December 2021
BOOKS Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation by John Lewis and Kabil Sehgal Congressman John Lewis was a paragon of the Civil Rights Movement and political leadership for decades. A hero we won’t soon forget, Lewis was a beacon of hope and a model of humility whose invocation to “good trouble” continues to inspire […]
November 2021
BOOKS First Friends: The Powerful, Unsung (And Unelected) People Who Shaped Our Presidents by Gary Ginsberg In the bestselling tradition of The Presidents Club and Presidential Courage, White House history as told through the stories of the best friends and closest confidants of American presidents. These and other friendships—including Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, Franklin […]
October 2021
BOOKS The Great Dissenter: The Story of John Marshall Harlan, America’s Judicial Heron by Peter S. Canellos They say that history is written by the victors. But not in the case of the most famous dissenter on the Supreme Court. Almost a century after his death, it was John Marshall Harlan’s words that helped end […]
September 2021
BOOKS The Profession: A Memoir of Community, Race, and the Arc of Policing in America by Bill Bratton and Peter Knobler When Bill Bratton became a Boston street cop after his return from serving in Vietnam, he was dismayed by the corrupt old guard, and it is fair to say the old guard was dismayed […]
August 2021
BOOKS The Beirut Protocol: A Marcus Ryker Series Political and Military Action Thriller (Book 4) by Joel C. Rosenberg A game-changing peace treaty between Israel and the Saudis is nearly done. The secretary of state is headed to the region to seal the deal. And Special Agent Marcus Ryker is leading an advance trip along […]
July 2021
BOOKS Falling: A Novel by TJ Newman You just boarded a flight to New York. There are one hundred and forty-three other passengers onboard. What you don’t know is that thirty minutes before the flight your pilot’s family was kidnapped. For his family to live, everyone on your plane must die. The only way the […]
June 2021
BOOKS The Spy who was left out in the Cold by Tim Tate Spring 1958: a mysterious individual believed to be high up in the Polish secret service began passing Soviet secrets to the West. His name was Michal Goleniewski and he remains one of the most important, yet least known and most misunderstood spies […]
May 2021
AIPIO NEWS Student of Merit Congratulations The Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers extends its congratulations to the latest recipient of the QCS Intelligence Course Student of Merit Award – Alain Diamond. AIPIO have been a proud sponsor of this award since 2005. Sintelix Text Intelligence – Now available online! One of the many challenges […]
April 2021
AIPIO NEWS Changes to the Board and the addition of new Regional Representatives. Kat Harrison has taken up the role of Executive Associate Governance. We thank John Schmidt for his work leading the Governance portfolio for the past two years; John remains on the Board in the Governance Team. Michael Hickey has been seconded to […]
March 2021
AIPIO NEWS Discussion Paper: Professional Intelligence Officer Certification and Accreditation Read the released AIPIO Discussion Paper on the establishment of a national certification and accreditation scheme for intelligence professionals here. BOOKS The Committed By Viet Thanh Nguyen The Committed is the long-awaited sequel to the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Sympathizer The long-awaited new novel from one […]