Bingham ConsultingSuzanne E. Spaulding
Bingham McCutchen, Of Counsel
Bingham Consulting Group, Principal
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Suzanne Spaulding is an authority on national security and homeland security related issues, including cybersecurity, critical infrastructure protection, foreign investment (CFIUS) terrorism, intelligence, law enforcement, crisis management, and issues related to the threat from chemical, biological, nuclear or radiological weapons. She works with clients to develop and implement strategies around these and other issues.
Suzanne brings over 25 years of experience in working with the government at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue and on both sides of the aisle. She started working on national security issues in 1984 as senior counsel to Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA). She also served as minority staff director for the U.S. House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and as deputy staff director and general counsel for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
In addition, she was the executive director of two congressionally mandated commissions: the National Commission on Terrorism, chaired by Amb. L. Paul Bremer III, and the Commission to Assess the Organization of the Federal Government to Combat the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, chaired by former CIA Director John Deutch. She has also worked for Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA).
She was assistant general counsel at CIA, including a position as legal adviser to the Nonproliferation Center, and also spent several years in private practice. In 2002, she was appointed by Virginia Gov. Mark Warner to the Secure Commonwealth Panel, established after the attacks of September 11 to advise the governor and the legislature regarding preparedness issues in the commonwealth of Virginia.
Suzanne is frequently invited to testify as an expert in front of Congress. In addition, she has chaired, convened and served on numerous other task forces, working groups, and conferences on a wide range of national security topics. She is also a frequent writer and lecturer, and has been quoted regularly in media outlets around the country and internationally. She was profiled in National Journal’s Homeland Security 100 (February 2004).
- “Building Checks and Balances for National Security Policy: The Role of Congress,” Advance, American Constitution Society for Law and Policy, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Fall 2008)
- “Stuck in a September 12 Mindset,” The Guardian (Sept. 11, 2008)
- Contributor, “Intelligence Reform,” Ideas for America’s Future, by Jefferey Bialos (Aug. 1, 2008)
- “Power Play,” Washington Post Outlook (Dec. 25, 2005)
- Contributor, “Report of the Homeland Security and Freedom Working Group,” New America Foundation Conference on Terrorism, Security and America’s Purpose: Towards a More Comprehensive Strategy (Sept. 6-7, 2005)
- “If it Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It,” Patriot Debates: Experts Debate the USA PATRIOT Act, edited by S. Baker and J. Kavanagh (June 25, 2005)
- “Homeland Security Law,” National Security Law, 2nd ed., edited by John Norton Moore and Robert F. Turner (Jan. 29, 2005)
- “Intelligence Restructuring: Just the First Step,” National Strategy Forum Review (Winter 2004 )
- “Civil Liberties in a Post 9/11 World,” Forging America’s New Normalcy: Securing Our Homeland, Protecting Our Liberty, 5th Report of the Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction (“Gilmore Commission”) (December 2003)
- “Legal Framework for Shielding,” International Journal of Emergency Mental Health, Vol. 4 (Fall 2002 )
- “The Deutch Commission Report: An Overview,” Nonproliferation Review, CNS, Vol. 6.4 (Fall 1999)
- Assessing Damage, Urging Action: Report of the International Commission of Jurists’ Eminent Jurists Panel on Terrorism, Counterterrorism and Human Rights, Brookings Institute, Washington, D.C. (Feb. 27, 2009)
- Cybersecurity, Law and Policy, Georgetown Institute for International Law and Politics and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Washington, D.C. (Oct. 1, 2009)
- Cyber Deterrence Symposium: Implementation, George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute (Nov. 2, 2009)
Congressional Testimony
- USA PATRIOT Act Renewal, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary (Sept. 23, 2009)
- USA PATRIOT Act Renewal, U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties (Sept. 22, 2009)
- Cyber Security and the Role of the Intelligence Community, U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (Sept. 18, 2008)
Domestic Spying: Insights for a New Administration, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution (Sept. 16, 2008) - Moving from Plans to Action: The Imperative for Implementing Intelligence Reform, U. S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on Intelligence Community Management (Dec. 5, 2007)
- Strengthening FISA: Does the Protect America Act Protect Americans’ Civil Liberties and Enhance Security?, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary (Sept. 25, 2007)
- Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary (Sept. 5, 2007)
- Over-Classification and Pseudo-Classification: Making DHS the Gold Standard for Designating Classified and Sensitive Homeland Security Information, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment (June 28, 2007)
- Responding to The Inspector General’s Findings of Improper Use of National Security Letters by the FBI, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution (April 11, 2007)
- USA PATRIOT Act and the Legal Framework for Combating International Terrorism, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary (May 10, 2005)
- Implementation of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Lone Wolf Provision, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security (April 26, 2005)
- Commissioner, CSIS Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th President
- Special Advisor and Past Chair, American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Law and National Security
- Steering Committee, Transnational Threats Initiative of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS),
- Member, Liberty and Security Initiative, Constitution Project
- Advisory Board, Harvard Law School/Belfer Center Long Term Strategy Project on Preserving Security and Democratic Freedoms in the War on Terrorism.
- ABA Task Force on CFIUS Reform
- ABA President’s Task Force on Enemy Combatants
- ABA Gavel Award Screening Committee
- Admitted to practice in the District of Columbia
- University of Virginia, Juris Doctor
- University of Virginia, Bachelor of Arts
