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Counterespionage
Today: Complexities and Decisions
This course
focuses on the discipline of counterespionage. It covers selected modern
cases from the more than 200 espionage prosecutions of the past five
decades, including a number of non-Russian espionage cases.
We take you
on an exploration of the very complicated and often time-consuming
process of investigating an espionage lead. We study legal principles
and protection of sources and methods during the conduct of a
counterespionage investigation.
You learn about the complexities of
investigating when not only several US intelligence agencies are
involved, but when foreign CI and intelligence services must become
involved for successful resolution.
We study the investigative cycle,
illustrating it with many different case studies, not all of which were
neutralized through prosecution, driving home the reality that arrest
and prosecution is but one method of neutralizing a threat.
The course
also examines the complexity of conducting espionage overseas and who
the US is forced to deal with in these types of cases.
The last two days
of the course focus on the complexities of the Hanssen case and include
a Hanssen SpyDrive® to his operational sites. [5 days]
Course Overview:
This seminar is designed to provide an introduction to
the complexities and the decision making processes
associated with investigating and prosecuting espionage
cases in the United States in the 21st Century. The seminar
will examine the basis for and establishment of viable
predications for the initiation of espionage
investigations. It will also explore the inherent conflicts
between the need for internal vigilance by US
Counterintelligence and the civil rights of personnel within
US sovereign territory. The nation is in a time period where
US Counterintelligence is required to address the US
expanding war on terrorism and address the reality of post
cold war espionage by US allies. During this period, the
nation is debating and examining the tools, policies and
laws that are and should be made available to the US
Government to meet these challenges. This seminar will
identify these issues and explain the evolution of key legal
and policy decisions associated with prosecuting espionage
cases today, emanating from both adversaries and allies.
This seminar will provide all members of the national
security community a deeper understanding of the status of
counterespionage today and their individual roles in the
protection of our nation’s most vital secrets, plans and
programs.
Course Topics
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for Counterintelligence and Security Studies/David G. Major Associates,
Inc.
Espionage 101
- Anatomy of an Intelligence Operation
- How does a spy case begin
- How is a spy handled by an Intelligence Service
Prosecuting Spies and Counterintelligence Laws
- Proving Violation of the Espionage Law of 1917
- The CIPA Law
- Protecting classified information and sources in
prosecutions
- Problems for the Prosecution
- The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
- Why was it passed?
- What does it require?
- What is the FISA court
- Relationship between Title III Wiretap
Legislation
- FISA and surreptitious entries by the government
The Judy Coplon Case
- The Coplon Case as seen by the public
- The Coplon Case as seen during the trial
- The Coplon case as seen by the FBI
- The Coplon Case as seen by the KGB
- An analysis of the investigation
- An analysis of the Trial
- Lessons from the Coplon Case for Today
The Evolution of Espionage Prosecutions
Espionage Interrupted? Cuban DI’s Targeting of
Mariano Faget
- The Recruitment Process
- CI in Action: Neutralization through prosecution
The Albert Sombolay Case
The Conrad Case: The Army’s Ames
- Predication of the case
- Multi-Agency involvement in the case
- Double Agentry and prosecution problems
- Anatomy of the espionage network
- An analysis of the damage to National Security
- The Conrad Twelve
- Who were they?
- What happened to them?
- What are the lessons for Security Awareness?
The David Combe Case: Mitigation Planning
- The establishment of the Attorney General Levy
Guideline
- The full investigation vs. the preliminary
investigation
- Predication of counterintelligence investigations
- Arrest or neutralize espionage subjects
- The role of political leadership in espionage cases
- Examining the decision of when to brief up the chain
of command
The Hanssen Case: Who, What, When, How and Why
- Examination and understanding of the man
- His FBI career
- His family
- His motivations for committing espionage
- His damage to National Security
- Hanssen Spy Drive®
- Examination of his tradecraft
- Visiting his dead drop sites
- Visiting his arrest site
Feedback
"Exceptional course on a very interesting subject. The
right blend of lectures, class participation and PowerPoint.
Of the many intel courses that I have taken, this one rates
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instructors is incredible, an absolute 'all-star' group with
experience in espionage cases over the past 30 years! In one
word--WOW!"
“This course has given me ideas for how to pursue current
CE cases and has reinvigorated my zeal for doing
counterespionage work.”
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especially the Hanssen case. The presentation was
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