DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE FORUM
23 February 2010 at the
Alpine Restaurant, 4770 Lee Highway, Arlington, VA 22207
(For restaurant location, see map below. The Alpine has two parking lots. One is next to the building. The other is across the street.)
Pay at the door with a check for $29 made payable to DIAA, Inc
Social hour starts at 1130, lunch at 1200
Jon Wiant will speak on Imaginative Writing -- The World of Fabricating Intelligence
Dr. Wiant is Adjunct Professor of Intelligence Studies at The George Washington University and lectures at the Intelligence and Security Academy. He has held the Department of State chair at the National Defense Intelligence College. He retired from the Department of State as an SES-5 after 37 years as an intelligence officer. He has served as Assistant Inspector General for Security and Intelligence Oversight, Chairman of the National HUMINT Requirements Tasking Center, Senior Advisor for Policy to the Assistant Secretary of Defense (C3I), Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, and Director for Intelligence Policy on the National Security Council. He is on the Studies in Intelligence Editorial Board. In Vietnam, he was Base Chief for the Joint Technical Advisory Detachment in Hue.
The Defense Intelligence Forum covers topics of current interest. To encourage candor, this forum will follow a modified Chatham House Rule. You may use the information, but with the exception of the subject and speaker's name, you may make no attribution.
The Defense Intelligence Forum is open to members of all Intelligence Community associations and their guests.
RSVP by Tuesday, 16 February by email to diforum@verizon.net
-- In your response, give your name and the names of your guests. For each, choose chicken, veal, salmon, or pasta.
-- Include also your telephone number and email address.
Pay at the door with a check for $29 per person.
-- Make checks payable to DIAA, Inc.
-- WE DON’T TAKE CASH! If you don’t have a check, you’ll have to have the restaurant charge your credit or debit card $29 and give up your copy of the receipt when you check in for lunch. 