<span class="vcard">Kel McClanahan</span>

Kel McClanahan

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Kel McClanahan (on Bluesky @nationalsecuritylaw.org) is the Executive Director of National Security Counselors, a Washington-area non-profit public interest law firm which specializes in national security law and information and privacy law, and through which he often represents Intelligence Community employees and contractors. He is an adjunct professor at the George Washington University Law School, where he teaches the law of secrecy. He sits on the Steering Committee of the Make It Safe Coalition and has previously served on the FOIA Federal Advisory Committee.

He received his Master of Arts cum laude in Security Studies from the Georgetown University Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, his Juris Doctorate from the American University Washington College of Law, and his Master of Laws in National Security Law from the Georgetown University Law Center.

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Paper silhouettes of faces overlap one another. All except one are various shades of light grey. The one exception is in red and includes a whistle in the face’s mouth.
Trump boards Marine One as he departs the White House on January 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. A person in military uniform salutes him as he passes.
Ranking member Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) questions National Security Council Director for European Affairs Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman and Jennifer Williams, adviser to Vice President Mike Pence for European and Russian affairs during testimony before the House Intelligence Committee in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill November 19, 2019 in Washington, DC.
House Republicans gather to speak at a press conference organized by Rep. Matt Gaetz, (R-FL), on Capitol Hill on October 23, 2019 in Washington, DC.
Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) speaks to members of the media after Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson met behind closed doors with the House Intelligence Committee at the U.S. Capitol September 19, 2019 in Washington, DC.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) makes closing remarks after questioning former Special Counsel Robert Mueller about his report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election in the Rayburn House Office Building July 24, 2019 in Washington, DC.
Former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey speaks to members of the media at the Rayburn House Office Building after testifying to the House Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform committees on Capitol Hill December 07, 2018 in Washington, DC.
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Committee Chairman Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC), Committee Vice Chairman Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) listen during a hearing before Senate (Select) Intelligence Committee March 7, 2018 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
Attorney General nominee William Barr (C) arrives for a meeting with Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) in his office in the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill January 09, 2019 in Washington, DC.
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