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Interview of 24 April 2026 of Lorraine Cosgrove, former CIA, on her book, Still Living It Up!: Housemothers, Spies, and Soulmates. Lorraine's life at the Agency as one of the earliest women employees from the time she arrived there and her many outside - and inside - adventures throughout her life. Available on the Member home page and the AFIO Now Videos and Podcasts page after you log in.
CIA Operations Officer and AFIO Member Charles Jones reviews Tradecraft Tactics and Dirty Tricks: Russian Intelligence and Putin’s Secret War, available on the WIN Short Form Book Reviews page.
Interview of 25 March 2026 of Sean M Wiswesser, former CIA Operations Officer, on his latest book, "Tradecraft, Tactics, and Dirty Tricks: Russian Intelligence and Putin's Secret War" Co-Host and Interviewer Paul Hollingsworth PhD, former Senior CIA Officer and Analyst, President, AFIO, and Co-Host James Hughes, a former CIA Operations Officer, Former NSA Associate Deputy Director of Operations, and President Emeritus, AFIO, speak with Sean about his latest book. You can find the video on your member home page or the AFIO Now Interviews and Podcasts page.
The open-source intelligence (OSINT) discipline celebrates 85 years this month. In February 1941 the Foreign Broadcast Monitoring Service (FBMS) was formally established by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The OSINT discipline expanded beyond FBMS' broadcast intercepts to include print media exploitation when the Interdepartmental Committee for the Acquisition of Foreign Publications (IDC) of the Library of Congress was established in December 1941.
Applications for the 2026 Academic Year AFIO Scholarships are now being accepted until 1 June 2026. To be considered, you must indicate whether you are applying for an undergraduate or graduate scholarship. For more information and how to apply, visit our Scholarships page.
Former CIA Senior Ops Officer and Author, Sean Wiswesser, reviews Filip Kovacevic's book KGB Literati: Spy Fiction and State Security in the Soviet Union found on the WIN Short Form Book Reviews page.
Interview conducted Sunday, 02 November 2025 of author Robert Kim on the Five Kim Brothers. This is part 2 of a 2 part series available to the public.
Interview of Sunday, 02 November 2025 of author Robert Kim on the Five Kim Brothers. This is part 1 of a 2 part series available for public viewing.
The OSS Society hosted its William J. Donovan Award® Dinner - the preeminent annual gathering of the US intelligence and special operations communities - in Washington, DC, on October 18, 2025. A sold-out crowd of 700 people filled the ballroom at the Ritz-Carlton for the 36th presentation of the award since its inception in 1961.