Spies Among Us: How America Is Losing Its Secrets

Americans are well aware of the more famous foreign espionage cases that have occurred in the United States, including the Rosenbergs, Aldrich Ames, and, most recently, Walter Myers, the State Department analyst caught passing on American secrets to the Cuban government. Backed by 25 years of experience with the CIA, Jim Olson will discuss covert political action, cyber threats to national security, and current intelligence operations of foreign spies inside our borders. A Q & A session will follow.

Professor Olson received his law degree from the University of Iowa in 1969. He is a Senior Lecturer at the Bush School, where he teaches courses on intelligence, national security, and international crisis management. He served for over 25 years in the Directorate of Operations of the Central Intelligence Agency, mostly overseas in clandestine operations. In addition to several foreign assignments, he was Chief of Counterintelligence at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Olson has been awarded the Intelligence Medal of Merit, the Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal, the Donovan Award, and several Distinguished Service Citations. He is the recipient of awards from the Bush School and the Association of Former Students for excellence in teaching. He is also the author of Fair Play: The Moral Dilemmas of Spying, published by Potomac Books in 2006. Olson is currently CIA-Officer-in-Residence and Director of the Certificate in Advanced International Affairs Program, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University.

Tickets are available from the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth for $20 for members* and $35 for non-members. Register online five or more business days before the event and receive an early bird discount of $5!