James E Baker Author

James E. Baker is a Professor at the Syracuse University College of Law and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, where he is also Director of the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism. He previously served as the Chief Judge, and earlier as an Associate Judge, on the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (2000-2015) and as Legal Adviser and Deputy Legal Adviser to the National Security Council (1994-2000). He is the author of In the Common Defense: National Security Law for Perilous Times (Cambridge 2007) and co-author of Regulating Covert Action (Yale 1992), along with numerous chapters and articles on security, law, government process, and ethics.