Weekly Intelligence Notes

29 May - 04 June 2024
(Issue 21)

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CONTENTS

Section I - CURRENTS

(Recent Developments)

• Defence conference told 'more than 1200 Chinese spies operating in Australia' - Australia 9 News, 29 May 24
• Critics of Putin and his allies targeted with spyware inside the EU - The Guardian, 30 May 24
• Japan spots China’s new spy, strike drone for first time over waters north of Okinawa - Stars and Stripes, 28 May 24
• Swiss government told to expel foreign spies - Swiss Info, 28 May 24
• North Korean Military Satellite Launch Fails After Rocket Explodes - U.S. Naval Institute, 28 May 24
• Turkey’s global spying program targeting critical journalists exposed - Nordic Monitor, 27 May 24
• Poland forms Russian influence commission as spy fears grow - Reuters, 21 May 24
• Spy agencies have ’unacceptable gaps’ in foreign interference accountability: watchdog - The National Post, 27 May 24
• Espionage and Arson: Authorities Detain Suspects Linked to Russian Intelligence - MSN, 30 May 24
• Counterespionage Corner - A collection of recent material on arrests, convictions, expulsions, and more...
• Cyberespionage Collection - Newly identified actors and operations, countermeasures, policy, other...

• Assessing the Intelligence Risks of Chinese‐Made Drones (14 mins) - CATO Institute Podcast, 29 May 24
• Russian Intelligence and Western Counterintelligence - International Center for Defense and Security, 30 May 24
• Open Source Intelligence Strategy - U.S. Department of State, 31 May 24
• Everybody Needs Help Sometimes: Facilitators of Soviet Defectors’ Publications - International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, 28 May 24
• Surveilling the Masses with Wi-Fi-Based Positioning Systems - Cornell University Cryptology and Security Archive, 28 May 2024
• Assessing the Intelligence Community’s Policy Framework for Commercially Available Information - Just Security, 24 May 2024
• Havana Syndrome: The Slow but Complete U-Turn of a Scientist [Kenneth R. Foster — Scientific American] - Intel Today, 28 May 2024
• Exclusive Interview with NSA Research Director on Duality of AI, Quantum Challenges - MeriTalk, 28 May 2024
• What is the future of space-based intelligence gathering? - Breaking Defense, 31 May 2024
• Cuban Intelligence after the Cold War: A Case Study in Adaptation and Influence - E-Inernatinal Relations, 31 May 24
• Get Serious About the Science of Influence - U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, vol 50/6, June 2024
• “Zelensky, Ukraine & Intelligence” – with Simon Shuster (59 mins) - International Spy Museum's Spycast Podcast, 21 May 24

• The world seems to have awakened to the hard fact that Russia has gained momentum in Ukraine- and that the implications stretch far beyond Ukraine’s borders. — Former Acting CIA Dep. Dir. for Ops and Arkin Group President Jack Devine, In Other News
• Iran Nuclear File Returns to Front Burner | U.S. Presses Gaza War's End | Kashmir Protests Over Electricity | U.S. - Philippines Ties Strengthened as a Bulwark to Counter China | Iranian Strategy after Raisi — Former FBI Special Agent and Soufan Group CEO Ali Soufan, Intel Brief
• National Security in Space: Ret. General John W. "Jay" Raymond — Former CIA Acting Director Michael Morell and former CIA Chief Operating Officer Andy Makridis, Intelligence Matters: The Relaunch
• Around The World With Former CIA Officer Edward Bogan - The Cipher Brief, 31 May 2024
• Who was RAW officer Rabinder Singh trending in India? - Ground Report, 30 May 24
• Former CIA Officer-Turned Author Creates a Web Portal For Kids! with former CIA Officer Shelly Mateer - Prolog, 28 May 24
• What Does America Want From China?: Debating Washington’s Strategy—and the Endgame of Competition by former CIA Senior Analyst Paul Heer, et al - Foreign Affairs, 30 May 24
• Spycraft and the Theater of Espionage by former CIA Senior Operations Officer John Atwell - Hawaii Tribune Herald, 02 Jun 24

• Why the NSA Is Right About Periodically Restarting Your Smartphone - Gizmodo, 31 May 24
• In a first, OpenAI removes influence operations tied to Russia, China and Israel - National Public Radio, 31 May 24
• GOP lawmakers call on FBI official to testify on alleged misuse of revoking security clearances - Washington Times, 30 May 24
• Spying, hacking and intimidation: Israel’s nine-year ‘war’ on the ICC exposed - The Guardian, 28 May 24
• Once a Sheriff’s Deputy in Florida, Now a Source of Disinformation From Russia - New York Times, 29 May 24
• The obscure federal intelligence bureau that got Vietnam, Iraq, and Ukraine right - Vox, 28 May 24
• Police search the European Parliament over suspected Russian interference, prosecutors say - Washington Times, 29 May 24
• Piecing Together the Secrets of the Stasi - New Yorker, 27 May 24
• US’ first case of mass hysteria might have something in common with Havana Syndrome - New York Post, 27 May 24

Books: (Forthcoming, New Releases, Overlooked)

• Codename Nemo: The Hunt for a Nazi U-Boat and The Elusive Enigma Machine by Charles Lachman (04 Jun 24)
• The President’s Kill List: Assassination and US Foreign Policy since 1945 (Intelligence, Surveillance and Secret Warfare) by Luca Trenta (31 May 24)
• Spies, Scandals, and Sultans: Istanbul in the Twilight of the Ottoman Empire (New Dialogues in Philosophy) by Roger Allen (28 Nov 07)

True Intelligence Matters on Film: Declassified: The Untold Stories of American Spies, S1 E1, Trigon: The KGB Chess Game - Domini Hofmann (2016)

Intelligence in History - A Collection of Recently Released Content

Infographic: The World’s Biggest Nuclear Energy Producers - Visual Capitalist, 17 Apr 24 - Visual Capitalist, 20 May 24

Walking Tours: "The Spies of Embassy Row" and "Spies of Georgetown" - Washington, DC. (Sundays, Dates/Times Vary)

Obituaries

Research Requests and Academic Opportunities

• Call for Papers: Navigating the Future of Intelligence Education: Adapting to New Realities - IAFIE EC Annual Conference, 10-12 Sep 24, Malta. 27 June 2024 deadline.
• Call for Submissions: 2024 Naval Intelligence Essay Contest - Cosponsored by the U.S. Naval Institute and Naval Intelligence Professionals. 31 July 2024 deadline.
• Call for Papers: Special Issue of Intelligence and National Security Journal on Private Sector Intelligence. 300 word abstracts due by 01 Jul 24.
• Call for Book Chapters: IGI Global Publications Forthcoming work The Impact of Leakers, Whistleblowers, and the Rise of Propaganda. 21 Jun 24 deadline.
• Call for Online Survey Participants: Institution Review Board approved research project from Northeastern University on critical thinking skills for national security intelligence analysts.
• Call for Information and Interview Subjects: In search of information on possible espionage activity in New York City in the WWII and post-war era.
• Call for papers: Irregular Warfare Lessons Learned Since 9/11 - Department of Defense's Irregular Warfare Center (IWC) and the Foreign Policy Research Institute's (FPRI) Center for the Study of Intelligence and Nontraditional Warfare conference in Annapolis, MD 17-18 September 2024 - 01 July Deadline.
• Call for information: Child of former CIA officers John and Mary Mae Roman seeks information about parents' careers.
• Call for information: Seeking input and suggestions for a chapter on Counterintelligence for the second edition of the Oxford University Handbook of National Security Intelligence.
• Call for information: Seeking information on Priscilla Griffin de Mauduit, OSS-CIA, 1941-1965.
• Call for information: Seeking information on Peruvian communist terrorist group Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path).
• Seeking Interview Subjects: Seeking information on Czech-U.S. relations late 1970s and 1980s, StB's techniques and effectiveness, exposition and expulsion of U.S. staff in Prague, Czech intel operatives on U.S. soil.
• Seeking Interview Subjects: Current or former intelligence officers, analysts, and counterintelligence (CI) professionals with firsthand experience in dealing with Russian illegals to participate in confidential interview sessions as part of a PhD dissertation.
• Call for Information: Swiss photographer Bruno Zehnder and research activity/death in Mirny Antarctica 1997 / info on climate between Russia and the CIA in the 19980s/90s regarding adhering to the scientific treaty and the race to be the first to breach Lake Vostok.
• Call For Articles: AFIO Journal, The Intelligencer - Assorted Topics

Employment

• Senior Director - Arkin Group - New York, NY
• Research Associate - Arkin Group - New York, NY
• Assistant Professor of Intelligence Studies - Mercyhurst University - Erie, Pennsylvania
• Associate Professor and Chair of National Security - University of New Haven, Connecticut
• Wanted: Former intelligence officers to lead spy-themed walking tours in Washington, D.C. - Spyher Tours
• Wanted: Retired Federal Government Employees - National Security Agency - Fort Meade, Maryland
• Assistant Professor - Intelligence Studies - Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Arizona

Upcoming AFIO Events

• Thu 27 June 2024, noon EDT - In-Person and Virtual - The Florida Suncoast AFIO Chapter luncheon features the Honorable Bill Burgess, Circuit Court Judge in Florida's Sixth Judicial Circuit and US Army Special Forces veteran
• 30 July 24, 1900 (PT) - Former CIA Director General David Petraeus on challenges in Ukraine and the Middle East - In-Person, Yorba Linda, CA - AFIO Los Angeles Chapter; Dinner after presentation.

Events from Advertisers, Corporate Sponsors, Others

• 26 Jun 24, 1800-1900 (GMT) – Virtual Conference – Using Intelligence to Control Weapons of Mass Destruction – Johns Hopkins University
• 26-27 Jun 24 1200-1800 (GMT) – Virtual Conference – Knock in the Night: Intelligence, Security, and Special Services in Authoritarian States – Brunel University

See the AFIO Calendar of Events for scheduling further in the future.

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Released to members only, 04 June 2024

(Interview conducted 13 Feb 24)

The Secret Plot to Build a Confederate Navy

Alexander Rose,
(author, historian, journalist)
The Lion And The Fox: Two Rival Spies
and the Secret Plot to Build a Confederate Navy

AFIO President James Hughes, a former senior CIA Ops Officer and Former NSA Associate Deputy Director of Ops, interviews author Alexander Rose (@AlexRoseWriter). (30 mins with Q&A.)

In 1861, after the Civil War's outbreak, two secret agents — a Confederate and his Union rival — were dispatched to neutral Britain, each entrusted with a vital mission. This is the untold tale of two foes, their struggle,and the high stakes of the cotton trade.

The Lion and The Fox is available here.

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(June 2024)

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Former CIA Deputy Chief of Russia Operations John Sipher writes on:

The Russian FSB: A Concise History of the Federal Security Service

by Kevin Riehle
(Georgetown University Books, March 2024).

Access review here.

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The interview runs 19 minutes and includes several Q&As.
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Section I - CURRENTS

(Recent Developments)

Defence conference told 'more than 1200 Chinese spies operating in Australia' - Australia 9 News, 29 May 24

China has been at the forefront of a major defence conference overnight, which heard a startling claim the country has more than 1200 spies operating in Australia. Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles attended the Defending Australia Summit in Canberra alongside military leaders. He acknowledged the increased anxiety felt in the Pacific region about China's recent military drills off Taiwan and said the emerging superpower's big defence build-up "presents challenges" for Australia. Marles also admitted the federal government wants to keep a strong relationship with China. "We want to have the most productive relationship with China that we can have. I mean, they remain our largest trading partner, but when we talk about working with them when we can, but disagreeing where we must, that mantra is about trying to reconcile the challenges that we face in stabilising the relationship with China," he told the forum, organised by The Australian newspaper. (Read more here.)

Critics of Putin and his allies targeted with spyware inside the EU - The Guardian, 30 May 24

At least seven journalists and activists who have been vocal critics of the Kremlin and its allies have been targeted inside the EU by a state using Pegasus, the hacking spyware made by Israel’s NSO Group, according to a new report by security researchers. The targets of the hacking attempts – who were first alerted to the attempted cyber-intrusions after receiving threat notifications from Apple on their iPhones – include Russian, Belarusian, Latvian and Israeli journalists and activists inside the EU. Pegasus is considered one of the most sophisticated cyberweapons in the world, and is operated by countries who acquire the technology from NSO. The company says it is meant to be used for legitimate reasons, such as fighting crime. But researchers have documented hundreds of cases in which operators of the spyware, including states inside the EU, have allegedly used it for other purposes, including spying on political opponents and journalists. (Full article here.)

Japan spots China’s new spy, strike drone for first time over waters north of Okinawa - Stars and Stripes, 28 May 24

Japanese fighter jets have scrambled to intercept a Chinese surveillance and strike drone seen operating for the first time north of Okinawa. A Wing Loong-10 was spotted Monday over the East China Sea by members of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, according to a statement that day from the country’s Ministry of Defense. The drone was initially clocked heading east, as if it were traveling from mainland China, the statement said. After flying over waters west of Amami Oshima, the drone appeared to reverse course back toward its homeland. It did not violate Japanese airspace, the statement said. the army into disorder at a time when Moscow is seeking to capitalize on Kyiv’s weapons shortages and press further into Ukrainian territory. (Full article here.)

Swiss government told to expel foreign spies - Swiss Info, 28 May 24

On Monday, the Senate followed a recommendation from its Foreign Affairs Committee with 32 votes in favour of the motion, nine against, with two abstentions. “Switzerland, as the seat of international organisations and as a state in the heart of Europe, is an attractive location for intelligence services,” said Senate committee spokeswoman Franziska Roth. According to reports from the Federal Intelligence Service (FIS), for example, one in five Russian intelligence officers stationed in Europe is in Switzerland. The illegal activities therefore endanger, among other things, the protected dialogue spaces provided by International Geneva. These activities could therefore pose a risk to Switzerland’s diplomatic interests and to the people targeted. (Full article here.)

North Korean Military Satellite Launch Fails After Rocket Explodes - U.S. Naval Institute, 28 May 24

North Korea’s attempt to put a second military reconnaissance satellite into orbit failed on Monday when the rocket carrying the satellite exploded mid-flight. According to state media, the explosion was likely due to the reliability of the rocket engine. Meanwhile, Japan reported on Monday that a WL-10 (Wing Loong-10) unmanned aerial vehicle had been operating over the East China Sea that day, marking the first time the drone had been seen operating near Japan. State media Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported that North Korea’s National Aerospace Technology Administration (NATA) conducted the launch of reconnaissance satellite Malligyong-1-1 at the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground in Cholsan County of North Pyongan Province. The vice general director of NATA stated that the launch failed due to “the air blast of the new-type satellite carrier rocket during the first-stage flight.” (Read here.)

Turkey’s global spying program targeting critical journalists exposed - Nordic Monitor, 27 May 24

A large-scale surveillance program covertly operated by the Turkish Foreign Ministry’s intelligence arm has been targeting critical and independent journalists living in exile in Europe, the United States and Canada, as revealed by confidential documents obtained by Nordic Monitor. The documents confirm that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government meticulously monitors journalists in the West, profiling them, compiling detailed intelligence reports and closely tracking their movements and activities. The clandestine initiative is managed by the foreign ministry’s covert unit, the Intelligence and Research Directorate (İstihbarat ve Güvenlik İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü). This unit has gained additional mandates and resources since Hakan Fidan, the former head of Turkey’s main intelligence agency, Milli İstihbarat Teşkilatı (MIT), was appointed foreign minister last year.(Full article here.)

Poland forms Russian influence commission as spy fears grow - Reuters, 21 May 24

Poland's prime minister announced on Tuesday the re-establishment of a commission to look into undue Russian influence, as Warsaw grapples with what it says is an intense campaign by Moscow to destabilise the country. While Poland has long said that its position as a key distribution hub for supplies to Ukraine makes it a major target for Moscow's spies, the defection of a judge to Russian ally Belarus this month put Poland on high alert. (Full article here.)

Spy agencies have ’unacceptable gaps’ in foreign interference accountability: watchdog - The National Post, 27 May 24

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service and Public Safety Canada lacked a system for tracking who received and read specific intelligence on foreign interference, creating “unacceptable gaps in accountability,” the national spy watchdog has found. In a report made public late Monday, the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency also said CSIS’s dissemination of intelligence on political foreign interference was inconsistent during the last two general elections. In addition, those who received the intelligence did not always understand its significance or how to integrate the findings into their policy analysis and decision-making. The watchdog also said there was disagreement between intelligence units and senior public servants as to whether activities described in intelligence briefs amounted to foreign interference or legitimate diplomatic activity. (Full article here.)

Espionage and Arson: Authorities Detain Suspects Linked to Russian Intelligence - MSN, 30 May 24

Polish authorites have detained two Belarusians and a Pole on suspicion of planning and carrying out arson attacks on various establishments, including shopping centers, restaurants, and construction warehouses. The detentions were executed by the Polish Internal Security Agency, with all three individuals accused of collaborating with the Russian military intelligence agency, GRU. According to LRT, the suspects were reportedly involved in an attempt to ignite a property in Gdansk and succeeded in setting fire to two locations near Warsaw. The Polish newspaper Reczpospolita reported that the individuals were motivated by a reward of 10,000 euros. (Full article here.)

Counterespionage Corner - Recent Arrests, Convictions, Expulsions, and more...

• China says UK businessman imprisoned for ‘providing intelligence' - Financial Times, 01 Jun 24
• Iranian-American Sentenced to Death for Allegedly Spying for CIA - Naharnet, 01 Jun 24
• EU recommends universities work with intelligence agencies to prevent espionage - The Spy Catcher, 28 May 24
• Confessed Russian spy in German military sentenced to 3.5 years - DPA International, 27 May 24

Cyberespionage Collection - Newly Identified Actors and Operations, Countermeasures, Policy, other...

• New North Korean Threat Actor Engaging in Espionage, Revenue Generation Attacks - Security Week, 29 May 24
• GRU's BlueDelta Targets Key Networks in Europe with Multi-Phase Espionage Campaigns - Recorded Future, 30 May 24
• How North Korea’s Cyber War Chases Espionage and Crypto Heists - Technopedia, 28 May 24
• Europe’s Cybersecurity Chief Says Disruptive Attacks Have Doubled in 2024, Sees Russia Behind Many - Security Week, 29 May 24
• Russian Hackers Target Europe with HeadLace Malware and Credential Harvesting - The Hacker News, 31 May 24
• Is a Cyber Force Next? Lawmakers Want Independent Study - Air and Space Forces, 30 May 24
• Hundreds of thousands of US internet routers destroyed in newly discovered 2023 hack - Reuters, 30 May 24
• How has Executive Order 14028 affected federal cybersecurity so far? - Security Intelligence, 31 May 24
• US Cyber Chief Sees ‘Very Aggressive’ Chinese Hacking Strategy - Emea Tribune, 31 May 24
• Preparing the U.S. Cyber Force for Extended Conflict - U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, June 2024

Section II - DEEP DIVES

(Research Papers, OpEds, Analysis, Podcasts)

Assessing the Intelligence Risks of Chinese‐Made Drones (14 mins) - CATO Institute Podcast, 29 May 24

Should Congress take steps to ban certain foreign‐made drones that, despite being owned and used by Americans in a wide variety of helpful ways, could be sending sensitive data to antagonistic foreign governments? Will Duffield discusses the state of play. (Full report here.)

Russian Intelligence and Western Counterintelligence - International Center for Defense and Security, 30 May 24

The recent surge in cases across the west relating to Russian intelligence activities is a bitter reminder — lest anyone should think otherwise — that the Russian intelligence community remains highly active, the country’s challenges in Ukraine notwithstanding. “It is a disaster”, says Bruno Kahl, Head of the German Intelligence Service (BND), about one of these cases, where a much-trusted BND officer now stands accused of having handed information to the Russians. The conflict between Russia and the west, gaining in intensity after Russia’s aggression against Ukraine in 2014 and even more so after Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, has only increased the Russian demand for everything intelligence. The appetite in Moscow for insights into the political thinking and decision-making in the west as this relates, for instance, to sanctions against Russia and military support for Ukraine, is now much greater than before 2014. The same is true for the need to mobilise and recruit various assets. And it is also true for the need to think creatively and cynically about how to achieve a rapidly increasing catalogue of desired effects. (Access here.)

Open Source Intelligence Strategy - U.S. Department of State, 31 May 24

The explosion of open source intelligence (OSINT) in recent years has transformed how governments and people around the world consume and process information about society and global issues. The abundance and accessibility of OSINT has made it an essential source of data to enrich intelligence analysis, inform U.S. diplomats and policymakers, and enable intelligence diplomacy. In this new era, the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) must harness the power and potential of OSINT to empower American diplomacy. To realize this vision, I am pleased to share INR’s inaugural OSINT strategy. The new INR OSINT Strategy is a key part of our modernization agenda and complements the broader Intelligence Community OSINT Strategy 2024-2026. The INR OSINT Strategy focuses on developing sound governance and policy guidance regarding the use of OSINT, investing in OSINT capabilities and resources, strengthening OSINT training and analytic tradecraft, and deepening cooperation on OSINT with allies and partners, industry, academia, and other nongovernmental entities. Together, these actions will help INR realize the full potential of OSINT in an efficient, secure, and responsible manner while continuing to deliver expert insights to U.S. diplomats and State Department officials worldwide. (Access here.)

Everybody Needs Help Sometimes: Facilitators of Soviet Defectors’ Publications - International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, 28 May 24

Soviet intelligence officer defectors arrived in their new countries lacking skills that translated easily into postdefection jobs. To earn money, they often turned to the one asset they had—their stories. To publish their stories, they had to work with a variety of facilitators who connected them with publishing companies and distributed their works. Those helpers can be characterized into four categories: activists/dissidents, academics, journalists, and intelligence practitioners. Helpers were sometimes connected to and supported by a Western government, particularly the United States or United Kingdom, and the resulting work reflected the Cold War ideological competition. However, government sponsorship was not always the case, and some helpers expressed views that extended beyond the receiving government’s policy or that criticized the handling agency. In any case, most defectors could not have published their works without the helpers’ support. (Full report here.)

Surveilling the Masses with Wi-Fi-Based Positioning Systems - Cornell University Cryptology and Security Archive, 28 May 2024

Wi-Fi-based Positioning Systems (WPSes) are used by modern mobile devices to learn their position using nearby Wi-Fi access points as landmarks. In this work, we show that Apple's WPS can be abused to create a privacy threat on a global scale. We present an attack that allows an unprivileged attacker to amass a worldwide snapshot of Wi-Fi BSSID geolocations in only a matter of days. Our attack makes few assumptions, merely exploiting the fact that there are relatively few dense regions of allocated MAC address space. Applying this technique over the course of a year, we learned the precise locations of over 2 billion BSSIDs around the world. The privacy implications of such massive datasets become more stark when taken longitudinally, allowing the attacker to track devices' movements. While most Wi-Fi access points do not move for long periods of time, many devices -- like compact travel routers -- are specifically designed to be mobile. We present several case studies that demonstrate the types of attacks on privacy that Apple's WPS enables: We track devices moving in and out of war zones (specifically Ukraine and Gaza), the effects of natural disasters (specifically the fires in Maui), and the possibility of targeted individual tracking by proxy -- all by remotely geolocating wireless access points. We provide recommendations to WPS operators and Wi-Fi access point manufacturers to enhance the privacy of hundreds of millions of users worldwide. Finally, we detail our efforts at responsibly disclosing this privacy vulnerability, and outline some mitigations that Apple and Wi-Fi access point manufacturers have implemented both independently and as a result of our work. (Access here.)

Assessing the Intelligence Community’s Policy Framework for Commercially Available Information - Just Security, 24 May 2024

On May 8, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released a framework that establishes uniform baseline standards for how the Intelligence Community (IC) should categorize, acquire, and handle commercially available information (CAI). CAI refers to the vast quantities of data—collected from a wide range of sources, including cell phones and other personal devices, cars, household appliances, and social media accounts—that are available for purchase from data brokers and other commercial entities. The ODNI policy framework sets forth principles for acquiring and safeguarding CAI, with special rules for information that IC agencies deem “sensitive.” It also includes requirements for cataloging IC agencies’ purchases and use of CAI. (Full report here.)

Havana Syndrome: The Slow but Complete U-Turn of a Scientist [Kenneth R. Foster — Scientific American] - Intel Today, 28 May 2024

Changing one’s mind goes against human nature. Even scientists often seek evidence to confirm their pre-existing beliefs, especially when they have emotional, financial, or political investments in their viewpoints. Over the past seven years, Kenneth R. Foster has completely revised his initial assessment of the Havana Syndrome. Although he originally disagreed with my analysis (which I posted on October 3, 2017), Dr. Foster has published a letter in the latest issue of Scientific American where he expresses views that are now essentially in full agreement with mine. (Full report here.)

Exclusive Interview with NSA Research Director on Duality of AI, Quantum Challenges - MeriTalk, 28 May 2024

The U.S. government is continuing to invest in the advancement and implementation of critical and emerging technologies – such as artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum sciences – because they are key to both enabling economic prosperity and defending national security. However, in an exclusive interview with MeriTalk, Gil Herrera, director of research at the National Security Agency (NSA), explained that because there is a duality to emerging technologies the complexity that they pose requires a balanced approach for development and deployment across the Federal government and beyond. (Full report here.)

What is the future of space-based intelligence gathering? - Breaking Defense, 31 May 2024

This year’s annual GEOINT conference brought officials from the Department of Defense, White House and Intelligence Community to Florida, for a three-day event focused on space-based intelligence gathering. At the center of the action was National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) director Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth, whose agency finds itself in a strange position, with the Pentagon’s space apparatus seeking to expand into territory long held by NGA. That’s the reason Whitworth sat down exclusively with Breaking Defense’s resident space guru, Theresa Hitchens, to make the argument for why his agency not only remains relevant now, but will continue to do so into the future. (Full report here.)

Cuban Intelligence after the Cold War: A Case Study in Adaptation and Influence - E-Inernatinal Relations, 31 May 24

Since the end of the Cold War in 1991, the Republic of Cuba has substantially transformed its intelligence operations both within its borders and abroad (Central Intelligence Agency, 2023). The Cold War era had firmly entrenched Cuba within the Soviet sphere of influence; however, following its conclusion and Cuba’s subsequent loss of $6 billion in aid per year from the Soviet Union (USSR) American Experience (2005), Cuban intelligence operations have been compelled to adapt to the altered geopolitical landscape. This change has led to prioritising the acquisition of vital intelligence and cultivating strategic alliances to aid its government in decision-making processes that safeguard the nation’s national interests. (Full article here.)

Get Serious About the Science of Influence - U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, vol 50/6, June 2024

The U.S. national security apparatus has bet big on its ability to influence Beijing’s behavior to deter or delay conflict with China. It is a risky bet—potentially blind—because there is strong evidence that foreign-directed influence does not move unsympathetic audiences. The science of influence and persuasion exists in the sales and advertising domains, but no one has developed such a science for national security. Today, it is not known whether foreign influence campaigns work, whether they are counterproductive, or whether they have any effects whatsoever. Those questions could be answered with a serious research program. However, to this point, the United States is just playing at influence, doing this or that on a pop-psychology whim, hoping something will happen, and almost never detecting whether anything did. It is an irresponsible approach to a problem of immense stakes.  (Full article here.)

The Latest from International Spy Museum Historian Andrew Hammond, PhD.

Spycast is the official podcast of the International Spy Museum and hosts interviews with intelligence experts on matters of HUMINT, SIGINT, IMINT, OSINT, and GEOINT. Spycast is hosted by historian Andrew Hammond, PhD.

28 May | “Zelensky, Ukraine & Intelligence” – with Simon Shuster (59 mins) Simon Shuster joins Andrew to discuss President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Ukraine. Simon is a senior correspondent at TIME.

Section III - FORMERS' FORUM

(Legacy Intel Practitioners' Informed Perspectives)

The Latest Insights from Former CIA Acting Deputy Director for Operations Jack Devine.

In Other News The proprietary analytic newsletter crafted for The Arkin Group's private clients by former CIA Acting Deputy Director for Operations Jack Devine.

31 May | The world seems to have awakened to the hard fact that Russia has gained momentum in Ukraine- and that the implications stretch far beyond Ukraine’s borders. In the past few months, Russia has made some important strategic shifts. It has pivoted to a war economy and after rearming and recalibrating its forces, has begun to make significant territorial gains especially in Kharkiv at a pace not seen since the beginning of the war. Capitalizing on several outside events – the six-month delay in U.S. funding that starved Ukraine of critical armaments and munitions as well as the Israel-Hamas battle – Russia has opened up a new front from the North and leveraged its air superiority and the lack of Ukrainian defensive systems to once again threaten Ukrainian energy infrastructure and ports, hampering Ukrainian grain exports and posing anew a threat to the global food supply. (Full report here.)

Daily Analysis of Security Issues and Geopolitical Trends

Intel Brief The Soufan Center's flagship, daily analytical product focused on complex security issues and geopolitical trends that may shape regional or international affairs. The Soufan Center was founded by former FBI Special Agent and Soufan Group CEO Ali Soufan.

04 June | Iran Nuclear File Returns to the Front Burner

Since the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, Iran’s advancing nuclear program has been somewhat eclipsed as a strategic challenge by Tehran’s backing of a broad “Axis of Resistance” attacking Israel, U.S. forces in the region, and commercial shipping in the Red Sea. However, a late May report by the world’s main nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), appears to have returned Tehran’s stockpiling of enriched uranium to a front-burner issue. The report confirmed that Iran continues to move closer toward the nuclear weapons threshold, assessing that Tehran has increased its stockpile of 60 percent enriched uranium (near-weapons-grade) to 142.1 kilograms.

03 June | U.S. Presses to End the War in Gaza

31 May | Protests Erupt in Kashmir Over Affordable Electricity

30 May | The U.S. and the Philippines Strengthen Ties as a Bulwark to Counter China

29 May | Iranian Strategy after Raisi

Former CIA Acting Director Michael Morell and former CIA Chief Operating Officer Andy Makridis on critical security challenges.

Intelligence Matters: The Relaunch is a Beacon Global Strategies podcast.

28 May | National Security in Space: Ret. General John W. "Jay" Raymond Andy talks with retired General John W. 'Jay' Raymond, the first Chief of Space Operations of the U.S. Space Force. Gen. Raymond discusses leading space operations and commands, and the growing threats posed by China and Russia's counterspace weapons. Gen. Raymond also focuses on collaborating with commercial companies and partners to maintain space superiority, and how the Space Force has evolved into what it is today.

Around The World With Former CIA Officer Edward Bogan - The Cipher Brief, 31 May 2024

Former Senior CIA Officer Ed Bogan spent a decades-long career at CIA focused on the most urgent issues of our time ranging from counterterrorism to Russia in Ukraine.  In this episode of State Secrets, Bogan shares his journey from law school to joining the CIA and his experiences in counterterrorism and the Russia-Ukraine conflict.  He emphasizes the importance of addressing the underlying causes of terrorism and the need to counter Russian disinformation.  Bogan’s mission now – with a new 501c(3) – is focused on studying how leader’s use and misuse ‘states of emergency’ and the need for informed decision-making and action. (Access here.)

Who was RAW officer Rabinder Singh trending in India? - Ground Report, 30 May 24

Former Indian Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) officer Rabinder Singh, who defected to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in 2004, died in a 2016 Maryland road accident. After being abandoned by the CIA, Singh lived as a refugee in the United States, facing financial difficulties and deep depression. His failed attempts to secure employment at a US think tank worsened his situation. Burdened with remorse over betraying his country, Singh spent nearly 12 years as a recluse in New York, Maryland, and Virginia, near his extended family. A former India's Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) officer, Rabinder Singh, disappeared in 2004. His story is recounted in dramatic accounts and adapted into Netflix's "Khufiya (House of Spies)," based on the 2012 novel "Escape To Nowhere" by former spy chief Amar Bhushan. Although promoted as fiction, the adaptation resembles the account in another book by former intelligence officer RK Yadav. (Access here.)

Former CIA Officer-Turned Author Creates a Web Portal For Kids! with former CIA Officer Shelly Mateer - Prolog, 28 May 24

Former CIA officer Shelly Mateer, widely known for her adult-themed books about the Central Intelligence Agency as well as two children's picture books, and her elementary-grade chapter book series, The Adventures of Shelly Beach, has created an educational portal on her main website to teach children about ocean life and the Florida Keys. The Shelly Beach Portal is full of informative reading sheets as well as coloring sheets for the youngest children. The portal contains real life videos of the sea life in action as well as animations that will introduce your child to some of the characters they know and love from The Adventures of Shelly Beach series. (Access here.)

What Does America Want From China?: Debating Washington’s Strategy—and the Endgame of Competition by former CIA Senior Analyst Paul Heer, et al - Foreign Affairs, 30 May 24

In “No Substitute for Victory” (May/June 2024), Matt Pottinger and Mike Gallagher raise important concerns about the Biden administration’s China policy. But their analysis misses the mark. Their review of key episodes in the administration’s China policy is inaccurate, and they propose steps that the administration is already taking. But above all, they make a bad bet: they contend that the United States should forget about managing competition, embrace confrontation without limits, and then wait for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to collapse. This approach risks runaway escalation and could force a moment of reckoning before the United States has taken the very steps the authors recommend to strengthen its defense industrial base and improve its competitive position. Such a strategy would also mean losing support from U.S. allies and partners, who would see it as irresponsible. (Access here.)

Spycraft and the Theater of Espionage by former CIA Senior Operations Officer John Atwell - Hawaii Tribune Herald, 02 Jun 24

Reading the autobiography of classical Shakespearian performer Sir Patrick Stewart (perhaps known to you as Star Trek’s Captain Picard or the wheelchair-bound Dr. Xavier of Marvel’s X-men movies) reaffirmed my longstanding canned response to people who ask, “What is being a spy REALLY like?”: Sometimes, it’s like being an actor. Let me explain. Theater experience, including as an operetta’s lead, accustomed me to playing roles and using costumes, wigs, prosthetics, makeup, and props. Overcoming stage fright, memorizing lines, following scripts, hitting marks, responding to cues, rehearsing, and stepping out of one’s comfort zone were routine. Occasionally, I “broke the fourth wall” (addressed the audience, drew them in, incorporated them into the show). Spycraft shares these elements, most under different names--cover, roleplaying, disguise, props, sangfroid, jitters, chunking, signals, ops meeting planning sessions, recruiting the agent. Indeed, entering operational scenarios is akin to stepping onto a stage, butterflies included, with more improv. (Access full story here.)

Section IV - MEMBER CONTRIBUTIONS

(All Categories)

Why the NSA Is Right About Periodically Restarting Your Smartphone - Gizmodo, 31 May 24

Oh, the irony of the National Security Agency suggests that smartphone users turn off their phones occasionally. But the NSA is right: you do need to restart your phone regularly to rid it of demons. Some phones even let you schedule the restart, so you don’t have to think about it. Forbes uncovered a seriously dated NSA document outlining the best practices for keeping your phone safe from bad actors in the digital space. The phones depicted are a 2010s-era iPhone with the original push-button Home button and a Samsung Galaxy smartphone. Over a dozen tips are included, ranging from “considering using Biometrics” to “only use original charging cords.” It’s all fundamental stuff you’ve seen before, but the advice that’s got everyone’s ears perked up is the NSA’s suggestion to power your device off and back on weekly. It isn’t a failsafe but could help reduce zero-click exploits and malware via spearphishing. (Read full report here.)

In a first, OpenAI removes influence operations tied to Russia, China and Israel - National Public Radio, 31 May 24

Online influence operations based in Russia, China, Iran, and Israel are using artificial intelligence in their efforts to manipulate the public, according to a new report from OpenAI. Bad actors have used OpenAI’s tools, which include ChatGPT, to generate social media comments in multiple languages, make up names and bios for fake accounts, create cartoons and other images, and debug code. OpenAI’s report is the first of its kind from the company, which has swiftly become one of the leading players in AI. ChatGPT has gained more than 100 million users since its public launch in November 2022. But even though AI tools have helped the people behind influence operations produce more content, make fewer errors, and create the appearance of engagement with their posts, OpenAI says the operations it found didn’t gain significant traction with real people or reach large audiences. In some cases, the little authentic engagement their posts got was from users calling them out as fake. (Read full report here.)

GOP lawmakers call on FBI official to testify on alleged misuse of revoking security clearances - Washington Times, 30 May 24

GOP lawmakers have called on a senior official in the FBI’s general counsel’s office to testify behind closed doors about the bureau’s misuse of the security clearance suspension and revocation process against whistleblowers. House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, Ohio Republican, sent a letter to the official saying that the committee and the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government want transcribed testimony from the official given their work related to the FBI’s security division (SecD). Mr. Jordan said lawmakers learned the official was involved in critical decisions concerning the FBI’s adjudication of security clearances. (Read full report here.)

Spying, hacking and intimidation: Israel’s nine-year ‘war’ on the ICC exposed - The Guardian, 28 May 24

hen the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court (ICC) announced he was seeking arrest warrants against Israeli and Hamas leaders, he issued a cryptic warning: “I insist that all attempts to impede, intimidate or improperly influence the officials of this court must cease immediately.” Karim Khan did not provide specific details of attempts to interfere in the ICC’s work, but he noted a clause in the court’s foundational treaty that made any such interference a criminal offence. If the conduct continued, he added, “my office will not hesitate to act”. The prosecutor did not say who had attempted to intervene in the administration of justice, or how exactly they had done so. (Read more here.)

Once a Sheriff’s Deputy in Florida, Now a Source of Disinformation From Russia - New York Times, 29 May 24

A dozen years ago, John Mark Dougan, a former deputy sheriff in Palm Beach County, Fla., sent voters an email posing as a county commissioner, urging them to oppose the re-election of the county’s sheriff. He later masqueraded online as a Russian tech worker with a pseudonym, BadVolf, to leak confidential information in violation of state law, fooling officials in Florida who thought they were dealing with a foreigner. He also posed as a fictional New York City heiress he called Jessica, tricking an adviser to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office into divulging improper conduct by the department. “And boy, did he ever spill ALL of the beans,” Mr. Dougan said in a written response to questions for this article, in which he confirmed his role in these episodes. (Read more here.)

The obscure federal intelligence bureau that got Vietnam, Iraq, and Ukraine right - Vox, 28 May 24

Every American knows what the CIA is. I would guess that maybe 1 in 1,000 have ever heard of INR — the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research, American diplomats’ in-house intelligence agency. But if you do know about INR, you probably know two things: 1) It has gotten big stuff right when the CIA and others screwed up; 2) When it got that big stuff right, no one listened to it. INR is the Cassandra of American intelligence, and it earned that reputation the hard way. As early as 1961, INR analysts were warning that South Vietnam’s battle against the North and the Viet Cong insurgency was failing, and would ultimately fail because the Viet Cong had the support of villagers in the South. Their analyses prompted furious rebukes from the likes of then-Defense Secretary Robert McNamara. But they were right. (Read full report here.)

Police search the European Parliament over suspected Russian interference, prosecutors say - Washington Times, 29 May 24

Belgium’s federal prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday that police carried out searches at the residence of an employee of the European Parliament and at his office in the Parliament’s building in Brussels over suspected Russian interference. Prosecutors said in a statement that the suspect’s office in Strasbourg, where the EU Parliament’s headquarters are located in France, was also searched in partnership with the EU’s judicial cooperation agency, Eurojust, and French judicial authorities. The raids took place less than two weeks before Europe-wide polls on June 6-9 to elect a new EU parliament. An investigation was announced last month by Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, who said his country’s intelligence service has confirmed the existence of a network trying to undermine support for Ukraine. (Read full report here.)

Piecing Together the Secrets of the Stasi - New Yorker, 27 May 24

The man who stopped Salomea Genin on the street in West Berlin, on that August morning in 1961, smiled as if he knew her. He was a “rather handsome gentleman,” she recalls, though he would have been hard to pick out in a crowd. He brought her greetings from East Berlin, from a woman whom Genin had met on a recent visit there—a secretary in one of the Arab embassies. He wondered if Genin would like to join him for coffee the next day. Genin was quite sure that she had never seen the man before in her life. Given her history, there was a good chance that he was an East German spy. She agreed to the meeting without hesitation. (Read full report here.)

US’ first case of mass hysteria might have something in common with Havana Syndrome - New York Post, 27 May 24

Dizziness. Chirping in the ears. Migraines. Memory loss. These are just a few of the symptoms of Havana Syndrome — the mysterious sudden-onset illness that is said to have affected more than 100 US diplomats, White House staffers, intelligence agents and their family members. Last Wednesday, the House homeland security subcommittee on counterterrorism, law enforcement and intelligence heard testimony from retired army officer Greg Edgreen, claiming that “America’s best men and women in national security are being targeted and neutralized.” This echoed a “60 Minutes” bombshell report that aired March 31, claiming Russian intelligence operatives could be behind the debilitating syndrome that first surfaced in Havana, the capital city of communist Cuba. (Read full report here.)

Section V - BOOKS, FILM, HISTORY, POP CULTURE

Books — Forthcoming, Newly Released, Overlooked

Codename Nemo: The Hunt for a Nazi U-Boat and The Elusive Enigma Machine
by Charles Lachman
(Diversion Books, 04 Jun 24)

The white-knuckled saga of a maverick captain, nine courageous sailors, and a US Navy task force who achieved the impossible on June 4, 1944--capturing Nazi submarine U-505, its crew, technology, encryption codes, and an Enigma cipher machine. Two days before D-Day--the course of World War II was forever changed. The hunters of the Atlantic Ocean had become the hunted, and US antisubmarine Task Group 22.3 seized a Nazi U-boat, its crew, and all its secrets. Led by a nine-man boarding party and Captain Daniel Gallery, "Operation Nemo" was the first seizure of an enemy warship in battle since the War of 1812, a victory that shortened the duration of the war. But at any moment, the mission could have ended in disaster. Charles Lachman tells this thrilling cat-and-mouse game through the eyes of the men on both sides of Operation Nemo--German U-boaters and American heroes like Lieutenant Albert David ("Mustang"), who led the boarding party that took control of U-505 and became the only sailor to be awarded the Medal of Honor in the Battle of the Atlantic. Three thousand American sailors participated in this extraordinary adventure; nine ordinary American men channeling extraordinary skill and bravery finished the job; and then--like everyone involved--breathed not a word of it until the war was over. In Berlin, the German Kriegsmarine assumed that U-505 had been blown to bits by depth charges, with all hands lost at sea. They were unaware that the U-boat, its Enigma machine, and its Nazi coded messages were now in American hands. They were also unaware that the 59 German sailors captured on the high seas were imprisoned in a POW camp in Ruston, Louisiana, until their release in 1946. A deeply researched, fast-paced World War II narrative for the ages, Charles Lachman's Codename Nemo traces every step of this historic pursuit on the deadly seas.

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The President’s Kill List: Assassination and US Foreign Policy since 1945 (Intelligence, Surveillance and Secret Warfare)
by Luca Trenta
(Edinburgh University Press, 31 May 24)

From Fidel Castro to Qassem Soleimani, the US government has been involved in an array of assassinations and assassination attempts against foreign leaders and officials. The President’s Kill List reveals how the US government has relied on a variety of methods, from the use of poison to the delivery of sniper rifles, and from employing hitmen to simply laying the groundwork for local actors to do the deed themselves. It shows not only how policymakers decided on assassination but also the level of Presidential control over these decisions. Tracing the history of the US government’s approach to assassination,the book analyses the evolution of assassination policies and, for the first time, reveals how successive administrations - through private justifications and public legitimations – ensured assassination remained an available tool.

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Spies, Scandals, and Sultans: Istanbul in the Twilight of the Ottoman Empire (New Dialogues in Philosophy)
by Roger Allen
(Rowman and Littlefield, 28 Nov 07)

Spies, Scandals, and Sultans is the first English translation of a fascinating and acidly critical portrait of the Ottoman capital of Istanbul during the days of the Sultan Abd al-Hamid. This is the first time that the text, written by an Egyptian journalist and politician, has been available since 1896. Originally published as a series of newspaper articles in the mid-1890s, and then as a book entitled Ma Hunalik, the text was ordered to be banned and burned by the Sultan's representatives in Cairo. The ban was carried out, but a few copies survived, one of which has been used for this translation. The text of the Arabic original is prefaced with an extensive introduction in which the author's life is discussed and the highly controversial contents of the book are contextualized and evaluated for their accuracy against other contemporary accounts of life in the Ottoman capital. Spies, Scandals, and Sultans presents a highly critical view of the Ottoman government in Istanbul during the 1890s, with reference to earlier eras in Ottoman history. It is an Egyptian perspective of the Ottoman administration in one of its most problematic periods and is highly critical of every aspect of life in the capital city_not least, the elaborate spy system. Spies, Scandals, and Sultans takes on the theme of modernization and the role of more traditional values, including Islamic ones, in the process of setting the goals for a modern Middle Eastern state_a process that was to come to fruition after World War One in the creation of the modern state of Turkey. This first English translation should arouse intense interest among historians of the Ottoman Empire and Egypt, as well as those who study modernization in the Middle East and the status of Islam within both traditional and modernizing societies in the region. Spies, Scandals, and Sultans has a great deal to say about the processes of decline and the causes for it, and the ever increasing role of European nations in the establishment of priorities within the Ottoman government system.

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True Intelligence Matters on Film - Declassified: The Untold Stories of American Spies, S1 E1, Trigon: The KGB Chess Game - Domini Hofmann (2016)

The CIA recruits Soviet diplomat Aleksandr Ogorodnik, codename TRIGON, to capture intelligence on the Soviet Union during the peak of the Cold War conflict.

More on this based-on-true-events production here.

Intelligence in History - A Collection of Recently Released Content

• “I think Sy is right" - The CIA Story: Seymour Hersh vs. William Colby Debate (1975) - TMH, 02 Jun 24
• Which of the agencies in the Intelligence Community are the oldest and newest? Was CIA the first? - CIA's Ask Molly: IC History, 01 Jun 24
• USIA's Soviet Active Measures Documentary (1984) - Spy Collection, 31 May 24
• How the Real NCIS Let the Navy Down - Spy Talk, 31 May 24
• The Spy Who Never Came in From the Cold: The horrifying death of the CIA’s Beirut station chief at the hands of Hezbollah - Tablet Magazine, 29 May 24

Infographic: The World’s Biggest Nuclear Energy Producers - Visual Capitalist, 17 Apr 24

Scientists in South Korea recently broke a record in a nuclear fusion experiment. For 48 seconds, they sustained a temperature seven times that of the sun’s core. But generating commercially viable energy from nuclear fusion still remains more science fiction than reality. Meanwhile, its more reliable sibling, nuclear fission, has been powering our world for many decades. In this graphic, we visualized the top producers of nuclear energy by their share of the global total, measured in terawatt hours (TWh). Data for this was sourced from the Nuclear Energy Institute, last updated in August 2022. (View graphic here.)

Walking Tours - "Spies of Embassy Row" and "Spies of Georgetown" - Washington, DC - Sundays (Dates/Times Vary)

Former intelligence officers guide visitors on two morning and afternoon espionage-themed walking tours: "Spies of Embassy Row" and "Spies of Georgetown." For more information and booking, click here or contact rosanna@spyher.co

Section VI - Obituaries and Classifieds

(Research Requests, Academic Opportunities, Employment)

Obituaries

George Mitchell — Former Senior NSA Officer

George Braxton Mitchell, 86, peacefully passed on April 27, 2024, at a life care community in Bethesda, MD. He died of heart failure. Born in Brooklyn, New York, George was raised on the south shore of Long Island in Woodmere and Hewlett. George attended St. Andrew's School in Middletown, DE where his fascination with the sciences was nurtured. A graduate of the University of Virginia in electrical engineering, he continued his studies at the University of Pennsylvania earning a MSEE. A US Air Force ROTC graduate, George entered the Air Force in 1960 and was sent to the National Security Agency at Ft. Meade becoming a civilian after three years. There he was placed in charge of major Communication Security Production programs. Selected in 1975 to attend the Industrial College of the Armed Forces (ICAF), now part of the National Defense University at Ft. McNair, George earned a MS in Government Administration and National Security Affairs from George Washington University. He was then assigned as Communications Security Advisor to the general leading the development of the military's next generation of tactical communications systems at Fort Monmouth, NJ. Returning to NSA in 1979 as Office Chief in the Research and Development Organization, he had major program responsibility for developing future security technologies. George moved to the National Computer Security Center where on contract the first internet security cryptographic systems were developed. During that assignment for two years, he co-hosted the NSA/NIST (National Institute for Science and Technology) National Security Conference. His final job was as Director of Infosec Integration. Retiring from NSA in 1995, George continued consulting for an additional ten years, primarily with Windemere, LLC. He was a resident of Chevy Chase, Maryland for 52 years and built a home in Oxford, MD.

William Patterson — Former NSA Cryptolinguist

William Lowell Patterson, 88, died in hospice in Annapolis, Maryland, on May 22. Bill was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He moved to the DC area in 1957. He graduated from Georgetown University in 1963 after famously flunking out of Oberlin College. Famously, because this former embarrassment became a hopeful tale of recalibration and perseverance that he shared with everyone he met in recent years relaying the message that life can turn out magnificently, even after perceived failure. After leaving Oberlin, Bill joined the Army which sent him to study the Thai language at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center in Monterey, California. He went on to work for the NSA and to live in Hawaii and Thailand with his family before returning to Maryland. During overseas relocations, the family was fortunate to explore the wider world together. He was instrumental in the creation of the National Cryptologic Museum and a proud supporter for the rest of his life. Bill retired from the NSA in 1997 after a 42-year career involving the Thai, Lao and Vietnamese languages. He was a longtime member of the Phoenix Society. Points of pride are his work on Asian language computer fonts, co-authoring a 1994 version of the Lao-English Dictionary, and paving the way for the next generation of cryptolinguists to excel.

Harold Clifford — Former NSA Officer

Mr. Harold Dunbar Clifford, 79, passed on 22 May 2024. Although he was born in New York, Harold was a native Vermonter, attending grade school in North Rupert, Vermont and Manchester, Vermont. In 1963, he graduated from the Salem Academy in Salem, New York where he excelled in track and field events. After graduation from high school, Harold enlisted in the United States Air Force in March 1964. He served in the United States Air Force Security Service in an overseas position in Turkey and later at the National Security Agency (NSA), Ft. Meade, Maryland. He was honorably discharged from the United States Air Force in March 1968. On 10 June 1968, Harold began a civilian position at NSA. During his civil service career, as an intelligence analyst, he worked not only at NSA, Ft. Meade, MD but also served in an integrated position at GCHQ, Cheltenham, UK between 1982 and 1984. Harold retired from NSA at the end of January 1994 after just over 25 years of Federal service. He was a former member of the Phoenix Society. During his time at NSA and overseas his work was focused on supporting military operations. Along with local training, Harold also attended the USAF Air Squadron Officers course in seminar. His love of military aviation and aviation history stood him in good stead as much of his activity was involved in working with the military flying communities.

Vice Admiral (retired) Albert Melrose Calland III — Former Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

Vice Admiral (retired) Albert Melrose Calland III died on 31 March 2023, from health complications, due in large part from injuries suffered during 33 years of Special Operations military service to the United States of America. Bert was 71 years old, an avid scratch golfer and resided in Atlantic Beach, Florida. Born in Columbus, Ohio and raised in Zanesville, Ohio, VADM Calland was a natural athlete whose prowess, competitive spirit and drive enabled him to master any athletic endeavor. His first foray into swimming at a young age resulted in five medals in the Junior Olympics. In high school he played every sport available and was a three-sport letter winner. He continued his success at United States Naval Academy (USNA) and was a three-year starter on the Navy football team. He holds the USNA record for most receptions in a season and was the team MVP his senior year. Following graduation from the Naval Academy in 1974, he was selected and qualified as a Navy SEAL. During his 33 years of active duty, VADM Calland served in numerous unique positions of national significance and impact and was a warfighting and leadership titan in the Naval Special Warfare community. In 1987, he deployed to the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Earnest Will as Commander, Naval Special Warfare Task Unit, Pacific, aboard a mobile sea barge, conducting interdiction and capture missions utilizing a variety of joint airborne and seaborne assets. He commanded Navy Special Warfare Development Group, a CNO Priority One Major Command as well as Naval Special Warfare Command, in charge of all Navy SEAL's. VADM Calland was Special Operations Commander Central Command (SOCCENT) when the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 occurred. He directed, in-country, more than 3,000 US and Coalition Special operation forces in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. This effort included direct and first in-country liaison and arrangements with the current controlling factions in Northern Afghanistan for entry and operation of Coalition Special Forces throughout the campaign region. He was, literally, the initial "tip of the spear" in the War on Terrorism directing with boots-on-the-ground, the successful victory over the Taliban regime. VADM Calland was appointed Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency by President George H. Bush in July 2005 and served until he was specifically selected, in July 2006, as Deputy Director for Strategic Operational Planning at the National Counterterrorism Center to set up and develop that organization. Following retirement from the Navy, VADM Calland continued his involvement in counterintelligence and the war on terrorism as Executive Vice President for security and intelligence integration at CACI International Inc. The Special Operations community was dear to his heart, and he was a passionate advocate of ensuring Special Operations Forces individuals received continuing health monitoring and care. In this capacity he served as the Chairman of the Navy Seal Foundation for many years.

Research Requests and Academic Opportunities

• Call for Papers: Navigating the Future of Intelligence Education: Adapting to New Realities - IAFIE EC Annual Conference, 10-12 Sep 24, Malta. The European Chapter of the International Association for Intelligence Education is delighted to announce the forthcoming conference, “Navigating the Future of Intelligence Education: Adapting to New Realities”, scheduled to be held in Malta from September 10th to 12th, 2024. This conference is dedicated to addressing the paramount challenges facing intelligence education in the modern era, with a particular focus on leveraging new technologies, engaging with the next generation, and fostering a culture of shared knowledge between academia, private sector, and governmental entities. 31 July 2024 deadline. More information and submission instructions here. 27 June 2024 deadline.
• Call for Submissions: 2024 Naval Intelligence Essay Contest - Cosponsored by the U.S. Naval Institute and Naval Intelligence Professionals. Conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East offer real-world case studies in modern technology applied to enduring conflicts. Militaries around the globe are working to gain insights from these conflicts and apply them to their own situations and national interests. At the same time, U.S. Navy leaders aspire to double down on technological change in the face of meager resources and institutional resistance. This year’s Naval Intelligence Essay Contest challenges you to think about the roles of naval intelligence in this dynamic and uncertain future. Potential themes include: How can naval intelligence most effectively sense, understand, and convey insights from current conflicts while guarding against simplistic and misleading lessons?; Has integrating naval intelligence into the information warfare community positioned it most effectively to support the future Navy?; How might widespread Navy employment of unmanned systems affect naval intelligence?; In a world in which commercial providers sell targeting-quality maritime intelligence as a service, what is the role of naval intelligence professionals in a future Navy?; What lessons does the recent real-world employment of land-based fires against maritime platforms offer for naval intelligence? 31 July 2024 deadline. More information and submission instructions here.
• Call for Papers: Special Issue of Intelligence and National Security Journal on Private Sector Intelligence. This special issue of the journal Intelligence and National Security will present a collection of scholarly and practitioner work on the private sector’s security intelligence capabilities. This field has been largely overlooked by intelligence studies in favor of a focus on state- and secrecy-centric definitions of intelligence, which typically lead to the term “private sector intelligence” being associated with government contractors. Despite this, the use of intelligence by and for corporations for their own strategic, security, and operational purposes represents a fundamental shift in our understanding of intelligence power. When private corporations - energy firms, banks, airlines, movie studios - conduct intelligence operations as part of their corporate security activities, they fundamentally challenge the orthodoxy of contemporary intelligence studies by challenging assumptions of a state monopoly on intelligence power, and this special issue seeks to examine this fascinating dynamic. 300 word abstracts due by 01 Jul 24. More about topics and submissions here.
• Call for Book Chapters: IGI Global Publications Forthcoming work The Impact of Leakers, Whistleblowers, and the Rise of Propaganda. We are delighted to announce a call for chapters for an upcoming book exploring the profound impact of leakers, whistleblowers, and propaganda in our modern world. We welcome contributions from established authors and those aspiring to publish their work for the first time. This book aims to provide a comprehensive and multidisciplinary analysis of how information is manipulated and the consequences that arise from these practices. 21 Jun 24 deadline. More about chapter themes and further details here.
• Call for Online Survey Participants: Northeastern University is conducting an Institution Review Board approved research project on critical thinking skills for national security intelligence analysts and welcomes the input, via online survey, of AFIO members. Access survey here.
• Call for Information and Interview Subjects: In search of information on possible espionage activity in New York City in the WWII and post-war era to help a family investigating their heritage. Specifically looking at The Plaza (1955), Hotel Pierre (1935 through 1970), and Hotel Delmonico (1945) (now Trump Park Avenue) as well as "Office of 39" Room 3603, and the OWI (Office of War Information) (1945). Details on the Grand Central Station underground and Waldorf Astoria Secret Elevator are also of interest. Other areas of interest for any information on the following people or more generally who may be able to speak to the climate include Swiss involvement in the Abwehr, The Nestle Company 1935-1945, Reinhard Gehlen, German Soldier Thilo Von Trotha in Addis Ababa in 1948-53, Michael Wardell in London, John B. McNair, Canada, Lord Beaverbrook in Cromarty 1948-49. Contact Rosanna Minchew at Rosanna@spyher.co.
• Call for papers: Irregular Warfare Lessons Learned Since 9/11 - Department of Defense's Irregular Warfare Center (IWC) and the Foreign Policy Research Institute's (FPRI) Center for the Study of Intelligence and Nontraditional Warfare conference in Annapolis, MD 17-18 September 2024 - 01 July Deadline. The conference aims to capture lessons learned, including positive and negative examples, in the conduct of irregular warfare operations around the world by US, allied, and partner nations and non-state actors after the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Submissions should describe lessons learned from one of seven conference topics: Information Operations; Human Terrain; Logistics, Supply, and Maintenance Operations; Medical, Dental, and Veterinary Operations; Intelligence and Counterintelligence Activities; Engaging with Partner Forces; and Utilizing Local Police and Militia Forces in a Counterinsurgency. While Afghanistan and Iraq were the most prominent of the post-9/11 wars, the conference welcomes papers that draw on lessons learned from irregular warfare operations in the Philippines, Horn of Africa, the Sahel region of Africa, or elsewhere. More information here.
• Call for information: Child of former CIA officers John and Mary Mae Roman seeks information about parents' careers. John Roman, Jr. (6 Feb 1924 - 20 Nov 1997) served in Munich (1953), Saipan (1955-1959), and Addis Ababa (1959-1960). He and his family returned to the US in 1960 and settled in Vienna, VA. He retired in 1969. Mary "Mae" P. Roman's (8 August 1926 - 12 December 2013) career probably started in Saipan (1955-1959). She served mostly at CIA Hqs, but also served in Accra and Kingston before retiring in 1986. If you have any information, please contact Susan Roman Bailey at suzen27@gmail.com.
• Call for information: Paul Redmond requests members' input and suggestions for a chapter that he will be writing on Counterintelligence for the second edition of the Oxford University Handbook of National Security Intelligence (last edition published in 2010). Tentative Title: Challenges to Counterintelligence in 21st Century United States. Some examples of possible topics: Post- Ames reforms in CIA; DNI's NCIX/NCSC and its expansion into security role; leakers as a new threat; post-Cold-War cultural changes in the United States relating to USG CI and Security; post-911 concentration on terrorism perhaps at expense of CI; cyber threat from outside, cyber threat from inside (systems administrators); impacts of policy changes, such as transfer of some of CIA personnel data to OPM; impact/implications of DNI-imposed policy of "obligation to provide;" lessons learned and implemented from espionage/leak cases; impact/implementation of DNI promulgated "Insider Threat" policy; implementation by succeeding administrations of Presidential Decision Directives; effect of Congressional oversight on USG counterintelligence; impact of enhanced reporting requirements on contractors and contract employees; overall impact of the Internet and digital technologies on the CI craft; and impact of post-Cold war geopolitics on counterintelligence; impact of CIA involvement in military activities on CI; Attitudes of senior national security agencies management on CI. Published materials will be precleared with CIA's PCRB. Contact Paul Redmond at pjr@redmondfamily.net or 202-288-0671.
• Call for information: In search of information on the career of my grandmother, Priscilla Griffin de Mauduit, at OSS-CIA, 1941-1965. She worked mostly in the Washington, DC office except for 1963-1965 in Miami during the Cuban crisis. Believed to have been forging documents during WWII and did some anti-communist research in the 1950s regarding Albania. She also worked on clothing disguises and "pocket litter". I have seen her personnel file for OSS, which has only the first 10 months of her employment beginning as a gs4 assistant in the security office doing applicant background checks. She started at OSS at the age of 50 and worked 7 years past the automatic retirement age of 65. As she was multi-lingual and knew Germanic script she moved early on into forging passports for agents. Any assistance would be appreciated. Contact Sharon C. Park at sharoncpark@gmail.com.
• Call for information: AFIO member, author, and former CIA officer Michael Ard is researching the Peruvian communist terrorist group Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) and how intelligence made a difference in capturing its leaders. Anyone with information that would help with his research is asked to contact Michael at mard@jhu.edu.
• Seeking Interview Subjects: Seeking information on Czech-U.S. relationship in the late 1970s and 1980s, including StB's techniques and effectiveness, exposition and expulsion of U.S. staff in Prague; conversely frequency of U.S. finding Czech intelligence operatives on U.S. soil. Have any former StB personnel spoken publicly about their previous work? Please email viveca.novak@gmail.com.
• Seeking Interview Subjects:Current or former intelligence officers, analysts, and counterintelligence (CI) professionals with firsthand experience in dealing with Russian illegals to participate in confidential interview sessions as part of a PhD dissertation. Research Topic: The research investigates the impact of technological advancements on the operations and effectiveness of the Russian illegals program. Your insights will be invaluable in understanding the evolving landscape of espionage and informing potential countermeasures. Confidentiality: Your anonymity will be strictly protected. No identifying information will be used in the dissertation or any subsequent publications unless otherwise agreed to. However, written transcripts of the interviews will be retained for academic purposes. Eligibility: If you possess relevant experience and are willing to share your expertise in a confidential setting, please email omid.townsend@kcl.ac.uk.
• Call for Information: A documentary on the life and death of Swiss photographer Bruno Zehnder needs some help. His family members received information that Bruno may have been approached by the CIA in the 1990s to help inform on Russian research activity in Antarctica. Bruno died whilst on a 1997 expedition there at Mirny under questionable circumstances as he was dubbed ' the western spy' on board. We are looking for anyone who may have any information in Bruno or more generally who may be able to speak to the climate between Russia and the CIA in the 19980s/90s regarding adhering to the scientific treaty and the race to be the first to breach Lake Vostok. Contact Thomas Whitmore at Naomi.harvey@clockworkfilms.tv.
• Call For Articles: AFIO's Journal, The Intelligencer. AFIO seeks authors for its section on "When Intelligence Made a Difference" in the semi-annual Intelligencer journal. Topics of interest for which we are seeking authors include:
  
  - The breaking of the Nazi U-boat SHARK encryption system.
  - How A.Q. Khan's nuclear proliferation efforts were uncovered and stopped.
  - How US intelligence found Usama Bin Laden in Abbottobad, Pakistan.
  - How US intelligence discovered the Soviet's high speed Shkval torpedo.
  - Intelligence and the rescue of Scott O'Grady.
  - The hunt for Pablo Escobar.
  - How National Technical Means (NTM) have been used for environmental purposes (MEDEA Program).
  - Other topics are also welcome.
  
  Interested authors can contact The Intelligencer's senior editor, Peter Oleson, at peter.oleson@afio.com

Jobs

• Senior Director - Arkin Group - New York, NY

The Arkin Group is seeking candidates for a Senior Director position. We are a boutique global strategic intelligence firm that is based in New York and the clients we serve are financial institutions, law firms, tech companies and industrials, among others. The ideal candidate is someone with an intelligence background that includes experience working with sources in the field as well as strong analytical, writing and communication skills, and project management expertise. The position requires working well both collaboratively and independently. An advanced degree, several years of applicable experience in the government or commercial space and foreign language skills are preferred. If interested, please send a CV and writing sample to info@thearkingroup.com.

• Research Associate - Arkin Group - New York, NY

The Arkin Group is seeking candidates for a Research Associate position. We are a boutique global strategic intelligence firm that is based in New York and the clients we serve are financial institutions, law firms, tech companies and industrials, among others. The ideal candidate is someone with extremely strong research, writing and communication skills who can work both collaboratively and independently and has a demonstrated interest in geopolitics. A bachelor’s degree is required. Experience studying or working abroad and foreign language skills are preferred. If interested, please send a CV and writing sample info@thearkingroup.com.

• Assistant Professor of Intelligence Studies - Mercyhurst University - Erie, Pennsylvania

Mercyhurst University in Erie, PA, invites applications for the position of Assistant Professor of Intelligence Studies in the School of Intelligence, Computing and Global Politics. The position is at the Erie campus and begins Fall Semester 2024. Successful candidates will teach introductory and applied courses in Crime and Law Enforcement intelligence analysis at the undergraduate and graduate levels, in addition to the ability to teach undergraduate or graduate courses in: Leadership in Intelligence; Advanced Analytic Techniques; Intelligence Collection and Analysis. Additional information and application instructions here.

• Associate Professor and Chair of National Security - University of New Haven, Connecticut

The Department of National Security invites nominations and applications for a tenured Full/Associate Professor and Chair of National Security. The department includes a dynamic undergraduate program encompassing four distinct bachelor's degrees (Security & Defense Policy, Intelligence Analysis, Homeland Security, and International Affairs), a robust master's degree program, and several practitioner-oriented certificates. Qualifications: A terminal degree in national security, public policy, political science, or related field is required; Ph.D. preferred. The successful applicant will have a record of teaching excellence at the university level, established catalog of academic publications, and an innovative research agenda. Applicants should also possess experience in university-level service and leadership. The department is particularly interested in candidates with policymaking experience in national security at either the federal, state, or local level. Tenurable Assistant Professors may also be considered in accordance with the aforementioned qualifications. Application Instructions: Please submit a brief cover letter explaining teaching experience and philosophy, publication record, practitioner-oriented experience (if applicable), CV, and the name and contact information for three references. Applicants may also include up to 3 artifacts of teaching ability (examples include syllabi, student evaluations, learning exercises, assignments, or other feedback) that illustrate teaching experience. All materials should be submitted online via interfolio link: https://apply.interfolio.com/138857 and indicate position search #24-26F in the subject line. For additional information, feel free to contact Search Committee Chair, Dr. Jeffrey Treistman at jtreistman@newhaven.edu.

• Wanted: Former intelligence officers to lead spy-themed walking tours in Washington D.C. - Spyher Tours

These are 90-120 minute historical tours with an interactive "operational" component. Most tours start at 10am on select Thursdays-Sundays. The immediate opportunity is for dates in March, but additional opportunities are available through June, and new opportunities are likely to become available throughout the year. This is a fun way to get back out on the streets, engage/educate the public on the world of espionage, and make some extra cash. The next opportunities to see a tour in action (and train before the Spring rush) are Sunday 2/18 and Sunday 3/3. Please contact Rosanna at 571-236-9052 or rosanna@spyher.co. Visit https://spyher.co.

• Wanted: Retired Federal Government Employees - NSA - Fort Meade, Maryland

The National Security Agency (NSA) may occasionally need skilled civilian retirees to augment the existing work force on high priority projects or programs. In order to fill these temporary positions quickly, we need to know who may be interested and available to return to work with us on a short notice basis as well as their skills. Retired federal government employees at NSA provide expertise and corporate knowledge to temporarily support mission requirements, manpower shortfalls, and/or mentor the next generation of Agency employees. Applications accepted until 30 September 2024.

Additional information and application here.

• Assistant/Associate Professor of Intelligence Studies (Global Security and Intelligence Studies) - Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott, Arizona

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's Prescott, Arizona campus is accepting applications for a tenure-track assistant or associate-level professor of intelligence studies to teach intelligence courses to students in the Global Security and Intelligence program. The successful candidate will teach students about the intelligence community, strategic intelligence, the intelligence cycle and intelligence analysis, writing, and briefing. Prior experience working in the intelligence community is strongly preferred. We are interested in candidates with teaching acumen in intelligence analysis and writing using structured analytical techniques.

Additional information and application here.

Section VII - Events

AFIO Events

Thu 27 June 2024, noon EDT - In-Person and Virtual - The Florida Suncoast AFIO Chapter luncheon features the Honorable Bill Burgess, Circuit Court Judge in Florida's Sixth Judicial Circuit and US Army Special Forces veteran. The Florida Suncoast AFIO Chapter is holding its upcoming luncheon at noon on Thursday, 27 June 2024, in the Tournament Room at the MacDill AFB Bay Pines Golf Complex, 1803 Golf Course Ave, MacDill AFB, FL 33621. Our speaker is the Honorable Bill Burgess, Circuit Court Judge in Florida's Sixth Judicial Circuit and US Army Special Forces veteran. Judge Burgess has had outstanding legal and military careers, and he will touch upon how his military experience has helped him in his legal profession. The luncheon includes a box lunch and costs $25. Reservations and arrangements for Base access must be completed no later than noon on Thursday, 13 June 2024, including arrangements for base access and food selection.
If you wish to participate by ZOOM, please click on this registration link to complete the registration request before noon on Thursday, 20 June 2024. This is NOT the ZOOM meeting link. Subject to approval, you will receive the ZOOM meeting link by separate email. Please check your ZOOM program in advance to ensure it is working properly and that you have the confirmed ZOOM meeting link handy to join the meeting. It is next to impossible to trouble-shoot ZOOM connections on the day of the meeting. Questions? Contact the Chapter Secretary Michael Shapiro for more information, mfshapiro@suncoastafio.org.

Tuesday, 30 July 24, 1900 (PT) - Former CIA Director General David Petraeus on challenges in Ukraine and across the Middle East - In-Person - Yorba Linda, CA - AFIO Los Angeles Chapter.
Location: Nixon Presidential Library & Museum, 18001 Yorba Linda Blvd, Yorba Linda, CA 92886. Following the presentation, we will meet at 2030 hours for dinner at Chilis Grill (18380 Yorba Linda Blvd.). If you plan to attend, please RSVP here. Questions? Contact Vincent Autiero, President, AFIO-Los Angeles Chapter, at afio_la@yahoo.com

Events from Advertisers, Corporate Sponsors, Others

26 Jun 24 1200-1800 (GMT) – Virtual Conference – Using Intelligence to Control Weapons of Mass Destruction - Johns Hopkins University

Robert M. Clark previously was a faculty member of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Intelligence Community Officers’ Course and course director of the DNI’s Introduction to the Intelligence Community course. Clark served as a USAF electronics warfare officer and intelligence officer, retiring with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. At CIA, he was a senior analyst and group chief. He subsequently was the founder, President and CEO of the Scientific and Technical Analysis Corporation. He is the author of Intelligence Analysis: A Target-centric Approach (6th edition, 2019), The Technical Collection of Intelligence (2010), and Intelligence Collection (2014). He is a co-author, with Dr. William Mitchell, of Target-Centric Network Modeling (2015) and Deception: Counterintelligence and Counterdeception (2018); and, co-editor, with Dr. Mark Lowenthal, of Intelligence Collection: The Five Disciplines (2015). His newest book, The Road to Geospatial Intelligence: The Story of GEOINT, was published in 2020. Clark holds a BS from MIT, a PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois, and a JD from George Washington University. He is a member of the Virginia State Bar and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Bar. More information here.

26-27 Jun 24 1200-1800 (GMT) – Virtual Conference – Knock in the Night: Intelligence, Security, and Special Services in Authoritarian States – Brunel University

The Brunel Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies (BCISS) is hosting a two-day, online conference about the activities, role and functioning of intelligence and security organisations in autocratic regimes. The conference will address the causes, conditions and difficulties that national intelligence and security infrastructures face as governments transform into democracies. More information and free registration here.

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PUBLISHED IN 2023 Be informed on career opportunities in the U.S. Intelligence Community
	Intelligence as a Career - with updated listings of colleges teaching intelligence courses, and Q&As on needed foreign languages, as well as the courses, grades, extracurricular activities, and behavioral characteristics and life experiences sought by modern U.S. intelligence agencies. AFIO's popular 47-page booklet reaches thousands of high school, college students, university guidance offices, and distributed in classes teaching intelligence, to help those considering careers in the U.S. Intelligence Community.
This is the fifth edition. The publication is also popular with University Career Guidance Centers, professors and academic departments specializing in national security, and parents assisting children or grandchildren in choosing meaningful, public service careers. This booklet is provided online as a public service from the generosity of AFIO board, volunteer editors/writers, donors, and members. We thank all for their support which makes this educational effort possible.
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