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The AFIO Now series offers the association’s members and the public prerecorded interviews and presentations that feature intelligence experts, historians and officers from the U.S. intelligence community. Content includes historical reviews and analyses of past and current domestic and global events, career insight, intelligence related author and national security reporter interviews.
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Released to members on 30 Jun 2026
Run time: 52 minutes with several Q&As
AFIO Now Series Host: James Hughes, a former CIA Operations Officer, Former NSA Associate Deputy Director of Operations, and President Emeritus, AFIO.
Interview of 20 May 2026 of Josh Dean, journalist, author, podcaster, on his book, The Impossible Factory: The Remarkable True Story of Kelly Johnson and the Lockheed Skunk Works, America's Innovation Machine. It is the extraordinary true story of the radical innovation hub that designed the greatest airplanes of the twentieth century—and the visionary who made it all possible
Released to members on 30 Jun 2026
Run time: 27 minutes and includes several Q&As
AFIO Now Series Host: James Hughes, a former CIA Operations Officer, Former NSA Associate Deputy Director of Operations, and President Emeritus, AFIO.
Interview of 29 May 2026 of Farid Moussa, Former SES NSA Officer, VP for Business Development, Babel Street. The discussion centers around the influence of the American University of Beirut [AUB] on its role in shaping Lebanon, the region, and the political movements of the region. The Lebanese Civil War in 1975 involved some kidnappings of officials from AUB principals, including the killing of the AUB President. Moussa recalls his teenage years in Beirut.
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"AFIO Now" Interviews and Podcasts are sponsored by Northwest Financial Advisors. Read the Press Release on this new Joint Arrangement.