Lon Augustenborg

Lon Augustenborg ( spook)
Nationality	US
Alma mater	•  University of Southern California •  Pepperdine University •  University College London
Spouse	Denise Augustenborg
CIA spook who was Chief of Station in several countries.  CIA/National Resources Division/Chief Dates unknown  Spook  Dates unknown Employer CIA/Latin American Division/Buenos Aires Station In 2004. COS?  CIA/Central Eurasia Division/Budapest Station/Chief In office 1995 - 1996  CIA/Central Eurasia Division/Leningrad base/Chief In office 1983 Preceded by Lon Augustenborg Succeeded by Lon Augustenborg

Lon David Augustenborg was a CIA spook who was Chief of Station in several countries.

Background

His father, an US Air Force pilot, died in 1958. His mother, widowed after only 10 years of marriage, would never remarry, and his brother Jay would become the surrogate father and good big brother to his two younger brothers.

Education

Augustenborg holds a BA Degree from the University of Southern California in International Relations and Social Studies, and a MA Degree from Pepperdine University in Public Communication. He also completed a year of study at University College, London at the Center for International Conflict Resolution, presumably at some point during his CIA career.

Career

Prior to entering the CIA, Augustenborg was a Los Angeles Police Officer where he worked undercover within over in LAPD's Public Disorder Intelligence Division, as well as in multiple uniform Divisions, Public Affairs and Juvenile Division.

Augustenborg worked in the CIA's Clandestine Service and Directorate of Operations for 35 years. Augustenborg's eight foreign posting under diplomatic cover included locations in the former Soviet Union, Europe, Asia, and Latin America (Argentina in 20040.

He was posted as vice consul in Leningrad in the Soviet Union. He was expelled in 1983, when on Sept. 13 of that year, the Soviets announced "Lon David Augustenborg, a vice-consul of the United States, and his wife, Denise, were caught red-handed while carrying out espionage activities." The couple had picked up a canister containing data on the Soviet navy that had been gathered by a local agent

He was as Chief of Station in large stations in both East Asia and Latin America.

His last position was Chief of CIA's largest domestic Station (CIA/National Resources Division) where he worked closely with the US private sector and US law enforcement.

While posted in Washington DC, he held positions as Chief of Operations for CIA's Counter Intelligence Center and Chief of Operations for Latin America.

Augustenborg speaks Spanish and has a working knowledge of Russian, Italian and Hungarian.

Later activities

Augustenborg founded and is the CEO of Novus Intelligence, a company which "provides a full range of risk mitigation services including cyber security, due diligence investigations, and social media and dark web monitoring for large corporations, Law Firms, Financial Institutions and Family Offices."

Augustenborg is a Senior Advisor for the Chairman and CEO of Starr Companies Insurance and Global Investments, as well as Teneo global consulting services. He is also sits on several Advisory Boards including Liberty BioSecurity.

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