Michael S. Swetnam
 Michael S. Swetnam     (“terror expert”, lobbyist) | |
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| Born | 1952 |
| Died | 2020 (Age 68) |
| Founder of | Potomac Institute for Policy Studies |
"Terror expert" who founded the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies in 1994, sat on the board of several armaments companies, and was "passionate about national security". | |
Michael S. Swetnam was a US "terror expert" who founded the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies in 1994, sat on the board of several armaments companies, and was "passionate about national security".[1]
Career
Swetnam spent nearly a quarter century in the U.S. Navy, both as an active and reserve officer. He then worked for the Director of Central Intelligence as a Program Monitor on the Intelligence Committee Staff. He developed and presented the National Security Agency Budget to Congress. He also helped develop, monitor, and present the DOE Intelligence Budget to Congress.[1][2]
From 1990-1992, Swetnam was Special Consultant to President George H. W. Bush's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. There, he provided advice on Intelligence Community issues and assisted in authoring the Board's assessment of Intelligence Community support to operations Desert Storm/Desert Shield[1].
Before founding the Potomac Institute, Swetnam worked in the private sector as a Vice President of Engineering at the Pacific-Sierra Research Corporation, Director of Information Processing Systems at GTE, and Manager of Strategic Planning for GTE Government Systems.[1]
He founded the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies in 1994.[1]
Swetman pushed for larger budgets to the military-industrial complex: "There have always been small groups and individuals who have threatened societies and nations around the world. The difference today is that advanced technologies, particularly the spread of advanced technologies of mass destruction are enabling these groups to threaten us in a way that, in the past, was reserved only to nation states," Swetnam once told the Nuclear Threat Initiative Project.[1]
He was on the Board of Directors of Space and Defense Systems Inc., Dragon Hawk Entertainment Inc., and the Governing Board of the Potomac Institute of New Zealand.[2]
He is a regular commentator on FOX, MSNBC, and CNN.
