Kenneth E . deGraffenreid Kenneth E . deGraffenreid retired in 2012 from his position as Professor of Intelligence Studies at The Institute of World Politics where he taught since the graduate school ' s first summer session in 1992 . Numerous published sources indicate that deGraffenreid has been involved in the highest echelons of the United States Intelligence Community : a 2004 article in " The New Yorker " mentioned that he was responsible for all Department of Defense " Special Access Programs " ( SAPs ) . He is recognized as a leading authority in intelligence , foreign propaganda , information warfare , and counterintelligence . He was an early pioneer in the academic sub - discipline of intelligence studies which was in its nascency when he began teaching in 1992 . Education . Ken deGraffenreid graduated from Purdue University in 1967 , and earned an M . A . in National Security Studies and International Relations from the Catholic University of America . He started , but did not finish , work for a PhD degree . Professional life . For ten years Ken deGraffenreid served in the U . S . Navy as a naval aviator and intelligence officer . Prior to his retirement as a Captain in the Naval Reserve he was assigned to the Executive Panel of the Chief of Naval Operations . deGraffenreid has served as a Special Project Director with the National Strategy Information Center , a public policy institution dedicated to improving educational efforts in the field of national security . For four years , deGraffenreid served on the professional minority staff of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence where he had responsibilities related to national intelligence activities and programs . He did legislative work and conducted a study of the security implications of Soviet intelligence activities directed at U . S . arms control monitoring capabilities . Following the election of President Reagan in 1980 he participated on the transition team at the Central Intelligence Agency and in drafting the new administration ’ s program for intelligence reform . deGraffenreid was a Senior Director of Intelligence Programs at the National Security Council from 1981 - 1987 . In that capacity he served as Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs . He also assisted the President ’ s National Security Advisor in evaluating and coordinating intelligence , counterintelligence , security countermeasures , space policy , arms control , strategic nuclear , and command , control and communication issues coming before the President and the National Security Council . For three years he was a Senior Vice President with JAYCOR , a California - based research , development , and systems engineering firm . At the firm ’ s Virginia office he led the Strategic Programs and Analysis Group , a 180 - person group working in the areas of intelligence , security , verification , counter - proliferation , strategic offensive and defensive analysis , operations security , and special operations . From 1994 - 1999 deGraffenreid was Senior Associate and then Vice President of National Security Research , Inc . , where he was responsible for national - level U . S . intelligence and counterintelligence policies and programs , and security programs for protecting U . S . Government and commercial strategic information and operations . For two years he was also Vice President of policy - analysis firm National Security Concepts . He directed intelligence and defense policy and program analysis in projects ranging from missile defense support to information warfare to specialized security programs . From 2001 - 2004 deGraffenreid was the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Support in the Department of Defense and , from 2004 – 2005 , he served as a National Counterintelligence Executive . He is also a Senior Fellow at the International Assessment and Strategy Center . At the Institute of World Politics , he taught a number of courses during his tenure ( 1992 - 2012 ) including : Strategic Information Warfare ( which was one of the first unclassified courses to be taught on this subject on any American campus when he first offered it in 1996 ) , American Counterintelligence and Security for the 21st Century , American Intelligence and Protective Security : An Advanced Seminar , Intelligence and Policy , Intelligence Collection , and Introduction to Intelligence . deGraffenreid has served on the Board of Directors of the OPSEC Professionals Society and Center for Security Policy in Washington , D . C . and on the Advisory Board for the Master ’ s degree in Intelligence offered by the New York Institute of Technology . He has contributed op - eds to various newspapers including The Washington Post , and chapters to various books , including " Intelligence Requirements in the 1990s " , and he edited the public version of the Cox Report concerning espionage by the People ' s Republic of China . He has also been a frequent guest commentator on television programs including ABC ’ s " Nightline " , PBS ’ s " MacNeil - Lehrer Newshour " , CNN ’ s " Crossfire " , and the Fox " News Channel " . Personal life . A native of the Chicago area , deGraffenreid is the father of two children and lives near Annapolis , Maryland . External links . The Institute of World Politics , Faculty Profile International Assessment and Strategy Center , Scholar Profile