foreign cyber threats and incidents affecting U.S. national interests similar to the National Counterterrorism Center on terrorist threats.[37][38][39] She also helped develop the Cybersecurity National Action Plan, which was released in February 2016, to guide the actions the U.S. Government took over the remaining duration of the Obama Administration and to put in place a long-term cybersecurity strategy—both within the federal government and across the country.[40] In July 2016, Monaco gave remarks at the International Conference on Cyber Security, outlining the Obama Administration's cyber policy and announcing its new directive laying out how the federal government responds to significant cyber incidents.[41]

Finally, over her tenure as President Obama's chief homeland security advisor, Monaco managed the United States response to Ebola and coordinated whole-of-government preparedness efforts to prevent its spread in the United States.[42][43] In January 2017, Monaco led the Principal-Level Exercise, convening outgoing and incoming Principals across the U.S. Government to share lessons learned during prior crises and discuss best practices in preparing for future crises.[44]

References

  1. ↑ "April Ryan Joins CNN As Political Analyst". WHUR Radio. April 4, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  2. ↑ United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (May 17, 2011). "NOMINATION OF LISA O. MONACO TO BE ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR NATIONAL SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE" (PDF). intelligence.senate.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 14, 2013.
  3. ↑ The Winsor School (March 8, 2013). "Alumna Selected for Top White House Counterterrorism Post". winsor.edu. Archived from the original on September 29, 2013.
  4. ↑ CiaoAmerica (2013-09-11). "Assistant to the President, Lisa Monaco, Speaks About Her Italian Roots at Bonaparte Ceremony". CiaoAmerica! Magazine. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
  5. ↑ Matt Viser (2013-04-19). "Newton native in key counterterrorism job". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on 2013-05-25. Monaco's parents, Mary Lou and Anthony Monaco, still live in Newton. She attended Winsor School, a prestigious all-girls prep school in Boston known for its "Ivy pipeline."
  6. ↑ Practising Law Institute. "Lisa O. Monaco U.S. Department of Justice". pli.edu. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
  7. ↑ University of Maryland (May 1993). "VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN THE RESPONSE TO RAPE: DETOURS ON THE ROAD TO EQUAL JUSTICE Prepared by the Majority Staff of the Senate Judiciary Committee". mith.umd.edu. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
  8. 1 2 "Lisa Monaco Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (upon John Brennan's confirmation as CIA director)". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Posts Tagged 'National Security Division'Meet Lisa Monaco". mainjustice.com. May 5, 2011. Archived from the original on January 17, 2011. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Lisa Monaco '97 Nominated Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism". law.uchicago.edu. January 28, 2013. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013.
  11. ↑ Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs (June 28, 2011). "Attorney General Eric Holder Welcomes Confirmation of James Cole, Lisa Monaco and Virginia Seitz". justice.gov.
  12. ↑ "BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON 2 TOP OBAMA AIDES". Associated Press. bigstory.ap.org.
  13. ↑ "Nomination of James Cole to be Deputy Attorney General". fas.org. June 28, 2011.
  14. ↑ "Deputy Attorney General James Cole Appoints Stuart M. Goldberg as Chief of Staff and Lisa O. Monaco as Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General | OPA | Department of Justice". Justice.gov. 2011-01-26. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
  15. ↑ Federal Bureau of Investigation (March 20, 2007). "Lisa O. Monaco Named Deputy Chief of Staff and Counselor to FBI Director Mueller". fbi.gov. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
  16. ↑ Charlie Savage (March 17, 2011). "Obama Acts on a Key Vacancy at Justice". nytimes.com. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
  17. ↑ Evan Perez (March 17, 2011). "Obama Nominates New National Security Prosecutor". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
  18. ↑ "Man Pleads Guilty in New York to Conspiring with Iranian Military Officials to Assassinate Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States | OPA | Department of Justice". Justice.gov. 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
  19. ↑ Horwitz, Sari (2012-07-25). "Justice Department trains prosecutors to combat cyber-espionage". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
  20. ↑ "Justice News | NSD | Department of Justice". Justice.gov. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
  21. ↑ Frank James (January 3, 2009). "Congress' Dems Still Irked By Obama On Gitmo, Tribunals". npr.org. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
  22. ↑ Dina Temple-Raston (February 3, 2012). "Justice Department Lawyers Play Role In Guantanamo". npr.org. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
  23. ↑ Carrie Johnson; Mark Memmott (January 25, 2013). "Obama Names New Chief Of Staff, New Counterterrorism Adviser". npr.org. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
  24. ↑ Adam Aigner-Treworgy (January 25, 2013). "Big shoes to fill: Replacing John Brennan". cnn.com. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
  25. ↑ "Lisa O. Monaco | whitehouse.gov". Obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
  26. ↑ "Remarks by Lisa O. Monaco at the Council on Foreign Relations - Kenneth A. Moskow Memorial Lecture | whitehouse.gov". Obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
  27. ↑ "What the real takeaway should be from White House engagement with Silicon Valley". TheHill. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
  28. ↑ Bhuiyan, Johana (2016-01-08). "White House Asks Silicon Valley for Help Fighting Terrorism". Recode. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
  29. ↑ "Press Briefing by Press Secretary Josh Earnest, 6/24/15 | whitehouse.gov". Obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. 2015-06-24. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
  30. ↑ Daniel Klaidman (2013-05-23). "All In on Gitmo: Obama Returns to Fight for a Shutdown". Daily Beast. Archived from the original on 2013-05-25. Wilner and his allies may soon get some good news. A White House official confirmed to The Daily Beast that Obama has asked his chief counterterrorism adviser, Lisa Monaco, to handle the day-to-day responsibilities for Guantanamo. Monaco has daily access to the president and clout within the national-security bureaucracy. She also has deep experience dealing with the Guantanamo conundrum. When she first joined the administration in 2009 as a senior Justice Department official, she worked on Gitmo.
  31. ↑ Robert Chesney, Jack Goldsmith, Matthew Waxman, Benjamin Wittes (2014-07-27). "A New White House Signal on AUMF Reform?". Lawfare. Archived from the original on 2014-07-28. Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that "[a] top White House official suggested Saturday that Congress pass new legislation to support President Barack Obama's authority to act against an array of terrorist groups not clearly linked to the September 11 attacks."
  32. ↑ Steve Vladeck (2014-07-28). "Overreading Lisa Monaco on AUMF Reform". Just Security. Archived from the original on 2014-07-29. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
  33. ↑ Benjamin Wittes (2014-07-28). "What Lisa Monaco actually said". Lawfare. Archived from the original on 2014-07-29. Retrieved 2014-07-28. Over at Just Security, Steve Vladeck objects to the piece Jack, Bobby, Matt and I wrote over the weekend on Lisa Monaco's AUMF comments at the Aspen Security Forum.
  34. ↑ Josh Gerstein (2014-07-27). "White House wants new OK for 'evolving' terror fight". Politico. Archived from the original on 2014-07-29. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
  35. ↑ February 23, 2016 at 12:11 PM ET by Melanie Garunay (2016-02-23). "President Obama Presents the Plan to Close Guantanamo: "This Is About Closing a Chapter in History" | whitehouse.gov". Obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
  36. ↑ 5:05 AM ET (2015-07-29). "New Gitmo Plan Would Relocate Some Detainees To U.S. : Parallels". NPR. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
  37. ↑ "Cyber Threats and Vulnerabilities: Securing America's Most Important Assets". Wilson Center. 2015-02-10. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
  38. ↑ "Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Lisa O. Monaco Strengthening our Nation's Cyber Defenses | whitehouse.gov". Obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. 2015-02-11. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
  39. ↑ "Lisa Monaco Announces New Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center - Lawfare". Lawfare. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
  40. ↑ "FACT SHEET: Cybersecurity National Action Plan | whitehouse.gov". Obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. 2016-02-09. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
  41. ↑ "Remarks by APHSCT Lisa O. Monaco at the International Conference on Cyber Security". whitehouse.gov. 2016-07-26. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
  42. ↑ "Press Briefing on Government Response to the Ebola Epidemic in West Africa, 10/3/2014 | whitehouse.gov". Obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. 2014-10-03. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
  43. ↑ By $${element.Contributor} (2014-10-14). "White House Names Person Coordinating Ebola Response, Just Don't Call Her a 'Czar'". Rollcall.com. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
  44. ↑ "Readout of the Principal-Level Transition Exercise | whitehouse.gov". Obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. 2017-01-14. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
Political offices
Preceded by
John Brennan		 Homeland Security Advisor
2013–2017		 Succeeded by
Tom Bossert
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