André Le Gallo
 André Le Gallo     ( spook) | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1939 France | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 March 2017 (Age 77) | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | US | ||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | • Ecole Nationale d'Administration • Lehigh University • National War College • Johns Hopkins SAIS | ||||||||||||||
| Religion |  Catholic | ||||||||||||||
| Children | Therese Le Gallo | ||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Cathy Le Gallo | ||||||||||||||
CIA clandestine officer from 1961 to 1994 and Chief of Station in four countries.
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André Le Gallo was a CIA clandestine officer from 1961 to 1994 and Chief of Station in four countries, and later National Intelligence Officer for Counterterrorism.[1]
Background
Le Gallo immigrated from France, and obtained a commission in the US Army (Fort Benning/Infantry) after Lehigh University[2]. He studied at the Ecole Nationale d'Administration (Paris), Lehigh University, and (presumably during his career) at the National War College and Johns Hopkins SAIS.[3]
Career
LeGallo worked with the CIA from 1961 through 1994 in Iran, Laos, Algeria, Morocco, Mali, Romania, Israel and Belgium. He "lived through one war, one revolution, several coups and attempted coups."[4]
He was CIA station chief in Bamako, Tel Aviv and Brussels[5], and one other place (possibly Bucharest?). Towards the end of his career (1988) he was the National Intelligence Officer for Counterterrorism.[6]
He retired in 1994.[3]
Later activities
Following his intelligence career, Le Gallo joined Enron for five years as the VP for Corporate Security.[7]
LeGallo has been published in the "Intelligence and Counterintelligence Journal", "The Intelligencer", "The Forensic Examiner", in "Studies in Intelligence" and by "United Press International". His first novel, "The Caliphate", was published in 2010 and his second, "Satan's Spy", in 2012.[3] One Amazon reviewer described his book as "The knuckle-dragging islamophobia, along with a host of little errors about the life in societies in question or even current events, is just frightening."[8]
In a 2005 essay on covert action, le Gallo wrote that US covert action can "try to manipulate policies by influencing popular thinking about an issue or it can focus on a single key official or on a few key individuals" and wanted to bring propaganda further into the activities of the private sector, civil society and other government agencies which would increase deniability.[9]
He was a visiting scholar at the Hoover Institute[3].
He was a president of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO). He was a Chevalier (Grand Master) of the Order of St. John, Knights Hospitaller[10]
Family
His daughter Thérèse Le Gallo (1965-2019) was also a CIA spook. She died aged 53 of breasts cancer.[10]
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20091216143102/http://www.andrelegallo.com:80/andrelegallo/FAQs.html
- ↑ https://freshfiction.com/author.php?id=23683
- ↑ a b c d https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrelegallo
- ↑ https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/he-ll-reveal-what-s-real-in-spy-thriller-no-he-2482696.php
- ↑ https://www.huffpost.com/entry/who-got-the-best-of-the-s_b_646243>
- ↑ https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/cia-rdp91b00776r000400120011-3
- ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/notable-deaths-in-the-washington-area/2017/04/13/34f82ede-2058-11e7-ad74-3a742a6e93a7_story.html
- ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Caliphate-Steve-Church-saga-Book-ebook/dp/B0946197N5?ref_=ast_author_dp
- ↑ cited in Emma Louise Briant, Propaganda and Counter-terrorism _ Strategies for Global Change page 44 & 82
- ↑ a b https://www.osj-sfc.org/announcements
