Jim Lawler

James “Jim” Lawler served for 25 years as a CIA operations officer in various international posts and as Chief of the Counterproliferation Division’s Special Activities Unit. He was a member of the CIA’s Senior Intelligence Service from 1998 to 2005. Lawler was a specialist in the recruitment of foreign spies, and he spent over half of his CIA career battling the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, including serving as the chief of the A. Q. Khan Nuclear Takedown team, which resulted in the disruption of the most dangerous nuclear weapons network in history.

A Spy’s Guide to Running AI

Three Former Intelligence Officers - John O’Neil, Jim Lawler, and Mike Mears - on What Intelligence Tradecraft Teaches Us About Generative AI

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