Join us for an online discussion of the latest intelligence, national security, and terrorism issues in the news. Spy Museum Executive Director Chris Costa will lead the briefing. Costa, a former intelligence officer of 34 years with 25 of those in active duty in hot spots such as Panama, Bosnia, Afghanistan, and Iraq, is also a past Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism on the National Security Council. He will be joined by Douglas London, former CIA Senior Operations Officer.
London retired from the CIA in 2019 after 34 years with the CIA’s Clandestine Service. As a Senior Operations Officer, Chief of Station, and CIA’s Counterterrorism Chief for South and Southwest Asia, he served primarily in the Middle East, South Asia, the former Soviet Republics and Africa, with senior management positions for the Near East, Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, Iran and Cyber operations. In addition to his three assignments as Chief of Station, he was a CIA Base Chief in a conflict zone. He was a CIA subject matter expert in counterterrorism, counterintelligence, Iran, cyber and hostile environment operations in denied areas. He also served as an intelligence tradecraft instructor. London is the author of the book The Recruiter: Spying and the Lost Art of American Intelligence concerning the CIA’s post 9/11 transformation. He has been a contributor to the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Foreign Affairs, among many other media outlets. He is an adjunct associate professor, Center for Security Studies, Georgetown University; adjunct lecturer for John Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies; and a non-resident fellow with the Global and National Security Institute.
Following their discussion of key issues, you’ll be able to ask questions via our online platform.
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