About Us
Mission & Leadership
Mission
The Center to Advance Security in America (CASA) is a nonpartisan organization dedicated to improving the safety and security of the American people. We educate and inform them about the actions of their government and its officials that impact their safety; peace and security; democracy, civil rights, and civil liberties; and privacy.
Approach
We discover the truth, using whistleblowers, research, information requests, and legal action. We raise awareness, helping the American people to become better-informed about what their government is doing to protect their safety and security in a dangerous world.
Leadership
James Fitzpatrick
Director
James Fitzpatrick is the Director of the Center to Advance Security in America (CASA).
Prior to CASA, James served in senior roles in both the private and public sectors. Notably, he served as a Regional Representative for the Mid-Atlantic at the U.S. Department of Labor and as an aide in the United States Senate.
James is an Army Veteran and deployed to Kuwait and Jordan with the 28th Infantry Division of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard as a Judge Advocate.
He has a bachelor’s degree from Lehigh University, and a Juris Doctor from the Temple University Beasley School of Law.
Curtis Schube
Director of Research and Policy
Curtis Schube spent over twelve years as an attorney before joining the policy and government watchdog space. Most recently before joining CASA, Curtis was Executive Director at Council to Modernize Governance, where he researched and wrote policy proposals and papers designed to reign in the administrative state.
During his time as an attorney, he spent seven years practicing administrative law and election law working for the state of Missouri. Curtis then joined the Pennsylvania Family Institute, where he both litigated and advocated for laws in legislative settings related to pro-life issues and religious liberty. From there, Curtis joined the Fairness Center, where he litigated so-called Janus cases, where public sector employees had left their union, but were still being forced to pay union dues. Curtis’ final stop as an attorney was at Dhillon Law Group. There, Curtis practiced constitutional law, election law, defamation law, and other liberty-minded issues. Notably, Curtis was involved in defending January 6 Committee subpoenas, conducted a public records request investigation which uncovered examples of election officials “curing” ballots, and many other notable issues.
Curtis now uses the skills he developed as an attorney to research and write about government officials and how they impact the public’s safety, security, civil rights, and democratic governance. This involves filing complaints, writing op-eds, uncovering information, and more.