Susan Hennessey Biography
Susan Hennessey is an American legal-political analyst at CNN. She has authored “Unmaking the Presidency,” together with Benjamin Wittes.
Susan Hennessey Age
Hennessey is 37 years old as of 2022. She was born on 29 August 1985.
Susan Hennessey Height
She stands at 5 feet 7 inches tall.
Susan Hennessey Education
She graduated in 2007 with a BA in Italian from the University of California, Los Angeles. Afterward, she earned her JD in 2011, from Harvard Law School. Besides that, Hennessey is an adjunct professor, teaching policy and cybersecurity conflict as a practicing specialist at Georgetown University.
Susan Hennessey Family
Hennessey was born in Sacramento, California USA to her parents Mary Grad and Christopher Klein, who are still residents of Sacramento. Her father is a lawyer, he assisted her to get her first job and has always been there for her whereas her mother is an attorney however, she resigned to concentrate on her family. Hennessey has two sisters namely Molly Klein (married Cutler and their son is John) and sister Helen Klein.
Susan Hennessey Husband
Her husband is Brendan Hennessey. He went to the University of Wisconsin situated in Madison and later graduated. From there, he got an MD in Romance languages from the University of Notre Dame. Brendan also attended the University of California, Los Angeles where he graduated with a Ph.D. In the wake of 2014, he started a job at New York’s Binghamton University as an assistant professor of Romance Languages and Literature.
Susan Hennessey Career
To begin with, she started to work as a Brookings Institute Fellow in National Security and Governance Studies. Due to her dedication to her work, she advanced to the National Security Blog, “Lawfare”. In addition, she has many other associations as well as being inducted to the list of the members of the Aspen Cybersecurity Group.
After she departed from Harvard Law School, she launched her career at the National Security Agency as an attorney. During her tenure, her assignments was to advocate the office regarding the associated operational elements, cyber-security, and also information assurance. Hennessey acquired strong abilities in the sector of cyber-security legislation and served on numerous information assurance projects as an agent.
Susan Hennessey CNN News
She works for CNN News as a legal and national security analyst. On May 10, 2021, she joined the justice department on another occasion of the liberal network working to the Biden administration, where she served as a senior counsel for the department’s national security sector following a stretch at both the Lawfare blog and the Brookings Institution. Hennessey was a commentator earlier on of the White House Press Secretary and the Obama administration’s State Department.
Her unforgettable tweets include a broadly planned one accusing the US of participating in gunning down a plane for passengers of Ukraine. One from 2017 declared a “strong claim of Trump squad collusion.” The 2018 Republican memo cast aspersions on surveillance warrant misuse by the Justice Department.
Susan Hennessey Book
Hennessey is the author of Unmaking the Presidency: Donald Trump’s War on the World’s Most Powerful Office. The book was published on January 21, 2020.
Susan Hennessey Wedding
First, Hennessey met Brendan Hennessey in 2004. Then they had a private wedding on 20 June 2009, at California’s Point Reyes Station. The couple didn’t take long before setting off on their honeymoon in Phuket, Thailand.
Susan Hennessey Salary
She receives an approximated salary of $10,000 – $100,000.
Susan Hennessey Net Worth
Her estimated net worth is $1 million – $5 million.
