Association of Former Intelligence Officers
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Membership is not limited to Former Intelligence Officers.
Official narrative
"AFIO members subscrib [[e to the US intelligence community’s core values of patriotism, excellence, integrity, dedication and loyalty. By understanding the history of intelligence from its ancient world underpinnings to twenty-first century wizardry, AFIO’s key objectives and principles are to support today’s needs and foster forward thinking for:
- A strong and responsible national intelligence establishment able to manage growing threats and issues in today’s globally intertwined environment.
- Understanding of the intellectual, political, business and public communities for an effective and cohesive national intelligence infrastructure.
- Strategies in intelligence operations that support leaders at the local, state and federal levels as they make timely security decisions.
- Stimulation of interest in the career needs of US Intelligence and its contractors, among a wide range of students at high schools and universities around the country.
- Execution of effective national policies that advance the defense and security of the country, its citizens and its allies."[1]
Leading figures
Joël van der Reijden notes that both Richard Helms and Theodore Shackley were leading figures in the AFIO until both died in 2002.[2] George H. W. Bush is honorary chairman of AFIO. Frank Carlucci is honorary director.
Known members
31 of the 101 of the members already have pages here:
| Member | Description |
|---|---|
| James Jesus Angleton | "The dominant counterintelligence figure in the non-communist world", according to Richard Helms, DCI. |
| Michael A. Aquino | US spook, psyop specialist, satanist |
| Frank Archibald | Former director of the CIA's National Clandestine Service |
| Cofer Black | US deep state operative with a leading role in the CIA's kidnapping and torture |
| Charles A. Briggs | As the 3rd highest ranking CIA officer, he produced an affidavit, known by many CIA spooks to be mendacious, but which was only exposed after about 20 years. |
| George H. W. Bush | Skull and bones mastermind of the bush family busine$$. |
| Frank Carlucci | A Princeton roommate of his fellow US Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld. |
| Roland Carnaby | A senior spook who was shot by a Houston police officer following a high speed motor car chase and died of his wounds. |
| Ray Cline | Senior CIA, spoke at the 1979 Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism |
| William Colby | CIA boss who maybe became too loose-mouthed, died in suspicious circumstances |
| Robert Crowley | Second in command of the CIA's Directorate of Operations, which was in charge of covert operations. Source for several interesting interviews and lists, but of uncertain reliability. |
| Robert Dreyfuss | American investigative journalist, worked for the Executive Intelligence Review |
| Lincoln D. Faurer | United States Air Force officer who was director of the National Security Agency from 1981 to 1985. |
| Mary Ferrell | Independent researcher who created a large database on the John F. Kennedy assassination |
| Gerald Ford | US Deep State functionary who was made US President by The Cabal after they removed Richard Nixon with the Watergate Coup |
| Porter Goss | Director of the CIA 2005-2006 |
| Samuel Halpern | CIA officer from 1947 to 1974 |
| Michael Hayden | US Spook, NSA Director 1999-2005, CIA Director 2006-2009, News Guard advisory board |
| Richard Helms | |
| Bobby Ray Inman | NSA director 1977-1981 |
| George Joannides | |
| David Atlee Phillips | Widely fingered as a key player in the JFK Assassination. |
| James Schlesinger | USDSO, DCI, RAND, US Defense secretary |
| Theodore Shackley | A key member of the US deep state, involved in a huge list of deep events from the JFK assassination, Iran Contra, Arms for Libya and possibly also 9-11 |
| Sumner Shapiro | Director of Naval Intelligence 1978-1982 |
| John Singlaub | Founding member of the CIA, where he for more than half a century organized death squads and terrorist groups around the world, funded by drugs smuggling. |
| Rodney Stich | A writer of over 20 books exposing US government corruption. |
| Richard Stilwell | |
| Hugh Tovar | A spook involved in Vietnam and Indonesia |
| William Webster | A "key member" of Diligence |
| James Woolsey | Ex CIA director still (per 2020) very active in deep state networks. |
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