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Past Event
Seminar

The Evolving Counterintelligence Challenge

RSVP Required Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

Join the Intelligence Project for a seminar with Alan Kohler, recently-retired Assistant Director of the FBI for Counterintelligence after 27 years dedicated to counterintelligence and national security matters. Alan Kohler will touch upon his perspective on how and why nations target the United States and share details about how these threats have evolved over the past 30 years. He will be sharing leadership lessons on how to counter challenges that we face today.  

This seminar will be moderated by the Intelligence Project and will take place on May 8th from 1:30PM to 2:45PM. This is an in person only event and is open to the first 50 registrants with a Harvard ID. Light refreshments will be served.

Date: Time: - Location: Littauer Building - Fainsod Room, 324
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Speaker Biography

Alan Kohler retired from the FBI in 2023 after 27 years dedicated to counterintelligence and national security matters.  His career included every role a special agent can have within the Counterintelligence Program of the FBI, starting as a street agent in Washington, D.C. and finishing at the highest executive roles including Assistant Director of the Counterintelligence Division and Acting Executive Assistant Director for the National Security Branch. Mr. Kohler was also posted to the U.S. Embassy in London as the Bureau’s liaison to British intelligence and law enforcement.  Mr. Kohler is a recipient of the Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Service, the FBI Director’s Award for Outstanding Counterintelligence Investigation, and the ODNI National Intelligence Exceptional Achievement Medal.  He serves on the Advisory Board of the International Spy Museum and is an adjunct professor for the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.