Association of Former Intelligence Officers
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The Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO), formerly known as the Association of Retired Intelligence Officers is a non-profit, non-partisan advocacy organization founded in 1975 by David Atlee Phillips
to counter widespread criticism of the United States intelligence community
coming from the media and Congress. It is registered with the IRS as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charity and sees its primary mission as educational. The AFIO has 5,000 members in 24 active chapters, most of whom are a mix of former or current intelligence officers, academicians, students, and the general public; it is not necessary to be an intelligence officer to be an associate member of AFIO if one supports its principles and abides by its code of ethics.
David Atlee Phillips
David Atlee Phillips was a Central Intelligence Agency officer for 25 years, one of a handful of people to receive the Career Intelligence Medal. He rose to become the CIA's chief of all operations in the Western hemisphere...
to counter widespread criticism of the United States intelligence community
United States Intelligence Community
The United States Intelligence Community is a cooperative federation of 16 separate United States government agencies that work separately and together to conduct intelligence activities considered necessary for the conduct of foreign relations and the protection of the national security of the...
coming from the media and Congress. It is registered with the IRS as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charity and sees its primary mission as educational. The AFIO has 5,000 members in 24 active chapters, most of whom are a mix of former or current intelligence officers, academicians, students, and the general public; it is not necessary to be an intelligence officer to be an associate member of AFIO if one supports its principles and abides by its code of ethics.
Honorary Board of Directors
From the AFIO website:- The Honorable [Paul Douglas Hale], Presidential Special Agent
- The Hon. Shirley Temple Black, wife of Charles Alden BlackCharles Alden BlackCharles Alden Black was a California businessman known for aquaculture and oceanography, and for his marriage to Shirley Temple Black.Black was born in Oakland, California...
- The Hon. Frank C. Carlucci
- Lincoln D. FaurerLincoln D. FaurerLieutenant General Lincoln D. Faurer was director of the National Security Agency and chief of the Central Security Service from 1981 to 1985.-Biography:...
, Lt. Gen. USAF(Ret) - Bobby Ray InmanBobby Ray InmanBobby Ray Inman is a retired United States admiral who held several influential positions in the U.S. Intelligence community.-Career:...
, Adm. USN (Ret) - Milton S. Maltz, founder of the International Spy MuseumInternational Spy MuseumThe International Spy Museum is a privately owned museum dedicated to the field of espionage located within the 1875 Le Droit Building in the Penn Quarter neighborhood of Washington, D.C., across the street from the Old Patent Office Building and one block south of the Gallery Place Metro...
- Maria L. Ransburg
- The Hon. William H. Webster
- The Hon. R. James Woolsey
Other members
- Glenmore Trenear-HarveyGlenmore Trenear-HarveyGlenmore Stratton Trenear-Harvey is a British intelligence analyst who writes, broadcasts and lectures on the subjects of security, intelligence, espionage and terrorism. He is the editor-in-chief of the World Intelligence Review, an associate editor of Eye Spy intelligence magazine, and publisher...
- Agostino von HassellAgostino von HassellAgostino von Hassell is a military historian and business executive.Agostino von Hassell was born in 1953 in Bonn, Germany and grew up in Rome and Brussels. His great-grandfather, Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, built Germany's Imperial Fleet prior to World War One...
- Joseph FinderJoseph FinderJoseph Finder is an American writer of several thrillers set in a business environment. His books include Paranoia, Company Man, Killer Instinct and Power Play...
, author - Jack G. DowningJack G. DowningJack G. Downing was Deputy Director for Operations for the Central Intelligence Agency from 1997 until July 1999.Jack Downing graduated from Harvard University, majoring in Chinese language and history, as well as Asian studies. He served two combat tours in Vietnam as an officer in the U.S....
- James PavittJames PavittJames L. Pavitt was Deputy Director for Operations for the CIA from 1999 until June 4, 2004. His sudden resignation – as well as that of his chief, DCI George Tenet the previous day – led to speculation that it was over the controversy surrounding Iraq weapons of mass destruction or 9-11...
- Mark RieblingMark RieblingMark Riebling is a U.S. historian, essayist, and policy analyst. He has written on national security, the history of ideas, and Vatican foreign policy during Cold War and Second World War, and is the author of Wedge: The Secret War between the FBI and CIA....
External links
- http://afio.com/ AFIO website
- Association for Intelligence Officers at NNDBNNDBThe Notable Names Database , produced by Soylent Communications, the same entity that produces Rotten, Daily Rotten, Dr. Sputnik's Society Pages and Penny Postcards, is an online database of biographical details of over 36,000 people of note...