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Charles E. Allen

Charles E. Allen is chair of the Security Policy Reform Council at the Intelligence and National Security Alliance, and a principal at The Chertoff Group. He is a former undersecretary for intelligence & analysis at the Department of Homeland Security and served in the CIA for more than four decades
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Heroes Can Keep Secrets, Too

Popular culture often celebrates leaking as the heroic choice. The intelligence community and the cleared workforce need to craft another narrative.