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Jim "Mad Dog" Lawler is a national security consultant, serving as the Senior Partner at MDO Group, which provides HUMINT training to the Intelligence Community and the commercial sector focused on WMD, CI, technical and cyber issues. He served for 25 years as a CIA case officer and is a noted speaker on Insider Threat within the government sector.
He stops by and we discuss CIA war stories, Misconceptions of the Agency, Espionage, Counter Intelligence, Detecting Insider Threats and Spy Novels.
TIMESTAMPS
0:04:08 - The roots of a CIA operative
0:05:43 - Reflections on a Career Path Not Taken
0:09:01 - Exploitation, Subvertion, and Corruption
0:10:47 - Reflecting on 25 Years of Living Undercover and Clandestine Operations
0:15:58 - Experience with a Potential Spy
0:20:28 - Counterintelligence Analysis of Espionage Motivations
0:22:02 - Polygraph for Recruited Asset
0:24:04 - Recruiting People for Espionage and Preventing Insider Threats
0:27:44 - Preventing Employee Straggling Through Fair Treatment and
Understanding
0:29:49 - Preventing Insider Threats in the Workplace
0:33:08 - Employee Monitoring and Performance Feedback
0:35:06 - Discrepancies Between Outside Perceptions and Reality of CIA Case Officers
0:39:22 - CIA Operations and Challenges Overcome
0:41:21 - Recruiting Intelligence Officers: The Power of Patience and Perseverance
0:45:07 - Balancing Personal Feelings and Mission Objectives
0:46:53 - Spy Recruitment: Strategies for Successful Case Officers
0:48:48 - Ethical Decision Making
0:51:36 - The Commitment to Protect Covert Assets
0:53:15 - Origin of the Alias "Mad Dog"
0:54:42 - Espionage, Iranian Nuclear Weapons Program, and Novels
0:56:25 - "Living Lies," "In The Twinkling of an Eye," and "A Traitor's Tale"
SYMLINKS
LinkedIn
The Clandestine Service
MICER
Spies, lies and nukes conference
Living Lies
In The Twinkling of an Eye
DRINK INSTRUCTION
MAD DOG 20/20
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