Juliette Kayyem
- : Juliette N. Kayyem is a Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Since 2001, Ms. Kayyem has been a resident scholar at the Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, serving most recently as Executive Director for Research where she oversaw the Center's substantive activities in international security, environment and energy policy. She is an expert in homeland security and terrorism, with a particular focus on the intersection of democracy and counter-terrorism policies. She teaches courses on law, homeland security and national security.
Ms. Kayyem has an extensive background in terrorism and national security affairs. From 1999-2000, she served as former House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt's appointee to the National Commission on Terrorism, a congressionally-mandated review of how the government could better prepare for the growing terrorist threat. Chaired by L. Paul Bremer, that Commission's recommendations in the year 2000 urged the nation to recognize and adapt to the growing tide of terrorist activity against the United States. Before that, she served as a legal adviser to then Attorney General Janet Reno, where she worked on a variety of national security and terrorism cases. In that capacity, she oversaw the government's review of its classification procedures regarding secret evidence. Ms. Kayyem began her legal career as a trial lawyer, litigating cases throughout the United States on behalf of the Justice Department. She has also worked in death penalty appeals cases on behalf of Alabama death row inmates and, before going to law school, as a journalist in South Africa.
She is co-author of Preserving Liberty in an Age of Terror (MIT Press, 2005) and editor of First to Arrive: State and Local Responses to Terrorism (MIT Press, 2003), as well as the author of numerous journal, magazine and newspaper articles. She testifies frequently before Congress and serves on the board of advisers to a number of governmental and private institutions. In 2002, she was named a "hero for our times" by the Boston Phoenix. She has been the subject of numerous profiles from Index Magazine, to the Boston Globe, to Vanity Fair magazine.
Ms. Kayyem is also a national security analyst for NBC News. A 1995 graduate of Harvard Law School, she lives in Cambridge with her husband, David Barron, a Harvard law professor, and their two children.
In Damascus
The Administration proponents have been up in arms this week by the visits of key Senators to Damascus. Nelson, Kerry, Dodd and Specter have all been there recently to talk with Assad....more »
Posted on December 16, 2006 5:21 AM
The Surge
I've long thought that while Ivo is right about Iraq (say good-bye), the Administration's only course was to increase troop level, and draw down as the next election approached. (I was 1/2 wrong, however, because I thought they'd also accept...more »
Posted on December 16, 2006 5:07 AM
A Number on Contractor Deaths
A few weeks back (I'm having technical difficulties to link it), I asked whether anyone could figure out how many contractor deaths have occured in the Iraq. As many private companies were leaving the conflict, it seemed an important question....more »
Posted on December 6, 2006 6:55 AM
Baker/Hamilton in Dubai
If there is, of course, anything animating the discussions at the Arab Strategy Forum amongst journalists, policymakers and academics it is, of course, Iran....more »
Posted on December 6, 2006 2:46 AM
A Rhetorical Feeling Redux
I am at the Arab Strategy Forum this week, a bi-annual event in Dubai that brings together a bunch of Arab and American scholars, media folk, and government types to enjoy the weather, shop and discuss the issues of politics,...more »
Posted on December 4, 2006 3:28 AM
I Have Seen the Future -- You Can't
I have finally been allowed to watch Al Jazeerah in English, as they are broadcasting from the forum in Dubai. No major U.S. cable networks have put Al Jazeerah in their packages....more »
Posted on December 4, 2006 3:22 AM
Political Cover, not New Policy
I know we all should be eagerly awaiting the results of the Baker-Hamilton report, right? The press is giddy with the notion that this will be the cure for what ails us: an insolveable problem in Iraq, a way forward...more »
Posted on November 13, 2006 11:10 AM
Can you Handle the Suspense?
There are just a few things in these times that we can all be certain about. Paul McCartney and Heather Mills’ divorce will get nastier. It will snow in New England by the end of the year. I will eat...more »
Posted on November 3, 2006 11:03 AM
A Greater Death Toll in Iraq?
It can't be good news that several private security companies are now withdrawing from their contracts in Iraq due to safety concerns. This will admittedly hurt our troops (these companies often provide support, logistics, etc.) but Iraq's reconstruction as well....more »
Posted on November 2, 2006 7:59 PM
Where is Sistani?
With the death toll for Americans and Iraqis at record highs, and a desparate Hadley trying to stem the violence from the Green Zone, I am actually curious whether anyone has heard from Sistani lately?...more »
Posted on October 31, 2006 8:16 AM
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Good point. And, I forgot to mention it. Padilla could likely consider a Bivens action (filing a lawsuit against the government), so knowing that, I suspect the government has even more incentive to "condition" his plea on a number of things: don't talk about confinement, drop any future action, etc. etc. Whether such conditions are lawful is subject to much litigation (the standard is "relevancy"), but this is all speculation at this stage.
Posted at November 29, 2005 3:57 AM in response to The Future of Padilla
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I wanted to add something here. I was incorrect to title the subject "regulating torture", at least to the extent it suggested that that was what McCain, Graham or any other proposal is doing. All flatly prohibit it, including myself. I adopted the all out lingo surrounding what we call the "torture debates", which encompasses that which is prohibited (torture), to highly coercive interrogation methods, to methods of interrogtaion permissible by the standards of the 4th Amendment, etc.
Posted at October 7, 2005 12:03 PM in response to Regulating Torture
