Featured Interview
Jeremiah Doyle
What prompted you to go into your chosen field?
JD: I had a desire to pursue an interesting career and at the same time do something meaningful for my country. What do you see as the greatest future challenges in this field?
JD: The pace of change, technologically and demographically, will continue to make counterintelligence work difficult as the nature of the various threats evolve in a much faster time line than previously. The counterintelligence field no longer has the luxury of lengthy analyses of a threat which may be long term in nature. Now, threats can materialize quickly and from almost anywhere. What advice would you give to someone contemplating applying to the FBI?
JD: Acquire a broad knowledge of history and foreign cultures. Try to develop fluency in at least one foreign language. What kind of education would give people in your field the most advantage?
JD: Liberal Arts major with a minor in languages, or a hard science such as mathematics or computer science.
What do you see as the biggest challenges facing the CIA over the next ten years?
JD: Continuing to attract and retain the most qualified individuals and maintaining its hybrid nature, e.g., counterintelligence and criminal investigative identity, which is ultimately more effective than a single mission agency such s CSIS or MI-5 You’ve done a lot of work in counterintelligence. How has that game changed over the last decade or so?
JD: Much of the tradecraft remains the same although computers, e-mail and text messaging have made SRAC fairly obsolete. Because of the prevalence of non-state actors, CI work is now more difficult. Non-state actors do not follow the rules that traditional adversaries like the US and USSR practiced. Also it is much more difficult to develop HUMINT and SIGINT sources than it is when dealing with nation states. What most distinguishes Henley-Putnam University from other educational institutions that offer courses in these fields of study?
JD: The distance learning aspect of the programs, and the professional experience of the instructors.
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