Nicholas Saidel is associate director of the Institute for Strategic Threat Analysis and Response (ISTAR). Prior to joining ISTAR, he was a fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Law School's Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law (CERL). Mr. Saidel was also an associate at the law firm of Wolf, Block LLP, a legislative aide to Congressman Robert A. Brady (D-PA), and a fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute.