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Summary
Alan Kohler joins Andrew to discuss the FBI’s counterintelligence division. He is a recipient of the FBI Director’s Award for Outstanding Counterintelligence Investigation.
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What You’ll Learn
Intelligence
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Counterintelligence vs. Counterespionage
How the FBI recruit’s foreign agents
Ideological motivations behind spying
Effect of technology on counterintelligence
Reflections
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Staying grounded under pressure
The value of creativity
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Alan Kohler (LinkedIn), Website)) has been the FBI Assistant Director for Counterintelligence since 2020. Alan and Andrew (Twitter); LinkedIn)) talk all things counterintelligence.
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Beginner Resources
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- What We Investigate), FBI (n.d.) [webpage]
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- FAQ’S), FBI (n.d.) [webpage]
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- US Opens Counterintelligence Investigation into China Every 12 Hours (Dir. Wray),) MSNBC (2022) [video]
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What We Know About China’s Spy Agency,) Bloomberg Originals (2019) [video]
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- Hollow Nickel/Rudolf Abel), FBI (n.d.) [Article]
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- NCSC Mission, Vision, and Goals), ODNI (n.d.) [Website]
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**Glossary: **
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Counterintelligence: Information gathered, and activities conducted to identify, deceive, exploit, disrupt, or protect against espionage or other intelligence activities
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**FBI Attaché: **a special agent assigned to a U.S. embassy or consulate overseas to liaise with local law enforcement and intelligence agencies. They pursue terrorist, intelligence, and criminal threats with international dimensions.
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Occam’s Razor: a rule of thumb theory that states when you are faced with competing explanations for the same phenomenon, the simplest one is probably the correct one. Attributed to William of Ockham, a 14th century English theologian.
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