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June WIN Short-Form Book Review of Watching the Jackals: Prague’s Covert Liaisons with Cold War Terrorists and Revolutionaries is Available to Members

Paul Kepp, former CIA Assistant Director for South and Central Asia and current Adjunct Professor at the Institute of World Politics reviews Watching the Jackals: Prague’s Covert Liaisons with Cold War Terrorists and Revolutionaries by Daniela Richterova and Christopher M. Andrew in this week's WIN, on your Member Account page and on the WIN Short-Form Book Reviews page . READ MORE

New Page Alert: Members' Voices

We have added a new feature to the website called Members' Voices.  You can find it listed under Media & Publications. AFIO members occasionally pen and submit to the WIN products ranging from poetry to OpEds to analytic looks at critical intelligence issues of the day. READ MORE

Important Update about The Intelligencer

AFIO will not be publishing a Spring edition this year.  This decision was difficult but necessary. AFIO is actively working to identify a new Editor-in-Chief and to assemble a refreshed design, production, and publication team. READ MORE


In Memoriam

Michael Halbert - Former DIA Officer
Michael Allen Halbert, 65, of Alexandria, Virginia, passed away on 6 June 2026 at The Johns Hopkins Hospital after a sudden cancer diagnosis. Read more

Carla Lewis - Former NSA Analyst and Director’s Fellow
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Carla Brundage Lewis. She was the beloved daughter of Franklin and Marion Elizabeth (Lang) Brundage, sister of Karen (Brundage) Anthony, stepmother of Julie A. Lewis, aunt of Joshua Ogawa, and great aunt of Violet. Read more

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Wanted: Book reviewers

If you have expertise that overlaps with the subject of a non-fiction work on an intelligence matter, and that has been published in the past 12 months (or will soon be published), we would welcome the application of your expertise toward the drafting of an informed book review for the WIN Short Form Book Review series. Propose titles, along with a brief description of your relevant experience, to the WIN editor. (winseditor@afio.com).

AFIO NOW Video Series
Josh Dean on The Impossible Factory: The Remarkable Kelly Johnson and the Lockheed Skunk Works

Released to members on 16 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

To view publicly available AFIO Now videos, please visit our YouTube page . To listen to the series as audio only, please visit our Podcast page. "AFIO Now" Interviews and Podcasts are sponsored by Northwest Financial Advisors.

MONTHLY WIN SHORT-FORM BOOK REVIEW

June 2026

Watching the Jackals: Prague’s Covert Liaisons with Cold War Terrorists and Revolutionaries

Daniela Richterova and Christopher M. Andrew | Georgetown University Press | 2025

Review By:

Paul Kepp, former CIA Assistant Director for South and Central Asia and current Adjunct Professor at the Institute of World Politics

Over the course of the Cold War, particularly during the Reagan administration, the question of Soviet and Eastern Bloc support for terrorist and revolutionary organizations was a topic of debate in media and intelligence circles. Reagan’s CIA director, William Casey, was adamant that extensive ties existed. In now-declassified memos, he argued with his analysts that their conclusions, especially on the question of Warsaw Pact direction and control of these groups, were timid and had “the air…

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Events

AFIO New York Chapter to host NYPD Deputy Commissioner for Intelligence and Counterterrorism
24 Jun 2026 5:30 PM
3 West Club

3 West 51st St, New York, NY 10019


Advertiser, Corporate Sponsors, and Other Events

Intelligence: From Secrets to Policy
1 Jun 2026 - 16 Jul 2026 - 6:00pm-9:00pm
Nitze School for Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University


SPY with Me: Memory Loss Program: Program for Individuals with Dementia and their Care Partners [NEW]
23 Jun 2026 - 2:00pm-3:00pm
Virtual International Spy Museum Program


Stars, Stripes, and Spies: Teaching the Secret History of America: A Professional Development Workshop [NEW]
28 Jun 2026 - ALL DAY
In Person International Spy Museum Program | Washington, DC


Spies, Lies, & Nukes 2026
25 Sep 2026 - 27 Sep 2026 - See agenda for times
Hacienda del Sol Guest Ranch Resort, Tucson, Arizona


2026 ERII Counterespionage Conference
5 Oct 2026 - 6 Oct 2026
Executive Conference Center | Arlington, VA


NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE HISTORY CONFERENCE (NIHC)
14 Oct 2026 - TBD
Fellowship Auditorium and Block E Learning Centre at Bletchley Park | Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, UK