About Paul J. Redmond

EXPERTISE:

Executive Leadership

• • Counseled three Directors of Central Intelligence on highly sensitive counterintelligence, as well as personnel and technical security matters.
  • Managed the CIA’s counterintelligence organization: developed policy and oversaw budget and personnel.
  • Developed policies and procedures, and advised the CIA’s senior management team on internal security and counterintelligence.
  • Advised the CIA’s senior executives on the assignment of key personnel.

Counterespionage

• • Pioneered and managed the CIA’s role in espionage investigations involving the U S. Government, U.S. companies and allied foreign governments.
  • Promoted and supported successful prosecutions of spies in the U S. and abroad.
  • Transformed the CIA ‘s internal investigative, counterintelligence organization and its capabilities.
  • Supervised support provided by the CIA to the private sector related to commercial counterespionage.
  • Initiated and directed the complete overhaul of CIA’s counterespionage recordkeeping, and establish effective data storage, retrieval and correlation system.

Counterintelligence and Operational Security

• • Oversaw operational security functions of the CIA’s intelligence collection activities.
  • Oversaw counterintelligence aspects of personnel, computer systems and physical plants in the U S. and abroad; maintained liaison with senior executives responsible for day-to-day management and technical security of those internal functions.
  • Acquired and managed productive sources of positive and counterintelligence information throughout the world, sustaining sources for more than 20 years.
  • Established and built productive working relationships with NATO, as well as chiefs and other senior personnel of foreign intelligence and security services worldwide.
  • Monitored investigations of information leaks to the media.
  • Managed the analysis and exploitation of foreign counterintelligence information.

Executive Communications and Liaison

• • Established working relationships and collaborated on such issues as counterintelligence, operational security and counterespionage with other U S. Government organizations, including the Departments of Defense, Energy, Justice and State, the military services, Defense Intelligence Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National Security Agency.
  • Established and strengthened working relationships with Members of Congress and staffs of Congressional intelligence oversight committees.
  • Drafted and presented testimony before both Congressional intelligence oversight committees, positively influencing policy related to counterintelligence and operational security.
  • Negotiated with other Federal departments and agencies, as well as foreign intelligence and security’ services on matters related to internal security and counterintelligence.
  • Maintained liaison with the National Intelligence Council on the validity of the CIA’s human intelligence reporting.
  • Represented the CIA at national-level fora on counterintelligence.

Teaching, Training and Speaking

• • Spoke regularly at CIA training courses, seminars conducted by other Federal agencies, and meetings of foreign intelligence and security services worldwide.
  • Advised Federal agency personnel and researchers on the history’ and methodology of spies and spy catching.
  • Oversaw development of the CIA’s innovative, highly-praised training on counterintelligence and operational security.
  • Represented the CIA to the national broadcast and print media on counterintelligence issues.

Geographical Expertise: Europe, Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia, Former Soviet Union