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twc.edu Patrick G. Eddington Senior Fellow, Cato Institute Patrick G. Eddington is a research fellow in homeland security and civil liberties at the Cato Institute. From 2004 to 2014 he served as communications director and later as senior policy advisor to Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ). Eddington's legislative portfolio included the full range of security-related issues, with an emphasis on intelligence policy reform in the areas of surveillance, detainee interrogation, and the use of drones, both in overseas and domestic contexts. He is also Adjunct Assistant Professor at Georgetown University's Center for Security Studies. Eddington's opinion pieces have appeared in a number of publications, including the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Washington Times, and Army Times, and he's appeared on the Fox News Channel, MSNBC, SKYNews, and CNN, among other venues. Eddington received a B.A. in international affairs from Missouri State University in 1985 and an M.A. in national security studies from Georgetown University in 1992. He spent 11 years in the U.S. Army Reserve and the National Guard in both enlisted and commissioned service. Rick Evanchec Section Chief, FBI Rick Evanchec is a Section Chief within the FBI's Cyber Division, where he plays a pivotal role in coordinating cyber threat responses and fostering collaboration between federal agencies and private sector partners. Evanchec's career with the FBI began after his tenure at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), where he served as a special assistant. He joined the FBI as an intelligence analyst and, in 2008, completed training at the FBI Academy. His assignments have included a tour in Iraq, assisting the Iraqi Higher Tribunal with the prosecution of Saddam Hussein and other regime officials. He frequently represents the FBI at national cybersecurity conferences and has been a key voice in promoting public-private collaboration to defend against emerging cyber threats. Sasha Ingber Founder and Intelligence Correspondent at HUMINT and Host of the International Spy Museum's SpyCast Sasha Ingber is a national security reporter, Founder & Intelligence Correspondent at HUMINT, and host of the International Spy Museum's SpyCast. She reported on the US intelligence community, the wars in UKRAINE and the Middle East, the collapse of Afghanistan, the U.S. Capitol insurrection, indictments against President Trump extremist groups, and covert activities by China and Russia. Her writing, photography, and radio reporting have appeared in such publications as The Washington Post Magazine, ESPN, Smithsonian Magazine, The Atlantic, and The American Scholar. She was the associate editor of Smithsonian's culture magazine, Journeys. She earned a master's degree in nonfiction writing from Johns Hopkins University and speaks Spanish and Portuguese. She is based in Washington, D.C.

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