Bart Bechtel

• Retired CIA Operations Officer with extensive world-wide travel

• Private consultant in security, safety, management, marketing

• Investigator, Omnisec International Investigations

• Instructor, Washoe County, Nevada Sheriff's Citizen Homeland Security Council

• Co-founder, The Sentinel Program^® (surveillance detection)

• Lifetime Member/Instructor, National Ski Patrol

• Manager, SpyCruise^®

• Professor, Centre for Counterintelligence and Security Studies

• Can team speak with his wife, Nina, also a retired CIA operations officer

Bart Bechtel retired from the CIA in 1998 after a lengthy career as an operations and counterintelligence officer.

Bechtel is a professional instructor and lecturer. He is a private consultant specializing in security, safety, management, and marketing. He is also a co-founder of The Sentinel Program^®, a company specializing in surveillance detection and training.

Bechtel's professional involvement in counterterrorism issues began early in his agency career while posted in the Middle East. Additionally, he was a team leader for the US State Department’s surveillance detection team training program contracted by SAIC.

He has a broad background in domestic and international terrorism matters, crisis management, and issues related to chemical and biological weapons proliferation. He is experienced in threat assessment, analysis, and intelligence operations.

Bechtel has traveled professionally and personally throughout Europe, North America, Asia, South East Asia, China, Russia and the Mediterranean. He has also worked extensively with federal, state and local law enforcement, emergency services, and private security firms.

Bechtel is a member of the American Society of Industrial Security, the International Association of Counterterrorism and Security Professionals, and the Association For Intelligence Officers (AFIO). He is also a lifetime member and instructor with the National Ski Patrol.

Bechtel holds a BA in History from Monterery Institute of International Studies and a Master of Science degree in Intelligence Management.

Travels from Florida

Sample Topics:

Career in the CIA

Ethics, Angleton & Ames

Physical Surveillance

Detection

Select Terrorist Cases

Personal Security at Home and Traveling

Anatomy of Terrorist Operations

Civilian Role in Homeland Security

Hazmat Awareness

Criminal/Terrorist

Threat Recognition

Observation Skills

Disaster Preparedness

Dealing with the Media

MORE TOPICS

Media Interviews Include:

TV & Radio:

-History Channel

Print:

-Newsweek

Numerous other national and international media