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CSM Staff

Jonathan Binnie

Jonathan (Jock) Binnie spent 22 years as an FBI Special Agent assigned exclusively to counterintelligence and counterterrorism matters until retiring in June 2004. During his FBI career he served in Chicago, San Diego, and Miami with two tours at FBIHQ in Washington, D.C. Mr. Binnie was in management for all but five of his 22 years of service. Most recently, he was Chief of National Security Training where he rebuilt and greatly expanded the program including initiating an innovative computer based distance learning. He completed his career as a Special Assistant to the Assistant Director, Counterintelligence Division where he was named the FBI’s first Chief Counterintelligence Strategist.

In this last assignment, he was a member of the team which drafted the FBI’s National Strategy for Counterintelligence, and then he was placed in charge of implementing the strategy in all 56 FBI Field Offices.

During Mr. Binnie’s FBI career, he was heavily involved in joint operations with other U.S. Intelligence Community agencies and has lectured or briefed at most as well as at several colleges and universities. Additionally, he has conducted a variety of joint activities with friendly foreign services. The Deputy Director of the FBI and the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence conferred the Rubicon Award upon Mr. Binnie for his work in bringing the two agencies closer together.

Mr. Binnie has a B.A. degree in History from North Park College, Chicago, Illinois and received a J.D. from Northern Illinois University College of Law. He is a member of the Illinois Bar and has been published. Prior to his FBI career, he practiced law in the Chicago area and also spent 10 years in the publishing industry.