Democracy and Governance Studies

Dr. Lotrionte is the Associate Director of the Institute for International Law & Politics and Visiting Professor of Government and Foreign Service 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 a legal counsel for the Joint Inquiry Committee of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Prior to that, Professor Lotrionte was Assistant General Counsel with the Office of General Counsel at the Central Intelligence Agency, where she provided legal advice relating to foreign intelligence and counterintelligence activities, international terrorism, narcotics trafficking, organized crime, money laundering, espionage, and security matters. At Georgetown she teaches courses on intelligence law and international law. Professor Lotrionte earned her PhD from Georgetown University and her JD from New York University and 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 life member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She also has served in the U.S. Department of Justice.