Carrie Cordero is a well-known Robert M. Gates Senior Fellow and General Counsel of CNAS.
Her interests in research, writing, and related national and homeland security law and policy concerns are in the areas of oversight, transparency, surveillance, cybersecurity, and homeland security and intelligence community challenges.
She has provided testimony to the US Congress on topics such as surveillance legislation, homeland security reform, and foreign meddling in democratic institutions.
The Washington Post, The Atlantic, CNN.com, The New York Times, Politico, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Defense One, Lawfare, and Just Security are just a few of the national newspapers and platforms where her commentary has appeared.
Who Is Carrie Cordero From CNN? Her Biography
Since 2017, Carrie Cordero has worked as an analyst for CNN outside of CNAS. The Secretary of Homeland Security appointed Cordero to the Homeland Security Advisory Council in March 2022. The analyst also serves on the board of advisors at the American University Washington College of Law’s Tech, Law & Security Program.
After leaving the government, Cordero worked as Georgetown Law’s director of national security studies, where she also taught law as an adjunct professor from 2010 until 2020.
She also had a private practice where she dealt with issues involving security, privacy, law enforcement response, and surveillance.
Cordero received her BA from Barnard College, Columbia University, and her JD, cum laude, from Washington College of Law, American University.
Carrie Cordero Career Details
At the beginning of her career, Carrie Cordero worked for the government as a senior associate general counsel at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, counsel to the assistant attorney general for national security, and attorney-advisor at the U.S. Department of Justice.
During this time, she handled crucial counterterrorism and counterintelligence investigations and frequently testified before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
She spent a lot of time developing policies, procedures, and processes for oversight, compliance, and the protection of privacy and civil liberties in the framework of government national security investigations and intelligence activities at the U.S. Department of Justice and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
Additionally, she worked as a special assistant US attorney.
Meet Carrie Cordero Husband
The marital status of CNN Security expert Carrie Cordero is unknown. Nevertheless, a number of sites assert that she is wed to her husband. The reports’ veracity is still in question, though.
In addition, the Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/U.S.) and former director of the District of Columbia Bar Association rarely post anything personal on social media.
There are only tweets about her work or baseball on the verified Twitter account (@carriecordero) of the Robert M. Gates Senior Fellow and General Counsel at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS).
Carrie Cordero seems to value her privacy as highly as the security of the country.
Regarding her life outside of work, she is mute on social media. She seldom ever discusses anything involving her family. Furthermore, not even the identities of her parents are known to the general public.
Her biography nonetheless describes her as a baseball mom.