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The Department of Justice’s second Biden choice is seen as a consensus
Washington — Lisa Monaco was President Barack Obama’s best anti-terrorism adviser when she was handed an unmanageable problem: protesting from the victims’ families without changing the government’s refusal. Fix the government’s ineffective response to the abduction of Americans by Islamic State group fighters concessions to terrorists. According to Matthew Olsen, the former director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Monaco soon began to make changes. She ordered her family to fold, exposed to the darkness of government regulations and even threatened with prosecution if she paid the ransom. Most people lost confidence in the government and she sought them to ensure that the new hostage policy was fair and credible. “It was Lisa’s credit to realize that the administration wasn’t dealing with this right,” said Diane Foley, the first American to lead Islamic State in 2014 with her son James Foley. I did. After the Monaco team completed the review, the administration adopted a policy that included advising families on all options and refraining from the threat of prosecution. Obama admitted that the government should have treated them as “trustworthy partners.” Sign up for the morning newsletter from The New York Times. A veteran of the national security role, Monaco, 53, has become the second bureaucrat of the Department of Justice, Deputy Prosecutor-General, and has the ability to mediate consensus on politically prosecuted issues. Will be tested soon. In particular, she was most publicly embodied in the Department of Justice’s investigation into a deadly parliamentary attack by a Donald Trump-backed mob on January 6 in promoting the Biden administration to combat domestic extremism. Expected to be a major player. Her experience on cyber issues is as she faces threats from countries such as Russia, which were punished Thursday for the Biden administration hacking U.S. government agencies and businesses and interfering with the 2020 presidential election. Helps to give an influential voice to your office. Monaco will also work closely with Attorney General Merrick Garland to rebuild confidence in the Department of Justice after it has been targeted by Trump and its allies. Her resume addresses the biggest issues in the sector, not only domestic extremism, but also foreign cyberattacks, sensitive investigations into Biden’s son, and open special investigations into the roots of Russian investigations. Very suitable. Monaco is also known for carefully building support for her views. Ken Waynestein, Monaco’s predecessor and head of the Department of Justice’s National Security Department, said: “That’s what Lisa is good at.” The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously supported her nomination last month, and a bipartisan coalition of senators is expected to see her in the coming days. Riot investigation is a major business that will become part of Monaco’s authority if Monaco is identified. “Since 9/11, an important challenge for the FBI and the Department of Justice has been to protect the country from foreign and foreign-affected attackers while respecting privacy, civil rights and civil liberties.” Said Jessie Liu, a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate and Meeger. & Former US Attorney for Fromm and Washington. She worked easily with Monaco when both were prosecutors at the Federal Attorney’s Office in Washington. “Today, they face the same challenges that the sector is trying to counter violent domestic extremism.” Investigators and prosecutors said other in the history of the sector after the Capitol breach. We have prosecuted more people faster than any other investigation, but there are times when we disagree on aspects of the investigation, such as whether to attack as a simple criminal investigation or as a national security intelligence operation. did. Two people with controversial knowledge say they are denying charges and how aggressively they prosecute riots. Monaco does more than just referee internal disputes. She also considers consequential and potentially politically unsuccessful decisions, such as whether to prosecute a riot for sedition. Republicans could criticize such accusations as a way to target Trump’s supporters. Democrats, who often refer to riots as riots or domestic terrorists, can be angry if there is no sedition. Amplifying pressure on the sector, Senate committees held hearings on security failures leading up to the attack, and Democrats in the House of Representatives requested information related to federal and local law enforcement agencies. Originally from the suburbs of Boston, Monaco advised Janet Reno, then Attorney General, after graduating from Harvard University and the University of Chicago Law School. She worked as a federal prosecutor in Washington, joining Enron’s task force and leading the prosecution of five former Enron executives. The Enron case quickly followed her career. In 2006, after serving as a counselor, she served as Chief of Staff to then-FBI Director Robert Swan Mueller. In 2011, she became head of the National Security Department of the Department of Justice. Two years later, she went to the White House to serve as Obama’s best homeland security adviser. So she coordinated the government’s response to threats such as the 2014 Ebola outbreak and the 2016 mass shootings at the Pulse Night Club in Orlando, Florida. It was considered a domestic terrorist act. A former colleague said Monaco always had the knack for predicting the next big threat. While leading the ministry’s national security department, she began efforts to chase China’s cyber threats. As a result, in 2014, five members of the PLA stole proprietary information from US Steel and other companies in a case that helped support China’s efforts to use stolen corporate secrets and academic research. I was charged with the crime. Strengthen its global position. “We should call on these malicious cyber actors and impose costs,” Monaco said at a 2018 meeting, saying that hackers from Iran, North Korea and Russia were targeting US companies. “The Trump administration basically maintained that philosophy, but accelerated it, and of course it is.” Monaco was blamed for the government’s failure to lead to the September 11 attack. There was ample opportunity to learn about navigating the bureaucracy under Mueller in the face of pressure to prevent large-scale terrorist attacks and dissolve the FBI. Instead, he turned it into an agency that fulfills two missions: both its traditional role of investigating crime and the intelligence-gathering function of working with intelligence agencies to thwart any attack. “She is directly involved in the development and mobilization of all FBI initiatives, ensuring that the agency works in tandem with other parts of the government, with the support of the main judiciary and, if necessary, the White House and lawmakers. I got it, “said Waynestein. Monaco has a reputation for working relentlessly and preparing. According to friends and ex-colleagues, she is calm, quiet and confident even under pressure. She doesn’t speak up. In the face of praise, friends called her funny, warm and self-deprecating. When the alumni noticed her wonderful career, she replied, “I was very, very lucky.” As Obama’s Homeland Security Advisor, she presided over difficult operational, policy, and legal decisions, often accompanied by military action. Disagreements and provocative questions can upset hours of work and can be difficult to get people back on track, a former colleague said. “She was a table lawyer with military leaders. She needed to win their respect and guide them to a conclusion that was consistent with what the president wanted from the process.” Olsen said. “She was able to pull it off over and over again.” “The experience of her judicial attorney at the DC Superior Court probably helped her,” Olsen said. “Not everything goes according to plan. Your police officer does not appear to testify, and you need to keep the poker face in front of the jury.” You “calm down and better than the people By appealing to good qualities, we manage your path through it. I saw her doing so in the White House Situation Room, “Olsen added. In 2013, the Boston Marathon bombings tested her skills and determination. The attack took place in Monaco’s hometown. Her brother stood in the crowd and cheered on the runners. According to Olsen, her knowledge of domestic extremism and government work, work ethic, and the ability to retain colleagues were essential to support the Obama administration’s response. Monaco warned in 2016 that “the threat of terrorism has evolved and changed dramatically,” reflecting the September 11 Boston Marathon bombings and other national security challenges. “It’s wider, more diffuse and less predictable than any time since 9/11,” she said at an event hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations. “Today’s terrorism is increasingly defined by small cells and lone actors, who may have little or no direct contact with terrorist organizations. They succumbed to violent extremism. This article was originally published in The New York Times. © 2021 The New York Times Company