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CIA Operations Officer and AFIO Member Charles Jones reviews Tradecraft Tactics and Dirty Tricks: Russian Intelligence and Putin’s Secret War, available on the WIN Short Form Book Reviews page.
Interview of 25 March 2026 of Sean M Wiswesser, former CIA Operations Officer, on his latest book, "Tradecraft, Tactics, and Dirty Tricks: Russian Intelligence and Putin's Secret War" Co-Host and Interviewer Paul Hollingsworth PhD, former Senior CIA Officer and Analyst, President, AFIO, and Co-Host James Hughes, a former CIA Operations Officer, Former NSA Associate Deputy Director of Operations, and President Emeritus, AFIO, speak with Sean about his latest book. You can find the video on your member home page or the AFIO Now Interviews and Podcasts page.
The open-source intelligence (OSINT) discipline celebrates 85 years this month. In February 1941 the Foreign Broadcast Monitoring Service (FBMS) was formally established by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The OSINT discipline expanded beyond FBMS' broadcast intercepts to include print media exploitation when the Interdepartmental Committee for the Acquisition of Foreign Publications (IDC) of the Library of Congress was established in December 1941.
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11:30 AM
Doubletree Hotel
1665 N State Rt A1A | Melbourne (Indialantic), FL 32903
The Association of Former Intelligence Officers, Florida Satellite Chapter, is hosting Admiral Cathal O'Connor, who will discuss "National Defense Strategy." Admiral O'Connor's presentation will follow a sit-down lunch.
Reservations are required.
10:30 AM
DoubleTree by Hilton, McLean, VA
1960 Chain Bridge Rd McLean, VA 22102
Please join us and guest speakers Mark M. Lowenthal, Ph.D. and Jeffrey Rogg, Ph.D., as they discuss American Intelligence at 250 Years, Past and Prospects. May 1 is the last day to register!
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