Steward of American Rule of Law: How Elizabeth Parker Champions Civics with Lessons from NSA and CIA

Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker discusses her career as general counsel to the CIA and the NSA, and talks about how her work in the intelligence community led her to become a champion for civic education.

This episode references:

Women in American Cryptography

https://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic-heritage/historical-figures-publications/women/

CIA spycatcher Jeanne Vertefeuille

https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2016-featured-story-archive/spy-catcher-jeanne-vertefeuille.html

Mir Aimal Kansi's attack on the CIA headquarters

https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/murder-at-cia.html

Educating for Democracy Act

https://delauro.house.gov/sites/delauro.house.gov/files/documents/DELAUR_074_xml_final.pdf

iCivics

https://www.icivics.org/

CivXNow Coalition

https://www.civxnow.org/

"Back in the Day: Return to civics classes may be crucial for American society" Philadelphia Tribune, September 12, 2020

https://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/backintheday/back-in-the-day-return-to-civics-classes-may-be-crucial-for-american-society/article_b9ad8256-f28d-564e-aad8-eae2a93df78a.html

Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker is the Dean Emerita of the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law and the former Executive Director of the State Bar of California.