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AFIO Now Member Video Release of "Ghosts of Panama: A Strongman Out of Control, A Murdered Marine, and the Special Agents Caught in the Middle of an Invasion"

If you are an AFIO Member log in to your account to view the latest AFIO NOW video release. This interview, conducted on Friday, 28 March 2025 is with Leon Carroll Jr, co-author (with Mark Harmon) of "Ghosts of Panama: A Strongman Out of Control, A Murdered Marine, and the Special Agents Caught in the Middle of an Invasion" .

AFIO Now Public Video Release of "The Oligarch's Daughter"

Check out the latest video discussion of Joseph Finder's "The Oligarch's Daughter". His latest novel is filled with spycraft and opulence. Additionally, the audio only podcast has been released on Podbean (or wherever you get your podcasts).

Excerpts from the Latest Issue of The Intelligencer

Three excerpts from our When Intelligence Made a Difference series in the latest issue of The Intelligencer are available, including the two main articles. James Roth, a former CIA officer, revisits the story of The Trust, a Bolshevik deception operation in the 1920s targeted at its opponents in Europe. In Korea, despite having good intelligence on Chinese movements, General MacArthur’s handling of intelligence failed to prevent the disaster at the battle of the Chosin Reservoir. Alan Cunningham dissects the problems within MacArthur’s intelligence elements.

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EVENTS

24
May
2025

11:00 AM

AFIO North Florida Chapter Meeting features H. Keith Melton, Historical advisor to US Intelligence Community

Santa Maria del Mar Catholic Church - Parish Hall
915 N Central Ave, Flagler Beach, FL 32136

Guest Speaker:  H. Keith Melton, Historical advisor to US Intelligence Community, Spycraft, International Spy Museum, Writer, Speaker, Producer.
H. Keith Melton is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy (Class of 1966), an intelligence historian. and a specialist in clandestine technology and espionage tradecraft. Mr. Melton is the author or co-author of dozens of books on espionage. He also is a founding member and on the Board of Directors for the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C. A historical advisor to the US Intelligence Community, Keith Melton compiled the world's most extensive collections of espionage devices. weapons, and equipment. Part of his large collection is on permanent display inside CIA Headquarters and is featured in his book, The Ultimate Spy Book. Another part of his collection is in the International Spy Museum, Washington DC.

28
May
2025

11:30 AM

LTC Christopher Gin commanded the 229th Military Intelligence Battalion at the Defense Language Institute until June 2024. He is a fellow at the Army’s War College at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies on the Stanford campus.

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