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'''Lisa Graves''' "is the Deputy Director of the [[Center for National Security Studies]] and focuses on surveillance issues. She previously served as the Senior Counsel for Legislative Strategy at the [[American Civil Liberties Union]], where she led the ACLU’s lobbying efforts on national security issues affecting civil liberties, including the Patriot Act reauthorization debate.  
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[[Image:LisaGraves.png|right|150px]]'''Lisa Graves''' is the Executive Director of the watchdog group True North Research. She is also the President of the Board of Directors of the [https://www.prwatch.org/cmd/Help%20Fight%20Spin Center for Media and Democracy], which is the publisher of PRWatch, SourceWatch, ALECexposed, and other investigative projects. She joined the Center in July 2009, after she was chosen as the successor of its founder [[John Stauber]], who stepped aside to pursue special projects.
  
"Prior to that she served as the Chief Nominations Counsel on the Senate Judiciary Committee for the Chairman/Ranking Member, Senator [[Patrick Leahy]], during the first term of the Bush administration.  She led the nominations team, directing legal/policy research on judicial issues and defending the Senate’s prerogatives on advice and consent.  Prior to that, she was a senior executive at the US Courts, helping to manage the team assisting Article III judges, as the Deputy Chief of that division and advising the Judicial Conference Committee on International Judicial Relations on rule of law issues.  
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She previously served as a senior advisor in all three branches of the federal government, as a leading strategist on civil liberties advocacy, and as an adjunct law professor at one of the top law schools in the country, after joining the U.S. Department of Justice through the Attorney General's Honor Program following a clerkship with a federal judge.
  
"Ms. Graves previously served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General, a career appointment, in the Office of Legal Policy/Policy Development at the Justice Department.  From October 1995 to May 2001, she held a variety of posts, including working as DAAG, occasionally as acting Assistant Attorney General, Senior Counsel, and Counsel in OPD/OLP.  She also served as an attorney in the Civil Rights and Civil Divisions, arguing cases before the circuit courts and handling pre-trial litigation and other matters after her appointment through the Attorney General’s Honor Program. 
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Her former leadership posts include:
  
"A native of Colorado, she received her J.D. cum laude from Cornell Law School, where she served as Managing Editor of the Cornell Law Review and worked in the Legal Aid and Civil Liberties Clinics.   She received a B.S., in Political Science, from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse with highest honors and numerous awards.
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* Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Policy/Policy Development at the U.S. Department of Justice (serving under both Attorneys General Janet Reno and John Ashcroft)
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* Deputy Chief of the Article III Judges Division of the U.S. Courts (including oversight of the Financial Disclosure Office)
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* Chief Counsel for Nominations for the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee (for Chairman and then Ranking Member Senator Patrick Leahy)
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* Senior Legislative Strategist for the American Civil Liberties Union (on national security and surveillance policies)
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* Deputy Director of the Center for National Security Studies
  
"Ms. Graves has testified before the Senate and House, and appeared on CNN, ABC, NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, BBC, C-SPAN and other news programs regarding civil liberties and security, as well as major radio programs, including NPR, Air America and Pacifica. One of her essays was recently published in Larry King’s new book “My Dad and Me.”" <ref>[http://www.cnss.org/Staff%20and%20Board%20of%20Directors.htm Directors], Center for National Security Studies, accessed November 10, 2008.</ref>
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Graves has testified as an expert witness on national security issues before both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives.  She has also appeared as an expert on Democracy Now!, Grit TV, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, CNBC, BBC, C-SPAN, and other news programs and on numerous radio shows, including National Public Radio, Air America, and Pacifica Radio. Her analysis has been quoted in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, The Associated Press, Reuters, USA Today, The Nation, Vanity Fair, Congressional Quarterly, Roll Call, National Journal, Legal Times, Newsday, Wired, and Mother Jones, among others, as well as online in The Huffington Post, Talking Points Memo, and other blogs.
  
 
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==Resources and articles==
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* Andrew Noyes,  [http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/07/media-watchdog-gets-new-leader.php Media Watchdog Gets New Leader], ''National Journal'' online, Tuesday, July 14, 2009.
 
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* [https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Lisa_Graves Lisa's Talk page]
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Latest revision as of 17:02, 6 May 2021

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Lisa Graves is the Executive Director of the watchdog group True North Research. She is also the President of the Board of Directors of the Center for Media and Democracy, which is the publisher of PRWatch, SourceWatch, ALECexposed, and other investigative projects. She joined the Center in July 2009, after she was chosen as the successor of its founder John Stauber, who stepped aside to pursue special projects.

She previously served as a senior advisor in all three branches of the federal government, as a leading strategist on civil liberties advocacy, and as an adjunct law professor at one of the top law schools in the country, after joining the U.S. Department of Justice through the Attorney General's Honor Program following a clerkship with a federal judge.

Her former leadership posts include:

  • Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Policy/Policy Development at the U.S. Department of Justice (serving under both Attorneys General Janet Reno and John Ashcroft)
  • Deputy Chief of the Article III Judges Division of the U.S. Courts (including oversight of the Financial Disclosure Office)
  • Chief Counsel for Nominations for the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee (for Chairman and then Ranking Member Senator Patrick Leahy)
  • Senior Legislative Strategist for the American Civil Liberties Union (on national security and surveillance policies)
  • Deputy Director of the Center for National Security Studies

Graves has testified as an expert witness on national security issues before both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives. She has also appeared as an expert on Democracy Now!, Grit TV, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, CNBC, BBC, C-SPAN, and other news programs and on numerous radio shows, including National Public Radio, Air America, and Pacifica Radio. Her analysis has been quoted in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, The Associated Press, Reuters, USA Today, The Nation, Vanity Fair, Congressional Quarterly, Roll Call, National Journal, Legal Times, Newsday, Wired, and Mother Jones, among others, as well as online in The Huffington Post, Talking Points Memo, and other blogs.

Resources and articles

Related Sourcewatch articles

References