Karen J. Greenberg
Karen Greenberg is a Future Security Fellow at New America and a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at RCLS. She is also co-host of the popular SpyTalk podcast and publishing consultant for the SpyTalk newsletter.
Greenberg is an award-winning author and editor of numerous books on national security, including Subtle Tools: The Dismantling of American Democracy from the War on Terror to Donald Trump (2021) included in the Washington Post’s 20th Anniversary of 9/11 selection of the top 20 books to read on the war on terror era; Rogue Justice: The Making of the Security State (2016); and The Least, Worst Place: Guantanamo’s First One Hundred Days (2009), named one of the best books of the year by the Washington Post. Her edited volumes include Our Nation at Risk: Election Integrity as a National Security Issue(2024); Reimagining the National Security State: Liberalism on the Brink (2019): The Enemy Combatant Papers: American Justice, the Courts, and the War on Terror (2008); The Torture Debate in America (2005); Al Qaeda Now (2005); and The Torture Papers: The Road to Abu Ghraib (2004).
From 2006 to 2024, she was the Editor-in-Chief of The Morning Brief, a daily news round-up covering national security law and policy. From 2010-2025, she edited The Cyber Brief, a weekly roundup of news on cybersecurity.
Greenberg is a frequent guest on public radio stations and podcasts. Her work has been featured in major national news outlets, and on online publications. She speaks regularly at national and international conferences and public events.
