Catherine Lotrionte is the Associate Director of the Institute for Law, Science and Global Securityhttp://lsgs.georgetown.edu/ at Georgetown University

Georgetown University

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. She also teaches in the Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS)

Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS)

MSFS is recognized as one of the most selective professional international affairs masters programs in the world. It is distinguished by its well-respected faculty, the Washington, DC location, a selection of the world top international affairs students and a multidisciplinary curriculum that...

 Program and Security Studies Program at Georgetown.

In 2002, Dr. Lotrionte was appointed by General Brent Scowcroft

Brent Scowcroft

Brent Scowcroft, KBE was the United States National Security Advisor under Presidents Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush and a Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force. He also served as Military Assistant to President Richard Nixon and as Deputy Assistant to the President for National...

 to be Counsel to the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board

President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board

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 at the White House

White House

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, a position she held until 2006. In 2002, she served as Legal Counsel for the Joint Inquiry Committee of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Prior to that, Dr. Lotrionte was Assistant General Counsel at the Central Intelligence Agency

Central Intelligence Agency

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At Georgetown, Dr. Lotrionte also serves as a visiting assistant professor http://explore.georgetown.edu/people/lotrionc/ in the Department of Government and the School of Foreign Service and teaches courses on intelligence law and international law

International law

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. She is the author of numerous publications, including an article on killing regime leaders published in The Washington Quarterly, entitled, "When to Target Leaders". She is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations

Council on Foreign Relations

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. Dr. Lotrionte earned a B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a J.D. from New York University Law School. She has an M.A. in Security Studies and a Ph.D., with distinction, from Georgetown University.