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DOUGLAS LONDON
Senior CIA Operations Officer, Author & Educator
Douglas London, author of “The Recruiter: Spying and the Lost Art of American Intelligence,” is a decorated retired Senior CIA Operations Officer and 34-year veteran of the Clandestine Service who retired in 2019. Mr. London served extensively across the Middle East, South Asia, the former Soviet republics, and Africa, including three assignments as a Chief of Station and one as a CIA Base Chief in a conflict zone. Mr. London grew up in New York City and is a former United States Marine.
- 34-year decorated veteran of the CIA’s Clandestine Service
- Georgetown SFS Adjunct Professor
- John Hopkins SAIS Adjunct Professor
- Global National Security Institute Non-Resident Scholar
- CNN, PBS NewsHour, ABC, NBC, MSNBC & Al Jazeera, Featured national commentator
- Author of “The Recruiter: Spying and the Lost Art of American Intelligence.”
Mr. London is a subject expert on Russia, China, Iran, the Middle East, South Asia, Cyber, Counterterrorism and Counterintelligence. He is also a certified Intelligence Educator and Hostile Environment expert who served as a CIA tradecraft instructor and curriculum director. Mr. London teaches national security and intelligence studies at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service and at John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
Mr. London is a non-resident fellow with the Global and National Security Institute and has written for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Politico, Just Security, and the Hill as well as appearing on CNN, Fox News and PBS as a national security contributor.
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