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The Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO) is a non-profit, non-political, educational association for current and former intelligence professionals and supporters of the US Intelligence Community. Part of our mission is to foster an understanding of the important role of intelligence in national security and to nurture student interest in careers across the many US intelligence agencies. To this end, the channel features podcast versions of our AFIO Now episodes - a series of recorded interviews and presentations that features experts, historians, and officers from across the US Intelligence Community who have fascinating stories to tell.
Episodes
Friday Oct 29, 2021
Friday Oct 29, 2021
In this special episode, AFIO Now assembled a panel of experts to discuss proposed legislation which would place controls on former military and intelligence officers working overseas with foreign governments. Participants include: The Honorable Mike Rogers, former Chairman of HPSCI; Christopher Bing, Cybersecurity Reporter, Reuters who broke story of Project Raven; Stewart Baker, former General Counsel, NSA and AFIO Chairman; and James Hughes, former CIA Operations Officer and AFIO President. Recorded 22 Oct 2021
Monday Oct 25, 2021
Monday Oct 25, 2021
In this episode, former Senior CIA Operations Officer Marc Polymeropoulos discusses his new book, "Clarity in Crisis," his tours in high risk zones, and the mysterious 'Havana Syndrome' - of which he is one of its victims. Recorded 23 Sep 2021. Host: James Hughes, AFIO President and former CIA Operations Officer.
Monday Oct 18, 2021
Monday Oct 18, 2021
In his second episode, Seth Jones PhD, Director, Transnational Threats Project, CSIS, discusses his new book, "Three Dangerous Men: Russia, China, Iran and the Rise of Irregular Warfare." Jones outlines how conventional warfare—clashes between large military forces—defined twentieth-century power. However, facing dominant US conventional and nuclear capabilities, our country's principal adversaries have adopted a different style of warfare that is eroding America's power. Recorded 10 Sep 2021. Host: James Hughes, AFIO President and former CIA Operations Officer.
Monday Oct 11, 2021
Monday Oct 11, 2021
In his second episode, CIA Historian Dr. David Robarge discusses the complexities of covert action with examples throughout modern U.S. history. Dr. Robarge also mentions the ODNI release of Vietnam Tet Offensive material, which was a multi-agency collaboration between CIA, NSA, DIA and NGA. Recorded 13 May 2021. Host: James Hughes, AFIO President and former CIA Operations Officer.
Monday Oct 04, 2021
Monday Oct 04, 2021
In this AFIO Now episode, former CIA Analyst David McCloskey discusses his novel, "Damascus Station," a spy thriller set against the backdrop of the Syrian civil war. Recorded 14 Sep 2021. Host: James Hughes, AFIO President and former CIA Operations Officer.
Tuesday Sep 28, 2021
Tuesday Sep 28, 2021
In this fascinating part II episode, Shelby Pierson - the Election Threats Executive for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) - discusses the threats to America's elections and the actions taken by the Intelligence Community (IC) to assess, warn, and counter those threats. Mrs. Pierson, who is considered the first "U.S. Election Security Czar," participates in an extended Q&A. Recorded 21 May 2021. Interviewer: James Bruce PhD, AFIO board member and former CIA Senior Analyst. Host: James Hughes, AFIO President and former CIA Operations Officer.
Monday Sep 20, 2021
Monday Sep 20, 2021
In his second AFIO Now episode, former CIA Operations Officer and Arabist Sam Wyman discusses the "Red Prince" - Ali Hassan Salameh - the chief of operations (code name Abu Hassan) for Black September, the organization responsible for the 1972 Munich massacre and other terror attacks. Recorded 7 May 2021. Host: James Hughes, AFIO President and former CIA Operations Officer.
Monday Sep 06, 2021
Monday Sep 06, 2021
In this episode, retired FBI Special Agent and Senior Advisor for Homeland Security Pete Lapp discusses the case of DIA Intelligence Analyst Ana Belén Montes. Montes was a Cuba expert who was caught spying for Cuban Intelligence. She pled guilty in 2002 and was sentenced to 25-years in federal prison. Recorded 4 May 2021. Interviewer: John Quattrocki, AFIO board member and former FBI Supervisory Special Agent. Host: James Hughes, AFIO President and former CIA Operations Officer.
Monday Aug 23, 2021
Monday Aug 23, 2021
In this episode, author-journalist David Wolman discusses the fascinating career of American cryptographer, intelligence analyst and NSA executive Juanita Moody. Moody worked for the Signals Intelligence Service (SIS) and NSA from 1943 until 1976 and was responsible for providing intelligence to the White House and Department of Defense during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Her reports directly helped the U.S. avoid war with the Soviet Union. Recorded 05 Apr 2021. Interviewer: Sarah (Sally) Botsai, AFIO vice chair and former senior NSA official. Host: James Hughes, AFIO President and former CIA Operations Officer.
Monday Aug 16, 2021
Monday Aug 16, 2021
Bob Wallace, former CIA Deputy Director for the Office of Technical Services and intelligence historian Keith Melton discuss a few of the many unusual and fascinating examples of espionage activities which took place in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as revealed in their latest guidebook: "Spy Sites of Philadelphia." Recorded 18 Mar 2021. Host: James Hughes, AFIO President and former CIA Operations Officer.