| Stewart Baker
Stewart Baker, a partner in the law firm of Steptoe & Johnson, is also a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is the author of Skating on Stilts - Why We Aren’t Stopping Tomorrow’s Terrorism, a book on the security challenges posed by technology and the use of data in preventing terrorism.
From 2005 to 2009, he was the first Assistant Secretary for Policy at the Department of Homeland Security. As assistant secretary, Mr. Baker oversaw offices responsible for Department-wide policy analysis, international affairs, strategic planning, relationships with the private sector, advisory committees, and law enforcement. He was heavily involved in national security reviews of information technology transfers and in the effort to provide visa free travel to Eastern European nations.
Mr. Baker’s practice covers national security, electronic surveillance, law enforcement, export control, encryption, and related technology issues. During 2004 and 2005, Mr. Baker served as General Counsel of the WMD Commission investigating intelligence failures prior to the Iraq war. From 1992 to 1994, Mr. Baker was General Counsel of the National Security Agency. Mr. Baker has testified before government agencies and committees on many occasions, including the 9/11 commission on intelligence and has served on numerous boards and commissions.
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