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Jesselyn Radack
Jesselyn Radack

Jesselyn Radack is an American attorney born on December 12, 1970. She has extensive experience in national security law and has made significant contributions to the field through her work and publications on national security law and intelligence policy. more

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“I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions. The most important dichotomy that I make for a society is between those who support democracy and human rights, and those who oppose it. In a totalitarian state, the state views any act of an individual to be political in nature. For example, the clothing that a person wears in a modern state is a private affair whereas in the Islamic Republic all women are forced to wear the hijab (Islamic attire). When women push their headscarf back an inch or two, this is interpreted to be a political act.”