Catherine Lotrionte

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Catherine Lotrionte (born December 19, 1968) is a Senior Fellow and Director of Research and Development at the Institute for International Law and Politics at Georgetown University. In 2002, she was appointed by General Brent Scowcroft to be Counsel to the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board at the White House, a position she held until 2006. In 2002, she served as Legal Counsel for the Joint Inquiry Committee of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Prior to that, Lotrionte was Assistant General Counsel at the Central Intelligence Agency. At Georgetown, she also serves as an adjunct professor and teaches courses on intelligence law and international law. 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 term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.