Editing Jesselyn Radack (section)

==Early life and education==
Radack was born in [[Washington, D.C.]], and attended [[Wilde Lake High School]] and [[Brown University]]. She was elected to [[Phi Beta Kappa]] in her junior year and graduated ''magna cum laude'' in 1992 as a triple major  with honors in all three majors.<ref name="Mayer New Yorker"/> While in college, she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.<ref name="Snowden lawyer"/>

In 1995 Radack graduated from [[Yale Law School]] and, through the [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]]'s Honors Program, joined the Department of Justice.<ref name="Anatomy of a Whistleblower">{{cite web|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2004/01/anatomy-whistleblower/ |title=Anatomy of a Whistleblower |work=[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]] |date=January 2004 |access-date=December 4, 2020 |author=Laurie Abraham}}</ref> When the Department's Professional Responsibility Advisory Office<ref>[https://www.justice.gov/prao Professional Responsibility Advisory Office]</ref> was created in 1999,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://legacy.buzzflash.com/commentary/jesselyn-radack-was-the-justice-department-official-who-knew-too-much--a-buzzflash-interview |title=Jesselyn Radack Was the Justice Department Official Who Knew Too Much -- A BuzzFlash Interview |work=Buzzflash |publisher=BuzzFlash.com |date=February 16, 2007 |access-date=December 4, 2020 |author1=Buzzflash }}</ref> she served as a legal advisor<ref name="Colorado Law Review">{{cite journal|url=https://lawweb.colorado.edu/law/lawreview/issues/authors/v77-1.htm |title=About the Contributors |journal=University of Colorado Law Review |year=2006 |volume=77 |issue=1}}</ref> until leaving Justice in April 2002.<ref name="Anatomy of a Whistleblower"/>