Member News

David Gutschmit, former National Counterintelligence Officer for East Asia and retired CIA Senior Ops Officer, reviews Pressure directed by Anthony Marasin this week's WIN, on your Member Account page and on the WIN Short-Form Reviews page.

Voting for terms on AFIO’s Board of Directors concluded on 24 September, following the required 90-day voting period specified in AFIO’s bylaws. 374 members participated by email or physical ballot.

AFIO gained a new chapter covering North Carolina and South Carolina when the Carolinas Chapter held its inaugural meeting on February 6, 2026, at the historic Dunhill Hotel in Charlotte, NC.  The chapter had been charted by the AFIO national office in December 2025. 

Charles Long, retired CIA Operations Officer, reviews The DGSE: A Concise History of France’s Foreign Intelligence Serviceby Damien Van Puyelde in this week's WIN, on your Member Account page and on the WIN Short-Form Book Reviews page.

The Christopher Marlowe Film Project is the brainchild of AFIO member and longtime professional writer Francis Hamit.  It is billed as "an Elizabethan film noir spy thriller based on real events.”  A Kickstarter page has been set up with details about the film and the fundraising effort.

AFIO President Paul Hollingsworth reviews The American School of Spies: The Archaeologists Who Fought the Nazis and Saved the Treasures of Ancient Greece by Stephan Talty in this week's WIN, on your Member Account page and on the WIN Short-Form Book Reviews page.

The North Florida Chapter of AFIO met on 21 July 2026 at the Timuquana Country Club. Our guest speaker was Frank Consentino, who spoke about the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the Declaration of Independence.

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.

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.

In case you missed the recent email sent out to members, recent departures from the Board of Directors present AFIO with the opportunity to bring on new Board members who will serve for a term of four years. The Board Chairman recently called for nominations for individuals to be considered for inclusion on the slate of candidates for election to the Board in a national vote by the membership over the summer.