Intelligence Speakers Bureau

Speaker Listing

Speakers do not represent their former service

In this column:

PRC/China Experts

Cyber Security, Economic/ Industrial Espionage Experts

Russian Experts

Cuban/Latin American Experts

Psychologists

Department of Defense

Department of Justice

Department of State

In this column:

Terrorism/Jihadist Experts

Safe Foreign Travel Experts

Authors

In this column:

Counterintelligence, Counterespionage Experts

FBI

In this column:

Operations, Recruitment, Tradecraft, Surveillance Experts

D*I*C*E Security Awareness Briefings

Interviewing, Elicitation Experts

CIA

PRC/China Experts

Ken Schiffer

Ken Schiffer

Retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent and People's Republic of China expert. Served in the Bureau for 29 years. Director of Internal Security at Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1998-2004.

Robert BoothRobert Booth

30-year career as a professional security and counterintelligence officer at the US Department of State. Served as Deputy Director of Counterintelligence. More

Ray Semko, The "D*I*C*E MAN"

Creator of the Defensive Information to Counter Espionage briefings in 1988 for the Defense Intelligence Agency. Semko had been a counterintelligence agent for the US Army from which he retired. Served in DOE, NSA and DSS until his joining the CI Centre in 2006. He spent over 30 years in the government. More about D*I*C*E

 

Cyber Security, Economic/ Industrial Espionage Experts

Connie Huff Allen

Connie Huff Allen

Senior Instructor and Counterintelligence Special Agent in the US Army. Retired with 25 years in the US Army. Allen has been a CI Centre Professor for nine years. More

 

Russian Experts

Daniel J. Mulvenna

Daniel Mulvenna

International security and risk management expert. Top trainer in counterterrorism/ personal protection and personal security. Served 21 years in Canadian RCMP, 19 years as director of security in two global organizations. More

Clare Lopez

Retired senior CIA Operations Officer. Served in the Agency for 20 years. Expert on Russian, Iran and the Middle East. More

Edmond PopeCaptain Edmond Pope, ret.

Served 24 years active service in the US Navy as a Naval Intelligence Officer. While a businessman after retirement, was arrested by the Russian FSB in Moscow and wrongly accused of being a spy.  More

 

 

Cuban/Latin American Experts

"R"

Retired intelligence officer in the Cuban Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Interior.

Clare Lopez

Retired senior CIA Operations Officer. Served in the Agency for 20 years, including in Latin America. More

 

 

Psychologists

Vladimir Nacev, Ph.D., ABPP

Dr. Nacev is a Psychologist with 30 years of clinical experience and 26 years as a university professor.  He is also a retired Navy Commander and is currently working as an intelligence officer in the intelligence community. More

Dr. David CharneyDr. David Charney

Psychiatrist who has worked with convicted spies Brian Regan, Earl Pitts and Robert Hanssen when they were in prison. More

 

 
Department of Defense

Connie Huff Allen

Connie Huff Allen

Senior Instructor and Counterintelligence Special Agent in the US Army. Retired with 25 years in the US Army. Allen has been a CI Centre Professor for nine years. More

Ray Semko, The "D*I*C*E MAN"

Creator of the Defensive Information to Counter Espionage briefings in 1988 for the Defense Intelligence Agency. Semko had been a counterintelligence agent for the US Army from which he retired. Served in DOE, NSA and DSS until his joining the CI Centre in 2006. He spent over 30 years in the government. More about D*I*C*E

Noel Jones

Retired US Army military intelligence officer who specialized in strategic offensive counterintelligence operations. More

Edmond PopeCaptain Edmond Pope, ret.

Served 24 years active service in the US Navy as a Naval Intelligence Officer. While a businessman after retirement, was arrested by the Russian FSB in Moscow and wrongly accused of being a spy.  More

 
Department of Justice

John L. Martin, Esq.

John L. Martin, Esq.

Chief of Internal Security for the US Justice Department. Supervised the prosecutions of 76 accused spies. Retired with 26 years with the Justice Department. Served as a Special Agent of the FBI earlier in his career. More

Department of State

Robert BoothRobert Booth

30-year career as a professional security and counterintelligence officer at the US Department of State. Served as Deputy Director of Counterintelligence. More

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Terrorism/Jihadist Experts

Dr. Walid Phares

Author of Future Jihad and The War of Ideas. Senior Fellow and the director for Future Terrorism Project at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies in Washington. Also teaches at the National Defense University. More

Dr. Tawfik Hamid

Former member of the extremist Islamic group Jamma’a Islamia (The Islamic Group), current Islamic thinker and reformer. Author of "The Roots of Jihad" and "Inside Jihad". More

Daniel J. Mulvenna

Daniel Mulvenna

International security and risk management expert. Top trainer in counterterrorism/ personal protection and personal security. Served 21 years in Canadian RCMP, 19 years as director of security in two global organizations. More

Nonie Darwish

Author and speaker on the Jihadist threat. Wrote Now They Call Me Infidel: Why I Renounced Jihad for America, Israel, and the War on Terror. Father was an Egyptian intelligence officer who created the Fedayeen and became a shahid. More

Brian Weidner

Recently retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent having 22 years of field experience conducting and supervising Counterterrorism and Counterintelligence Investigations targeting Middle Eastern State Sponsors of Terrorism, Islamic Inspired Middle Eastern Terrorist Groups and Non-Traditional Terrorist and Intelligence targets. Trained and has served as a bomb technician and hostage negotiator. More

Clare Lopez

Retired senior CIA Operations Officer. Served in the Agency for 20 years. Expert on Russian, Iran and the Middle East. More

Stephen Coughlin

Attorney,  specialist on Islamic doctrines, Sharia law and its implications for the West. More

David G. Major, PresidentDavid G. Major

Retired Senior FBI Supervisory Special Agent. First Director of Counterintelligence, Intelligence and Security Programs at the National Security Council at the White House. Retired after 24 years with the FBI in the discipline of counterintelligence and counterterrorism. For over 38 years, Major has been a student, practitioner and lecturer on CI and CT. More

Vladimir Nacev, Ph.D., ABPP

Dr. Nacev is a Psychologist with 30 years of clinical experience and 26 years as a university professor.  He is also a retired Navy Commander and is currently working as an intelligence officer in the intelligence community. More

 

 

Safe Foreign Travel Experts

Daniel J. Mulvenna

Daniel Mulvenna

International security and risk management expert. Top trainer in counterterrorism/ personal protection and personal security. Served 21 years in Canadian RCMP, 19 years as director of security in two global organizations. More

Connie Huff Allen

Connie Huff Allen

Senior Instructor and Counterintelligence Special Agent in the US Army. Retired with 25 years in the US Army. Allen has been a CI Centre Professor for nine years. More

David G. Major, PresidentDavid G. Major

Retired Senior FBI Supervisory Special Agent. First Director of Counterintelligence, Intelligence and Security Programs at the National Security Council at the White House. Retired after 24 years with the FBI in the discipline of counterintelligence and counterterrorism. For over 38 years, Major has been a student, practitioner and lecturer on CI and CT. More

 

 

Authors

H. Keith Melton

Intelligence historian and author. Wrote Ultimate Spy and many other books. More

Nigel WestNigel West

Author of numerous books and Intelligence Historian. More

Nonie Darwish

Author and speaker on the Jihadist threat. Wrote Now They Call Me Infidel: Why I Renounced Jihad for America, Israel, and the War on Terror. Father was an Egyptian intelligence officer who created the Fedayeen and became a shahid. More

Dr. Walid Phares

Author of Future Jihad and The War of Ideas. Senior Fellow and the director for Future Terrorism Project at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies in Washington. Also teaches at the National Defense University. More

Dr. Tawfik Hamid

Former member of the extremist Islamic group Jamma’a Islamia (The Islamic Group), current Islamic thinker and reformer. Author of "The Roots of Jihad" and "Inside Jihad". More

Edmond PopeCaptain Edmond Pope, ret.

Served 24 years active service in the US Navy as a Naval Intelligence Officer. While a businessman after retirement, was arrested by the Russian FSB in Moscow and wrongly accused of being a spy.  More

 

 

Counterintelligence, Counterespionage Experts

David G. Major, PresidentDavid G. Major

Retired Senior FBI Supervisory Special Agent. First Director of Counterintelligence, Intelligence and Security Programs at the National Security Council at the White House. Retired after 24 years with the FBI in the discipline of counterintelligence and counterterrorism. For over 38 years, Major has been a student, practitioner and lecturer on CI and CT. More

Connie Huff Allen

Connie Huff Allen

Senior Instructor and Counterintelligence Special Agent in the US Army. Retired with 25 years in the US Army. Allen has been a CI Centre Professor for nine years. More

John L. Martin, Esq.

John L. Martin, Esq.

Chief of Internal Security for the US Justice Department. Supervised the prosecutions of 76 accused spies. Retired with 26 years with the Justice Department. Served as a Special Agent of the FBI earlier in his career. More

Daniel J. Mulvenna

Daniel Mulvenna

International security and risk management expert. Top trainer in counterterrorism/ personal protection and personal security. Served 21 years in Canadian RCMP, 19 years as director of security in two global organizations. More

Dr. Susan Adams

Dr. Susan Adams

Retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent and counterintelligence training expert. Served 21 years with the Bureau. More

Noel Jones

Retired US Army military intelligence officer who specialized in strategic offensive counterintelligence operations. More

Brian Weidner

Recently retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent having 22 years of field experience conducting and supervising Counterterrorism and Counterintelligence Investigations targeting Middle Eastern State Sponsors of Terrorism, Islamic Inspired Middle Eastern Terrorist Groups and Non-Traditional Terrorist and Intelligence targets. Trained and has served as a bomb technician and hostage negotiator. More

Tony JordanTony Jordan

Retired Senior Intelligence Service officer in the CIA. Served in the Agency for 26 years including positions as Deputy Director, Office of Technical Services in the DS&T and Deputy Chief, Counterintelligence Center in the DO. Served overseas in a number of capacities to support the USIC.

Robert BoothRobert Booth

30-year career as a professional security and counterintelligence officer at the US Department of State. Served as Deputy Director of Counterintelligence. More

Jonna MendezJonna Mendez

CIA officer in the Office of Technical Services/DS&T, served as CIA Chief of Disguise. Retired after 25 years in the CIA. More

Tony MendezTony Mendez

Senior CIA officer. Served as Chief of Disguise in the Office of Technical Services/DS&T. Retired after 25 years in the CIA. More

Michael J. Waguespack

Served as a senior counterintelligence executive in the FBI, including Director of Counterintelligence, Intelligence and Security Programs at the National Security Council at the White House, the first Director of the National Counterintelligence Center, and the Director of Counterintelligence at the Department of Energy.

Peter EarnestPeter Earnest

Senior CIA officer. Retired after a 35 year career in operations and senior CIA management. Executive Director of the International Spy Museum. More

 

 

FBI

David G. Major, PresidentDavid G. Major

Retired Senior FBI Supervisory Special Agent. First Director of Counterintelligence, Intelligence and Security Programs at the National Security Council at the White House. Retired after 24 years with the FBI in the discipline of counterintelligence and counterterrorism. For over 38 years, Major has been a student, practitioner and lecturer on CI and CT. More

Brian Weidner

Recently retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent having 22 years of field experience conducting and supervising Counterterrorism and Counterintelligence Investigations targeting Middle Eastern State Sponsors of Terrorism, Islamic Inspired Middle Eastern Terrorist Groups and Non-Traditional Terrorist and Intelligence targets. Trained and has served as a bomb technician and hostage negotiator. More

Dr. Susan Adams

Dr. Susan Adams

Retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent and counterintelligence training expert. Served 21 years with the Bureau. More

Ken Schiffer

Ken Schiffer

Retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent and People's Republic of China expert. Served in the Bureau for 29 years. Director of Internal Security at Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1998-2004.

Michael J. Waguespack

Served as a senior counterintelligence executive in the FBI, including Director of Counterintelligence, Intelligence and Security Programs at the National Security Council at the White House, the first Director of the National Counterintelligence Center, and the Director of Counterintelligence at the Department of Energy.

 

Operations, Recruitment, Tradecraft, Surveillance Experts

Tony JordanTony Jordan

Retired Senior Intelligence Service officer in the CIA who served 26 years in a variety of operations, operations management and senior management assignments in the Directorates of Operations and Science and Technology. Served in multiple senior leadership positions in the CIA's Counterintelligence CenterMore

Noel Jones

Retired US Army military intelligence officer who specialized in strategic offensive counterintelligence operations. More

Jack C. Platt

Served 25 years in the CIA as an operations officer with extensive information collection and counterintelligence background in a variety of assignments overseas. He directed a CIA training program which prepared Agency officers and their families to live and work productively in hostile countries. Platt is an expert on instruction on surveillance, surveillance detection, and counterterrorism measures.

Brian Weidner

Recently retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent having 22 years of field experience conducting and supervising Counterterrorism and Counterintelligence Investigations targeting Middle Eastern State Sponsors of Terrorism, Islamic Inspired Middle Eastern Terrorist Groups and Non-Traditional Terrorist and Intelligence targets. Trained and has served as a bomb technician and hostage negotiator. More

E. Alan Platt

Served 25 years with the CIA as an operations officer, chief of station and senior CIA executive. He was the Deputy Chief of the CIA's Counterintelligence Center during the investigation and arrest of the spy Jim Nicholson, and he oversaw the enhancement of the counterintelligence program at the CIA.

Bart BechtelBart Bechtel

Retired CIA officer having had an extensive career as CIA operations and counterintelligence officer. Currently an expert on the War on Terrorism. More

David G. Major, PresidentDavid G. Major

Retired Senior FBI Supervisory Special Agent. First Director of Counterintelligence, Intelligence and Security Programs at the National Security Council at the White House. Retired after 24 years with the FBI in the discipline of counterintelligence and counterterrorism. For over 38 years, Major has been a student, practitioner and lecturer on CI and CT. More

 

 

D*I*C*E Security Awareness Briefings

Ray Semko, The "D*I*C*E MAN"

Creator of the Defensive Information to Counter Espionage briefings in 1988 for the Defense Intelligence Agency. Semko had been a counterintelligence agent for the US Army from which he retired. Served in DOE, NSA and DSS until his joining the CI Centre in 2006. He spent over 30 years in the government. More about D*I*C*E

 

 

Interviewing, Elicitation Experts
Dr. Susan Adams

Dr. Susan Adams

Retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent and counterintelligence training expert. Served 21 years with the Bureau. More

Connie Huff Allen

Connie Huff Allen

Senior Instructor and Counterintelligence Special Agent in the US Army. Retired with 25 years in the US Army. Allen has been a CI Centre Professor for nine years. More

 

 

CIA

Clare Lopez

Retired senior CIA Operations Officer. Served in the Agency for 20 years. Expert on Russian, Iran and the Middle East. More

Bart BechtelBart Bechtel

Retired CIA officer having had an extensive career as CIA operations and counterintelligence officer. Currently an expert on the War on Terrorism. More

Jonna MendezJonna Mendez

CIA officer in the Office of Technical Services/DS&T, served as CIA Chief of Disguise. Retired after 25 years in the CIA. More

Tony MendezTony Mendez

Senior CIA officer. Served as Chief of Disguise in the Office of Technical Services/DS&T. Retired after 25 years in the CIA. More

Peter EarnestPeter Earnest

Senior CIA officer. Retired after a 35 year career in operations and senior CIA management. Executive Director of the International Spy Museum. More

 

 

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