Mark Sparkman
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| Alma mater | Auburn University | |||||||||||||||||||||
CIA spook who was Chief of Station in several countries.
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Mark Sparkman is a retired CIA spook who was Chief of Station in several countries.
Education
Sparkman has a degree in Political Science from Auburn University.[1]
Career
Sparkman worked for the Central Intelligence Agency for thirty years, as a case officer with the CIA's Clandestine Service. His seven foreign postings included four in Africa, two in Western Europe, and one in Australia. According to himself, he was a Deputy Chief of Station three times and a Chief of Station twice, to include as Chief of Station and Senior U.S. Intelligence Representative to Australia. Techinquiry puts him as Chief of Station three times.[2] He was likely in Greece around 2004.[3]
Among Headquarters tours, he was a group chief in Africa Division and later the chief of operations for East Asia, which included China and North Korea.[1]
Later activities
He became a consultant for Sparacino PLLC, a litigation law firm suspected to be involved in lawfare concerning the Anti-Terrorism Act, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, False Claims Act, and Dodd-Frank Act[4], where he was been with the firm since its inception in 2017. He has contributed to research and provided a wealth of knowledge in "counterterrorism", along with identifying expert witnesses, consultants for the firm, and conducting investigations.[1]
Sparkman was a Senior International Affairs Analyst with the RAND Corporation. He also worked a special advisor to U.S. Special Forces in the Middle East and later worked with two British firms representing their interests in the U.S.[1]
