2009 Conference Speakers' Bios
BRIAN J. KELLEY
Brian J. Kelley retired from the Central Intelligence Agency in 2007 following a 42-year career,
which included 20 years as a United States Air Force officer. During his careers with the USAF
and the CIA, Mr. Kelley was a specialist in counterintelligence, serving as a case officer for
both organizations. In this capacity, he was a case officer in double agent operations as well
as in counterespionage investigations.
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RON OLIVE
Retired special agent from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service and author of the definitive book "Capturing Jonathan Pollard: How One of the Most Notorious Spies in American History was Brought to Justice", that uncovered the complicit role of Pollard's wife Anne. He will present a power point presentation on the role of the Pollards and the incredible damage they did to our national security.
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I.C. SMITH
Former FBI Special Agent in charge, will return to Raleigh to present the inside story of Katrina Leung, known inside the FBI as "Parlor Maid", who managed to seduce her two FBI case agents and thus compromising them during the course of this twenty year operation. She was first used by the FBI as a double agent, then "doubled back" or "tripled" by Chinese intelligence against the FBI and later becoming the only known "quadruple" (re-doubled back against the Chinese by the FBI) agent yet exposed. The intelligence which the FBI derived from the Parlor Maid case went to four US presidents.
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TERRY CROWDY
British espionage writer and researcher will offer the role of female spies and tales of seduction from antiquity, the Christian era to modern lady spies at work today. Crowdy's book "The Enemy Within" is considered one of the top surveys of espionage.
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NIGEL WEST
The keynote speaker is an old friend of the Raleigh Spy Conference. The former Member of Parliament - and a leading expert on modern espionage - is the author of the forthcoming "Historical Dictionary of Sexspionage", due out before the conference. West is a popular and engaging speaker sure to offer telling insights and entertaining stories on this intriguing subject.
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