Former KGB Intelligence Officer

An expert in intelligence tradecraft. More

Major General Oleg Kalugin, ret.

Major General in KGB, served in New York City and Washington, DC for a combined period of 11 years. Chief of KGB Foreign Counterintelligence for ten years. Retired with 32 years in the KGB. More

Colonel Val Aksilenko, ret.

Foreign intelligence officer. Served two tours in Washington, DC. Headed North American Department in the KGB Foreign Intelligence Directorate. Retired with 25 years in the KGB. More

Yuri Shvets

Former Major in the KGB's First Chief Directorate (foreign intelligence). Served in the KGB for ten years. More

Clare Lopez

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

"M"

FBI operational support asset who worked against a variety of foreign intelligence officer in the United States.

Captain 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

Former KGB Intelligence Officer

An expert in intelligence tradecraft. More

"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

PRC/China Experts

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 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

Retired CIA information security officer. Computer Security expert. Vice President of Corporate Security for In-Q-Tel.

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

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 Charney

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

Legal Expert

Very knowledgeable about Islamic doctrines, sharia law and its implications for the West.

David 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

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

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 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

Major General Oleg Kalugin, ret.

Major General in KGB, served in New York City and Washington, DC for a combined period of 11 years. Chief of KGB Foreign Counterintelligence for ten years. Author of "The First Directorate: My 32 Years in Intelligence and Espionage Against the West". More

Yuri Shvets

Former Major in the KGB's First Chief Directorate (foreign intelligence). Author of "Washington Station: My Life as a KGB Spy in America". More

Captain 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

David 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

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.

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

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 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 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 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 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 Earnest

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

David 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

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

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.

Tony 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.

Noel Jones

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

Former KGB Intelligence Officer

An expert in intelligence tradecraft. 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 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

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

Dr. Susan Adams

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

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

Clare Lopez

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

Bart 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 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 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 Earnest

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

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

Robert Booth

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