Catherine Lotrionte (born December 19, 1968) is an American legal scholar and academic, who is currently the Director of the Institute for Law, Science and Global Security at

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. She also taught in the Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS) Program and Security Studies Program at Georgetown.

Career

In 2002, Dr. Lotrionte was appointed by General

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to be Counsel to the

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at the

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, a position she held until 2006. In 2002, she served as Legal Counsel for the Joint Inquiry Committee of the

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. Prior to that, Dr. Lotrionte was Assistant General Counsel at the

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. At Georgetown, Dr. Lotrionte also served as a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Government and the

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and teaches courses on intelligence law and

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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

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. Dr. Lotrionte earned a B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of Massachusetts 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.

References

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