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Intelligence in a Dynamic World with The Hon. Michael Vickers

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Channel: AtlanticCouncil · 2015 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Intelligence in a Dynamic World

A discussion with:
The Hon. Michael Vickers
Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
US Department of Defense

Moderated by:
Barry Pavel
Vice President and Director, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security
Atlantic Council 

Please join the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security for a Commanders Series event with Dr. Michael G. Vickers, under secretary of defense for intelligence, to discuss the role of defense intelligence in tracking consistently morphing security threats at a time when technology has increased the ability of individuals and states to counter US intelligence methods.

The US intelligence collection system is increasingly challenged by a variety and dynamic set of threats. This year, Vickers said that “rapid technological change as well as political change” has led the US intelligence community to review the way it currently employs intelligence. What is the Department of Defense and the intelligence community doing to keep up with these changes to the global order? Will the United States stay ahead of these changes, or is the country falling behind in a turbulent 21st century? Dr. Vickers will speak to these and other questions.

Dr. Vickers is the under secretary of defense for intelligence, the principal intelligence adviser to the secretary of defense. Previously, he served as the first and only assistant secretary of defense for special operations/low-intensity and interdependences capabilities from 2007 to 2011. Before that, he held many positions as an Army special forces non-commissioned officer, a special forces officer, and a Central Intelligence Agency operations officer.

January 21, 2015
10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

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