Mr. Declet serves as Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Homeland Security which has oversight over the Department of Homeland Security. In this capacity, he is responsible for the development of legislative, oversight, and policy initiatives with an emphasis in the areas of intelligence, homeland security and counterterrorism. He was previously an Intelligence Research Specialist for the Counter Terrorism Bureau of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and an adjunct professor at the John C. Whitehead School of International Relations and Diplomacy at Seton Hall University. He also served as a senior analyst with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), specializing in strategic planning, military transformation and international security. Mr. Declet has a BA from Union College and a JD from the Fordham University School of Law; he is currently pursuing his LLM in national security law at the Georgetown University Law Center. He is a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).