Carter Advantage® Education Series Presents A Different Kind of Career: Undercover in the CIA
Imagine living a lie for 31 years. That’s what James Olson and his wife Meredith did while spying for the CIA.
Spying for his country was the furthest thing from his mind when Olson, a farm boy from Iowa, received a mysterious phone call that changed his life forever. In his presentation, Olson takes you inside the real world of being a CIA spy. He describes the rigorous training they receive and the difficult dilemmas that they face in the field on a daily basis. Olson explains how the global war on terror affects everyone and that the country needs to know that the United States will be hit again within its borders, and how we need spies to protect the country and its vital interests.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
5 p.m. Registration, Cocktails, Hors D’Oeuvres | 6 p.m. Professor Olson
In the Sherry Lane Place Building
5956 Sherry Lane #1700, Dallas, TX 75225
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Speaker
Professor James Olson
Senior Lecturer
Texas A&M Bush School of Government and Public Service
Professor Olson is a Senior Lecturer at Texas A&M’s Bush School of Government and Public Service, where he teaches courses on intelligence, national security, and international crisis management.
He served for over 25 years in the Directorate of Operations of the Central Intelligence Agency, primarily overseas, conducting clandestine operations. In addition to several foreign assignments, Olson was Chief of Counterintelligence at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia.
Professor Olson has been awarded the Intelligence Medal of Merit, the Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal, the Donovan Award, and several Distinguished Service Citations. He is the recipient of awards from the Bush School and the Association of Former Students for excellence in teaching. Professor Olson is the author of Fair Play: The Moral Dilemmas of Spying, published by Potomac Books in 2006.
