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Operational Games: The Espionage Wars

This groundbreaking course chronologically examines significant cases of Russian intelligence officers who spied for the United States and American intelligence officers who spied for Russia since 1950 and how their cases affected one another.

This unprecedented course “connects the dots” of the past 50 years of counterintelligence:

• The recruitment of agents

• Officers who volunteered to spy

• The sophisticated use of ‘operational games’ or deception operations to protect spies

  • Including an in-depth look at the Soviet/Russian deceptions to protect their prize spies Rick Ames and Bob Hanssen)

• The arrest and sometimes execution of these spies.

Both sides fought hard and had an equal share of successes and failures. For the first time, you will be able to see a chronological birds-eye view of the espionage battles, what went right, what went wrong and why identifying what went wrong is far more complicated than most realize.

NOTE: This is an intensive, advanced course and it is recommended that students have some familiarity with the important espionage cases of these two countries over the past 50 years. [3 days]

“Simply phenomenal!”

“Absolutely outstanding. I wish I could grab every American CI investigator by the neck and yank them into this course.”

“Fascinating material in usual Dave Major fashion. Better than going to a good movie—for edutainment value. If you can sit through CI Centre presentations and not get excited about your work, than you’re in the wrong business!”

“You are really in your element.”

“The course gave me an understanding of just how intricate operational games are.”

"Wow. If this was on DVD, I'd buy copies for every CI person I worked with. An absolutely breathtaking experience."

"Super presentation and goes into great detail on these complex spy cases. Interesting how the other world events and the various operations interconnected."

“Very thorough; the timeline definitely helps with understanding.”

“Great course and very informative. David takes a complex issue and breaks it down into an understandable pathway to follow.”

“Very comprehensive lecture. Well presented and provided a critical timeline and history of both Ames and Hanssen.”

“It is very interesting to have it all laid out. I only hope that the CI community at large takes note and we all learn from this.”

“Excellent presentation for CI analysts and case officers.”

“Outstanding! Makes me realize how little I know. I have learned many new things and can’t wait to learn more.”

“Extremely interesting. Having spent 10 years teaching counterintelligence investigations and tactical/strategic collection operations for the US Government, this information cemented how relevant CI training is. I was involved in a couple of cases but this highlights a bigger picture.”

“Professionally, the most enjoyable and enlightening course. This big picture tie-in was well presented. The details provided me a deeper understanding and appreciation of the defectors, spies and double agents that affected the US Intelligence Community over the last few decades. Extremely fascinating.”

"Excellent presentation. Although complicated and involved, it opened my eyes to the complexity and subtlety employed in deception operations."

"Interesting how cases and events intertwined. Good lessons learned for future applications/cases."

"Excellent, captivating, fast-paced. Thoroughly enjoyed it."

"Holy cow! Great presentation on a complicated subject."

"This should be a requirement for all who work in CI!"

"Outstanding information and well designed to bring all the info together."

"This presents an excellent background about the history of US-Soviet spy games, as well as incorporates damage assessment."

"Great class that ties together all US intel agents during the Cold War and how the KGB used denial and deception to protect their assets in the West."

"This class should be required for all intel professionals."

"Excellent presentation. I have never seen such a complete and comprehensive brief on this subject. The presentation tied together disparate facts and introduced new vignettes not widely known."

"Great job piecing together seemingly unrelated events over several decades!! Dave continues to impress."

"History/timeline extremely informative. Highlighted connectivity between various operations. Also showed linnks between Ames and Hanssen activities. Excellent."

"Outstanding synopsis and chronology of CI events. Well worth the study for every intel officer."

"Bottom line=EXCELLENT!"