Professor of Political Science at the University of Georgia, Athens and author of the forthcoming book, The Threat on the Horizon: An Inside Account of America’s Search for Security After the Cold War; former assistant to late Senator Frank Church when he led 1970's Senate investigation of all US intelligence agencies; top assistant on the staff of Bill Clinton's Aspin-Brown Commission on Intelligence (1995-1996)
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