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Douglas London

Douglas London (@douglaslondon5) is the author of “The Recruiter: Spying and the Lost Art of American Intelligence.” He teaches intelligence studies at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and is a nonresident scholar at the Middle East Institute. London served in the CIA’s Clandestine Service for more than 34 years, mostly in the Middle East, South and Central Asia and Africa, including three assignments as a Chief of Station and as the CIA’s Counterterrorism Chief for South and Southwest Asia. He is also on LinkedIn.

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Three people in a CIA recruitment ad.
Nominee John L. Ratcliffe testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee nomination hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office building on Capitol Hill on Capitol Hill on May 5, 2020 in Washington, DC.
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar shake hands after signing a peace agreement during a ceremony in the Qatari capital Doha on February 29, 2020.
Gina Haspel (L) is sworn in as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency alongside US President Donald Trump (R) and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (C) during a ceremony at CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia, May 21, 2018.
Trump speaks from the White House on January 08, 2020 in Washington, DC. Pence, Esper and others stand around him.
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