Timothy Edgar

Brown University

Guest

Senior fellow at Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies; former Director of Privacy and Civil Liberties for Obama's National Security staff and First Deputy for Civil Liberties for the Director of National Intelligence under George W. Bush; former National Security Counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union

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