Frank Scotton discussed lessons he learned regarding counterinsurgency, based upon his many years of service with the United States Information Service in the Republic of South Vietnam. His lecture was at the Daniel Morgan Academy graduate school in Washington, DC.

Mr. Scotton had a distinguished career with the United States Information Agency from which he retired as an Assistant Director. He first arrived in South Vietnam in 1962. Over the following decade he returned many times to Vietnam with the United States Information Service and worked closely with senior American officials and players involved in the war effort including William Colby. He was involved in significant US political, propaganda and intelligence operations in South Vietnam during the course of the Vietnam War.

National Security Lecture Series

Uphill Battle – Reflections on Vietnam Counterinsurgency

Frank Scotton: Uphill Battle – Reflections on Vietnam Counterinsurgency

Terry Roberts, former Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence, spoke at the Daniel Morgan Academy graduate school on the expectation of privacy in the digital age.

Expectation of Privacy in the Digita

Terry Roberts: Expectation of Privacy in the Digital Age

David Shedd, a retired senior CIA official and Deputy Director of the DIA, discussed intelligence challenges in a volatile world at the Daniel Morgan Academy graduate school. Reliance by decision makers on exquisite intelligence collection, counterintelligence, and analysis is greater today than at any time in memory. The hurdles before us as a nation are not insurmountable but should not be underestimated. We are entering the technological exponential age wherein our adversaries – state and non-state protagonists – are making the global environment increasingly challenging in shaping our own national security destiny. Innovation, public-private partnerships, and significantly increased integration among the elements of the American Intelligence Community, and collaboration with our friends and allies is no longer just an option, it is an imperative.

Intelligence Challenges in a Volatile World

David Shedd: Intelligence Challenges in a Volatile World

Established in 2014, the Daniel Morgan Graduate School of National Security is a new, independent, non-profit graduate school in downtown Washington, DC that specializes in tailoring its graduate degree and certificate programs to the specific needs of our students who are serving or seeking a career in the US national security community.

Its three Master’s programs (Intelligence, National Security, Information Operations) and five specialized credit-bearing certificates (Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflicts, Regional Specialization, Non-Kinetic Operations, Intelligence Specialization, and National Security Specialization) provide the framework through and in which students can advance themselves academically, personally and professionally.

A scholar-practitioner faculty impart and ensure optimum understandings of real world events, and a strong cadre of visiting instructors supplements the classroom experience through simulation and presentation.