Steven G. Stransky is a partner and co-chair of the Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice Group at Thompson Hine LLP. He is also an adjunct law professor at the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Law where he teaches on foreign affairs, national security law, and constitutional war powers. Prior to joining Thompson Hine, Mr. Stransky served in the federal government for ten years, including as a deputy legal adviser on the president’s National Security Council and as an attorney-advisor for intelligence law at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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