REGISTRATION OPEN Mr. Steven Hall THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY: Illuminating a Turbulent World
“Community” is the accurate term when assessing the responsibilities and tasks of our 17 intelligence organizations, each with specific and overlapping responsibilities. Gathering, assessing, and presenting intelligence data for decision makers can and has been controversial in most administrations. The relationship between a new president and the intelligence agencies that serve him can be difficult in the best of times. But it’s difficult to imagine a more turbulent transition than the current one, which has been marred by assertions that the administration has politicized and marginalized intelligence products while attacking the credibility of key agencies.The controversies over Russian intervention in the 2016 presidential election and the President’s sharing of highly classified information from an ally with the Russian Foreign Minister has further strained relations and trust between the White House and the intelligence community. To assess the current status of our intelligence community and its relationships with organizations dependent on its products we welcome Mr. Steven Hall. Steven Hall retired from the Central Intelligence Agency in 2015 after 30 years of running and managing intelligence operations in Eurasia and Latin America. Mr. Hall finished his career as a member of the Senior Intelligence Service, the small cadre of officers who are the senior-most leaders of the CIA's Clandestine Service. Most of Mr. Hall's career was spent abroad, overseeing intelligence operations in the countries of the former Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact. As an executive at CIA headquarters, Mr. Hall also focused on cyber threats, security and counterintelligence, and counterterrorism. He has been a Chief of Station multiple times and has worked closely with the FBI, the U.S. military and other U.S. government agencies. Mr. Hall also acted as the Clandestine Service’s senior liaison officer to Congressional intelligence oversight committees in Washington, D.C. Mr. Hall is a recipient of CIA's Donovan Award, as well as CIA's Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal. He is a graduate of the College of William and Mary in Virginia. Mr. Hall is also a national security analyst for CNN.
Date: Wed, Sept 27th, 2017 Time: Social Hour 5:30p – Announcements 6:15p- Dinner Speaker and Discussion 7:00p
Location: Tucson Country Club, 2950 N Camino Principal, Tucson, AZ 85715
Meal Choices: Salmon a la chef Lemon and thyme chicken Penne pasta primavera
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