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MARK LOWENTHAL served in several senior intelligence positions. He was a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence; staff director of the House Intelligence Committee; Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Analysis and Production; and Vice Chair for Evaluation on the National Intelligence Council. Upon retiring from government service in 2005, Dr. Lowenthal established the Intelligence & Security Academy, LLC, which provides a range of courses on national security issues to government agencies and private sector firms. He is now President Emeritus of the Academy. Dr. Lowenthal has taught at the graduate school level for many years. He was on the faculty at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, 1994-2008; the Krieger School, Johns Hopkins University, 2008-2021; Sciences Po, Paris, 2015-2023; and now the School for Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, since 2021. Dr. Lowenthal has written extensively on intelligence and related issues, including seven books and dozens of articles. His book, Intelligence: From Secrets to Policy, now in its 9th edition, has become the standard college and graduate school textbook on this topic.  In 1988, Dr. Lowenthal was Grand Champion on Jeopardy!, the television quiz show.