Jennifer Newstead, described by a colleague as the 'day-to-day manager' of the 2001 Patriot Act, was named Monday as Facebook's new general counsel.
Jennifer Newstead, Facebook's new general counsel, was a key player in the passage of the USA Patriot Act in 2001. By Isaac Stanley-Becker Isaac Stanley-Becker Reporter based in the U.K.
Facebook has reported a spike in government requests for data, creating a dilemma for the company about how much information to hand over — a battle Newstead will have to litigate on the other side of the courtroom. A Facebook spokesman declined to comment on the lawyer’s role in crafting the Patriot Act and moving it through Congress. The State Department, where Newstead is currently a top legal adviser, also declined to comment.
Named an associate White House counsel, Newstead joined an office that included the likes of Brett M. Kavanaugh, who was confirmed to the Supreme Court last year. After about a year, she moved to the Office of Management and Budget, and then returned in 2005 to private practice at Davis Polk & Wardwell, a white-shoe firm based in Manhattan where she had worked as an associate from 1997 to 2001.
In a prepared statement for the committee, Newstead said a lawyer “must be willing to speak hard truths and identify limits where law and circumstances require.” In a news release Monday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo celebrated Newstead as the “first woman ever to head the State Department’s Office of the Legal Adviser.” He said she “exemplified the leadership qualities for which American diplomats are renowned the world over.” He added that she will be missed.
Facebook was forced to issue a statement saying it was “grateful for all the feedback from our employees” and affirming, “Sexual assault is an issue society has turned a blind eye to for far too long — compounding every victim’s pain."
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