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Show Notes
Summary
Barry Zulauf (Twitter; LinkedIn) joins Andrew (Twitter; LinkedIn) to discuss his extensive experience working across the American intelligence community. Barry is the President of the International Association for Intelligence Education.
What You’ll Learn
Intelligence
- What is the “Intelligence Community?”
- The organizational structure of American intelligence
- The establishment of the ODNI
- The intelligence components of the DEA
Reflections
- A life of service
- Passion to serve the people
And much, much more …
Quotes of the Week
“[Fentanyl] is an enormous, enormous problem and no single organization, even as big as the Defense Intelligence enterprise, can deal with it alone. So, it's going to be a lot of diplomacy and a lot of building bridges, convincing people to do the right thing.” – Barry Zulauf.
Resources
SURFACE SKIM
*SpyCasts*
- First of Many…America’s First Female Intelligence Agency Chief with former NGA Director Letitia “Tish” Long (2023)
- Espionage and the Two Queens with Kent Tiernan (2023)
- Irregular Warfare & Intelligence with IWC Director Dennis Walters (2023)
- El Chapo, the Sinaloa Cartel & Intelligence with Trial Reporter Noah Hurowitz (2022)
*Beginner Resources*
- America's intelligence community, explained, The Washington Post, YouTube (2014) [2 min. video]
- Members of the IC, Office of the Director of National Intelligence (n.d.) [Brief summaries of the 18 agencies]
- Who We Are, United States Drug Enforcement Administration (n.d) [Short article]
DEEPER DIVE
Primary Sources
- The WMD Commission Report (2005)
- The 9/11 Commission Report (2004)
- The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (2004)
- The Clark Report (1955)
- The Doolittle Report (1955)
- National Security Act (1947)
- CIA Review of the World Situation (1947)
*Wildcard Resource*
- Barry mentioned early in the episode that he actually rowed into town the morning we recorded this episode – Barry shares this hobby with Teddy Roosevelt, an avid rower and the president that was instrumental in the creation of the FBI.
- Check out this Letter from Charles J. Bonaparte to Theodore Roosevelt that catapulted the FBI into existence.