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Daniel Hoffman

Former CIA Senior Executive Clandestine Service Officer and CIA Russian Operations Expert

Daniel Hoffman is a former Central Intelligence Agency Senior Executive Clandestine Service Officer with 30 years of distinguished government service. He served tours of duty in the former Soviet Union, Europe, and war zones in the Middle East as well as Chief of a large war zone Station in South Asia and Chief of a large Station in Eurasia. Mr. Hoffman has broad substantive expertise on the Middle East, South Asia, Russia, counterterrorism, cyber security, and counterintelligence. He has worked ...

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Daniel Hoffman is a former Central Intelligence Agency Senior Executive Clandestine Service Officer with 30 years of distinguished government service. He served tours of duty in the former Soviet Union, Europe, and war zones in the Middle East as well as Chief of a large war zone Station in South Asia and Chief of a large Station in Eurasia.

Mr. Hoffman has broad substantive expertise on the Middle East, South Asia, Russia, counterterrorism, cyber security, and counterintelligence. He has worked extensively with the U.S. Military and FBI and been a senior Intelligence Community leader in Washington and in overseas field locations of critical importance to U.S. national security. He has broad policy experience serving senior CIA leadership, Congress, and U.S. cabinet officials.

Mr Hoffman is fluent in Russian, Estonian, Finnish and Urdu. Formerly an Associate Professor at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. He is currently working as an independent consultant, member of the advisory board of the Federal Enforcement Homeland Security Foundation, and a Fox News contributor since April 2018.

Mr. Hoffman earned graduate degrees from Harvard Kennedy School and London School of Economics as well as an undergraduate degree from Bates College.

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Expert Analysis of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
Resurgent Russia
Turning Traffic Lights Green: Applying an Intelligence model to cybersecurity.

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Do we see reality as it is? | Donald Hoffman
Donald Hoffman: Reality is an Illusion - How Evolution Hid the Truth | Lex Fridman Podcast #293

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