SVR Illegals Case
The CI Centre's one-day 150 course, Current Counterespionage Cases, is featuring the recent Russian SVR Illegals Case. Learn the REAL truth behind this spy ring and the use of Illegals by not only the Russian intelligence service. Learn more
SpyCruise® 2010 this November:
Join the CI Centre on another SpyCruise® which will take place 13-20 November 2010 aboard Holland American MS Eurodam cruising from Ft. Lauderdale to Grand Turks, Turks & Caicos; San Juan, Puerto Rico; St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands; and Half Moon Cay, Bahamas. Call Diamond Fun Travel at 1-888-670-0008 to make your reservations.
You won't want to miss this special national security educational lecture/seminar series featuring speakers such as former Director of the CIA Porter Goss, former Director of NSA and CIA General Michael Hayden plus other intelligence experts, authors and special guests.
A special event on SpyCruise® will feature a special award ceremony honoring our fallen intelligence and military warriors.
GET CREDIT FOR ATTENDING!
SpyCruise® and co-sponsor Henley-Putnam University are pleased to announce that attendees on November 13-20th, 2010 SpyCruise desiring professional credit for attending will receive a “Certificate of Completion” in Elements of Strategic Security. The program will have 40 hours of involvement and there will be required attendance at the lectures and networking sessions. Those desiring a Certificate will also receive a CD with additional reference and study material. Confer with your continuing education office or Unit Command concerning employer funding/reimbursement for this conference. All those desiring a Certificate must make advance notification to the SpyCruise booking agent (www.diamondfuntravel.com; 1-888-670-0008), and to Henley-Putnam University (www.henley-putnam.edu; 1- 888-852-8746).
New training program concerning Iran:
Two new courses available at no charge to employees or contractors working in the US national security communities, US military, federal/state/local law enforcement and corrections. Find out more
PAST EVENTS:
Smithsonian Resident Associate Program:
True Lies, True Lives: Famous Spies of the 20th Century
in collaboration with the International Spy Museum
5-session course, Wednesday, 3 Feb to 3 March, 10:15-11:45 am, ISM
They live their lives mostly in the shadows and their actions can save the world…or destroy a nation’s security. A distinguished group of current and former senior intelligence personnel and experts explore the actions of five of the most famous spies of the 20th century.
3 February 2010 -- Aldrich Ames: High Pay for High Crimes
A CIA counterintelligence officer, Aldrich Ames was paid handsomely to spy for the Soviets. His actions led to the execution of at least 10 Soviets working covertly for the CIA. Peter Earnest, founding executive director of the International Spy Museum and a 35-year-veteran of the CIA, once served as Ames’s supervisor.
10 February 2010 -- John Walker: The Ring Leader
For 18 years, communications specialist John Walker—with help from his brother, his son, and a friend—supplied U.S. military secrets to the Soviet Union. KGB Major Gen. Oleg Kalugin (Ret), handled Walker and his band of spies.
17 February 2010 -- Robert Hanssen: The Anonymous Spy
David G. Major worked with Robert Hanssen at the FBI for 14 years and was his chain-of-command supervisor for three years. In 1979, special agent Hanssen volunteered to spy for the Soviet Military Intelligence Agency (GRU). The counterintelligence expert shared U.S. intelligence community secrets, the identities of dozens of secret intelligence agents working for the U.S. around the world, and leaked the existence of an FBI eavesdropping tunnel dug under the Russian Embassy in D.C. Hanssen remained anonymous to his Soviet handlers and to the U.S. government for over 20 years. The damage done by this traitor is incalculable. Major, a retired FBI supervisory special agent, founder of the Centre for Counterintelligence and Security Studies, and International Spy Museum board member, will provide a rare glimpse into the personality and psychology of Hanssen.
24 February 2010 -- Oleg Penkovsky: The Heroic Spy
In 1960, Oleg Penkovsky, a colonel in Soviet military intelligence, tried to share the truth about Soviet missile power with the West. But no one would listen! When he finally connected with the CIA, his handlers debriefed him for more than 50 hours. Thomas Boghardt, International Spy Museum historian and Cold War-era intelligence expert, comments on Penkovsky’s motives and how his information helped avoid war with Russia over the Cuban missile crisis.
3 March 2010 -- Ana Montes: Cuba’s American Mole
At the Defense Intelligence Agency, Ana Montes was a top Cuban analyst for 16 years, all the while sending Castro U.S. secrets. Scott W. Carmichael, DIA senior counterintelligence investigator and author of True Believer: Inside the Investigation and Capture of Ana Montes, Cuba’s Master Spy, reveals how Montes’ cover was blown just before she would have learned about U.S. plans to invade Afghanistan after 9/11.
CI Centre instructors presented at a homeland security conference:
Kansas Homeland Security Summit
8-10 December 2009, Wichita, Kansas
Preparing for the Unthinkable: Addressing the Vulnerabilities of the Soft Target
--Importance of counterterrorism training and pattern analysis
--A look at the kind of tradecraft and operations security terrorists use in conducting terrorist operations
--What national security intelligence tells us about likely terrorist attacks on the U.S. and the Heartland
Looking at the U.S. and Its Heartland from the Terrorist Perspective
--Radicalization process of Jihadists
--Recruitment; why people join extremist organizations
--What about the Heartland appeals to a terrorist organization?
--How Al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups view the U.S. and its vulnerabilities
Mumbai Case Study
--What we must know to survive
--Don’t underestimate terrorists’ ability to adapt
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