David Cariens is a retired CIA officer–31-year career. Most of his time at the Agency was spent as a political analyst dealing with Eastern Europe. In this capacity he wrote for all levels of the U.S. government—from the President to the working level analysts and policymakers.
Cariens also served in Eastern Europe and as an editor at the BBC-FBIS facility outside London. He headed the CIA University program to teach new analysts writing and briefing skills.
Cariens teaches Intelligence Analysis and Writing for the FBI, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crime Center (FinCEN) and has taught for members of the U.S. Intelligence Community including the Department of
Homeland Security as well as the National Counter-Terrorism Center and numerous police forces worldwide.
Cariens is a victims’ rights advocate; he takes no money for his work on behalf of school shooting victims and their families.
