Events

CIA National Clandestine Service Recruiter Visit

November 17, 2009
National Clandestine Service careers offer fast-paced, varied work environments that will challenge you to find innovative solutions to complex problems, to travel internationally, and to use existing or new language skills in ways that will make a positive difference to you, your family, and your country.
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Dr Meredith Krause

The Department of Legal Studies and The Center for Intelligence and Security Studies presents:

NGA Today: Moving Beyond Mapping to Promote Safety, Stability and Security in the U.S. and Abroad by Dr. Meredith Krause, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Thursday, October 15, 2009
7:00 pm in Farley, Room 202

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September 18, 2009:
Dr William Lawhead

Dr Bill Lawhead, Chair of the Philosophy Department, presented a talk about the "ways in which the same data can be accommodated to different conflicting hypotheses by reinterpreting it or introducing different assumptions." The tool of choice was a case study of the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.

September 17, 2009:
Ernie Hickson, ATF

Ernie Hickson of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosivesvisited the CISS to present his program to the students. Mr Hickson also met with students from the UM campus, and described life as an ATF agent.

September 10, 2009:
Dr Debra Young

Dr Debra Young, Associate Dean of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, visited the CISS to discuss scholarship opportunities. The opportunities under consideration included the Truman, Goldwater, Udall, Fulbrite, Gates, awards, among others. The discussion revolved around how to produce a memoral personal statement.

August 22, 2009:
Day of Intrigue at the CISS

The 2009 cohort orientation for the CISS involved having students "work through a fictional case as a way to become familiar with the analytic process of gathering intelligence information. The case involved the kidnapping of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai’s daughter from the U.S. city where she was enrolled in college. (In actuality, Karzai does not have a daughter who is college age or studying in the United States.)" Read the full news story, or watch the video.

June 3, 2009:
Paul Rowlett, US Attorney's Office

Paul Rowlett visited the center to demonstrate i2 Analyst's Notebook, one of the premier software packages used for intelligence and law-enforcement work.

May 26–28:
IAFIE 2009

CISS staff attended the International Association For Intelligence Educators in Maryland.

April 13, 2009:
Senator Roger Wicker

Senator Roger Wicker visited the Center on Monday, April 13 for the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the CISS's new building.

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April 13, 2009:
Mike Hale (DIA)

Mike Hale of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) will be at the Center to talk about internship opportunities with DIA. 5:00 pm Monday, April 13, 2009.

April 14, 2009:
Documentary Filmmaker Rusty Fleming on the Mexican Drug War

Rusty Fleming, creator of the new documentary "Drug Wars: Silver or Lead", discusses his 3-year study of Mexican drug cartels and the violence exploding throughout Mexico. Read more.

April 6, 2009:
FBI Agent from Jackson MS

We will have an FBI agent from the Jackson, Mississippi office to speak about working for the FBI tomorrow at the Center, 1:30 pm. We'll meet in the student lounge.

March 24–25, 2009:
National Clandestine Services Recruiter Visit

Lori Malone of the CIA presented to the CISS and Croft Institute about careers in the National Clandestine Service.