Media Watchdog Gets New Leader
After a 15 year public policy career in Washington, Center for National Security Studies Deputy Director Lisa Graves is leaving the Beltway for Madison, Wis., where she will head up the Center for Media and Democracy, a government and media watchdog group. Graves was on the front lines on a range of high-tech and privacy issues at CNSS and at the American Civil Liberties Union, where she served as senior counsel for legislative strategy. She testified on Capitol Hill against the Bush administration's illegal warrantless wiretapping program; collection of personal financial records and other sensitive information; and military satellite spying as well as on Patriot Act and Freedom of Information Act issues. Prior to the ACLU, Graves worked as chief nominations counsel for Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy when he was ranking member of the committee. CMD's search committee heard from more than 60 applicants and conducted numerous interviews before selecting Graves unanimously. She will replace John Stauber, who founded the nonprofit and its newsmagazine PR Watch in 1993.
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