IAFIE Programming

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
    IAFIE Book Interview - 11.8.24
    IAFIE & IALEIA Munch & Learn - 9.26.24

IAFIE Book Interview - 11.8.24

On Friday, November 8th IAFIE Treasurer Charles R. Gallagher, currently the Francis C. Wade Chair in History at Marquette University, sat down with author Alessandro Giorgi to interview him on his new book, The Fighting Fathers: CIA-Backed Catholic Militia in South Vietnam (Schiffer Military History, 2024).  The interview was a part of Gallagher’s class at Marquette, HIST 4931 Religion & Espionage.  Alessandro Giorgi is an Italian military historian, teacher, and author of six books.  This was his first book talk on The Fighting Fathers.
   

   

IAFIE & IALEIA Munch & Learn - 9.26.24

The Washington, DC IAFIE Chapter held a meeting on September 26, in conjunction with the Metro DC International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts (IALEIA) at Marymount University in Arlington, VA. The two organizations are strategic partners within the broad intelligence community. Guest speakers included Dr. Deborah Pfaff, of the National Intelligence University (NIU) and Ms. Alison Price-McGinnis, of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The moderator of the event was Mr. Derrick T. Dortch, of the Institute of World Politics. The topic for discussion was the similarities and differences between national security and law enforcement intelligence, as well as the career paths the two had taken.

The event was streamed over Marymount’s Zoom account and its recipients were worldwide. Included in the attendance were Dr. Barry Zulauf, former president of IAFIE; Ms. Ronell Porch, president of the Metro DC IALEIA Chapter; Ms. Sabrina Magris, current IAFIE Secretary and President of the École Universitaire Internationale in Rome; and local IALEIA chapter board members Ms. Sharlene Ash and Mr. Dortch. At the conclusion of the discussion, Chapter President Ms. Marilyn Peterson gave three books on intelligence to participants in the meeting. Ms. Peterson and Jason King, President of the IAFIE Student chapter at Georgetown (IOTA), organized the meeting. A new IAFIE membership flyer, developed by Lenka Villela of the University of New Hampshire for IAFIE, was also distributed.


Marilyn B. Peterson, DC Area Regional Director and Jason King, Georgetown graduate and Assistant Regional Director for the DC Area, planned and executed the joint meeting between IAFIE and the International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts (IALEIA) held September 26 at Marymount University in Arlington, VA. The event was attended by both people in person and through Marymount’s Zoom capability. (Photo by Lind Aitken).


Dr. Deborah Pfaff, of the National Intelligence University; Mr. Derrick T. Dortch, of the Institute of World Politics; and Ms. Alison Price-McGinnis, of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; discussed their career experiences in intelligence at a joint meeting of the International Association for Intelligence Education (IAFIE) and the International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts (IALEIA) held at Marymount University, Arlington, VA on September 26, 2024. It was the first joint meeting of the organizations’ respective Washington, DC area chapters. (Photo by Lind Aitken)