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Jack Devine is a veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and a founding partner and President of The Arkin Group LLC.

Biography

Devine's career at the CIA spanned from the late 1960s to the early 1990s, including the fall of President Salvador Allende in Chile in 1973, the Iran–Contra affair in the mid-1980s, and the fight to push the Soviets out of Afghanistan in the late 1980s.^[1] Devine retired after serving as both the acting director and associate director of the CIA's operations outside the United States, a capacity in which he had supervisory authority over thousands of CIA employees involved in sensitive missions throughout the world, as well as Acting Deputy Director of Operations from May 3, 1995, to July 18, 1995.^[1]

Devine joined the CIA in 1967, after his wife gave him a book about the CIA and its role in U.S. national security.^[2] Devine completed his training at "the Farm" and various other espionage and paramilitary courses. In his first Headquarters assignment he spent time as a "documents analyst" where he shared close quarters with Aldrich "Rick" Ames, who later became a spy for the Soviet Union. Ames would later reemerge as an employee and suspect in the hunt for a mole within the Agency.^[3]

His first overseas assignment was to Santiago, Chile in August, 1971. Devine learned the ins and outs of recruiting sources and running covert action operations in the time before the 1973 Chilean coup d'état.

His service on the Afghan Task Force was perhaps the pinnacle of his varied career, and put him at the head of the largest covert action campaign of the Cold War. Devine replaced Gust Avrakotos, the chief of the South Asia Operations Group portrayed by actor Philip Seymour Hoffman in the 2007 film, Charlie Wilson's War, and inherited a program funneling hundreds of millions of dollars to the Afghan mujahideen.^[4] It was under Devine that the CIA ramped up threefold support to the mujahideen and made the critical decision to provide them with U.S.-made Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, a move that would ultimately shift the course of the war and force a Soviet retreat. By the time Devine left the Task Force for an assignment as Chief of Station in Rome, the war was winding down.^[5]

Devine would go on to run the Counter Narcotics Center and Latin America Division at CIA in the 1990s, and helped oversee the operation that captured Pablo Escobar in 1993.^[5] He also served as the head of the division during the military intervention in Haiti in the early 1990s, and was later promoted to associate director and acting director of Operations as well as serving as Acting Deputy Director of Operations from May 3, 1995, to July 18, 1995.^[5] Devine retired from CIA in 1999, after 32 years, and joined the private sector where he joined forces with New York litigation attorney Stanley Arkin.^[6] Together they have provided high-end consulting services along with sophisticated international intelligence and investigative services for the last 23 years.^[7]

Devine is the recipient of the Agency's Distinguished Intelligence Medal and several meritorious awards.^[8]^[9] He is a recognized expert in intelligence matters and has written op-eds and articles for The Washington Post, The Financial Times, The Miami Herald and The World Policy Journal. He has also made guest appearances on CBS, NBC, MSNBC, Fox News, as well as the History and Discovery channels, PBS and ABC Radio. On June 13, 2014, speaking in McLean, VA to former intelligence officers he predicted the likely partition of Iraq and further troubles in Afghanistan and Ukraine.^[10]

Devine resides in New York City and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.^[11]

References

^ ^a ^b Loeb, Vernon (2000-09-17). "Spook Story". The Washington Post.
^ Devine, Jack; Loeb, Vernon (2014-06-03). Good Hunting: An American Spymaster's Story. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 978-1-4299-4417-5.
^ "Cia Chief Gives Promotion To Ames' Former Boss". Deseret News. 1994-10-28. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
^ Crile, George (December 2007). Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in ... - George Crile – Google Books. ISBN 978-1-55584-809-5. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
^ ^a ^b ^c "CIA Official's Posting Sparks Anger in Ranks : Intelligence: Some are upset by Deutch's decision to award plum job to agent touched by Ames scandal. Defenders say officer wasn't responsible". Los Angeles Times. 1987-11-26. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
^ "The Arkin Group » About Us". thearkingroup.com. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
^ "Transcript: MiB Jack Devine of the CIA – The Big Picture". The Big Picture. 2018-02-11. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
^ Karinch, Maryann (2015-01-19). Nothing But the Truth: Secrets from Top Intelligence Experts to Control Conversations and Get the Information You Need. Red Wheel/Weiser. ISBN 978-1-60163-408-5.
^ Dwight, Zimmerman (2018-06-05). "The OSS Society" (PDF). The OSS Society. p. 6.
^ Devine, Jack; Hughes, James. (June 14, 2014). Book Discussion of Good Hunting. Association of Former Intelligence Officers. BookTV. C-Span. retrieved 18 August 2014. http://www.c-span.org/video/?320810-1/book-discussion-good-hunting
^ "Membership Roster". Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved 2018-11-19.

External links

[:0-1] Loeb, Vernon (2000-09-17). "Spook Story". The Washington Post.

[2] Devine, Jack; Loeb, Vernon (2014-06-03). Good Hunting: An American Spymaster's Story. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 978-1-4299-4417-5.

[3] "Cia Chief Gives Promotion To Ames' Former Boss". Deseret News. 1994-10-28. Retrieved 2015-03-01.

[4] Crile, George (December 2007). Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in ... - George Crile – Google Books. ISBN 978-1-55584-809-5. Retrieved 2015-03-01.

[latimes1995-5] "CIA Official's Posting Sparks Anger in Ranks : Intelligence: Some are upset by Deutch's decision to award plum job to agent touched by Ames scandal. Defenders say officer wasn't responsible". Los Angeles Times. 1987-11-26. Retrieved 2015-03-01.

[6] "The Arkin Group » About Us". thearkingroup.com. Retrieved 2018-11-19.

[7] "Transcript: MiB Jack Devine of the CIA – The Big Picture". The Big Picture. 2018-02-11. Retrieved 2018-11-19.

[8] Karinch, Maryann (2015-01-19). Nothing But the Truth: Secrets from Top Intelligence Experts to Control Conversations and Get the Information You Need. Red Wheel/Weiser. ISBN 978-1-60163-408-5.

[9] Dwight, Zimmerman (2018-06-05). "The OSS Society" (PDF). The OSS Society. p. 6.

[10] Devine, Jack; Hughes, James. (June 14, 2014). Book Discussion of Good Hunting. Association of Former Intelligence Officers. BookTV. C-Span. retrieved 18 August 2014. http://www.c-span.org/video/?320810-1/book-discussion-good-hunting

[11] "Membership Roster". Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved 2018-11-19.

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 '''Jack Devine''' is a veteran of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA) and a founding partner and President of The Arkin Group LLC.
 ==Biography==
-Jack Devine’s career at the CIA spanned from the late 1960s to the early 1990s, including the fall of [[Salvador Allende|President Salvador Allende]] in Chile in 1973, the [[Iran-Contra scandal]] in the mid-1980s, and [[Soviet war in Afghanistan|the fight to push the Soviets out of Afghanistan]] in the late 1980s. Devine retired after serving as both the Acting Director and Associate Director of the CIA’s operations outside the United States, a capacity in which he had supervisory authority over thousands of CIA employees involved in sensitive missions throughout the world.
+Devine's career at the CIA spanned from the late 1960s to the early 1990s, including the fall of [[Salvador Allende|President Salvador Allende]] in Chile in 1973, the [[Iran–Contra affair]] in the mid-1980s, and [[Soviet–Afghan War|the fight to push the Soviets out of Afghanistan]] in the late 1980s.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2000/09/17/spook-story/7a7c6990-c019-4002-811b-4d292b63afb6|title=Spook Story|last=Loeb|first=Vernon|date=2000-09-17|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> Devine retired after serving as both the acting director and associate director of the CIA's operations outside the United States, a capacity in which he had supervisory authority over thousands of CIA employees involved in sensitive missions throughout the world, as well as Acting Deputy Director of Operations from May 3, 1995, to July 18, 1995.<ref name=":0" />
-Devine joined the CIA in 1967, after his wife gave him a book about the CIA and its role in U.S. national security. Devine completed his training at “the Farm” and various other espionage and paramilitary courses. In his first Headquarters assignment he spent time as a “documents analyst”  where he shared close quarters with [[Aldrich Ames|Aldrich “Rick” Ames]], who later became a spy for the Soviet Union. Ames would later reemerge as an employee and suspect in the hunt for a mole within the Agency.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/384134/CIA-CHIEF-GIVES-PROMOTION-TO-AMES-FORMER-BOSS.html |title=Cia Chief Gives Promotion To Ames' Former Boss |publisher=Deseret News |date=1994-10-28 |accessdate=2015-03-01}}</ref>
+Devine joined the CIA in 1967, after his wife gave him a book about the CIA and its role in U.S. national security.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=21ohk8Cu8QYC&q=pat+book&pg=PA11|title=Good Hunting: An American Spymaster's Story|last1=Devine|first1=Jack|last2=Loeb |first2=Vernon|date=2014-06-03|publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux|isbn=978-1-4299-4417-5|language=en}}</ref> Devine completed his training at "the Farm" and various other espionage and paramilitary courses. In his first Headquarters assignment he spent time as a "documents analyst" where he shared close quarters with [[Aldrich Ames|Aldrich "Rick" Ames]], who later became a spy for the Soviet Union. Ames would later reemerge as an employee and suspect in the hunt for a mole within the Agency.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/384134/CIA-CHIEF-GIVES-PROMOTION-TO-AMES-FORMER-BOSS.html |title=Cia Chief Gives Promotion To Ames' Former Boss |work=Deseret News |date=1994-10-28 |access-date=2015-03-01}}</ref>
-His first overseas assignment was to [[Santiago|Santiago, Chile]] in August, 1971. Devine learned the ins and outs of recruiting sources and running covert action operations in the time before the [[1973 Chilean coup d'état]].
+His first overseas assignment was to [[Santiago]], Chile in August, 1971. Devine learned the ins and outs of recruiting sources and running covert action operations in the time before the [[1973 Chilean coup d'état]].
-His service on the Afghan Task Force was perhaps the pinnacle of his varied career, and put him at the head of the largest covert action campaign of the Cold War. Devine replaced [[Gust Avrakotos]], the chief of the South Asia Operations Group portrayed by actor [[Philip Seymour Hoffman]] in the 2007 film, [[Charlie Wilson's War]], and inherited a program funneling hundreds of millions of dollars to the Afghan mujahideen.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=DuX55x5y24EC&pg=PA445&lpg=PA445&dq=jack+devine+avrakotos&source=bl&ots=8KSxTijowQ&sig=e9-TdgoALWEmciH0WePVIHH-Ecw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Luc6U_PCEOngsAT60IGYDA&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=jack%20devine%20avrakotos&f=false |title=Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in ... - George Crile - Google Books |publisher=Books.google.com |date= |accessdate=2015-03-01}}</ref>  It was under Devine that the CIA  ramped up threefold support to the mujahideen and made the critical decision to provide them  with U.S.-made Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, a move that would ultimately shift the course of the war and force a Soviet retreat. By the time Devine left the Task Force for an assignment as Chief of Station in Rome, the war was winding down.<ref name="latimes1995">{{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1995-07-18/news/mn-25162_1_cia-officials |title=CIA Official's Posting Sparks Anger in Ranks : Intelligence: Some are upset by Deutch's decision to award plum job to agent touched by Ames scandal. Defenders say officer wasn't responsible. - Los Angeles Times |publisher=Articles.latimes.com |date=1987-11-26 |accessdate=2015-03-01}}</ref>
+His service on the Afghan Task Force was perhaps the pinnacle of his varied career, and put him at the head of the largest covert action campaign of the Cold War. Devine replaced [[Gust Avrakotos]], the chief of the South Asia Operations Group portrayed by actor [[Philip Seymour Hoffman]] in the 2007 film, ''[[Charlie Wilson's War (film)|Charlie Wilson's War]]'', and inherited a program funneling hundreds of millions of dollars to the Afghan mujahideen.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DuX55x5y24EC&pg=PA445 |title=Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in ... - George Crile – Google Books |date=December 2007|isbn=978-1-55584-809-5 |access-date=2015-03-01|last1=Crile |first1=George}}</ref> It was under Devine that the CIA ramped up threefold support to the mujahideen and made the critical decision to provide them with U.S.-made Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, a move that would ultimately shift the course of the war and force a Soviet retreat. By the time Devine left the Task Force for an assignment as Chief of Station in Rome, the war was winding down.<ref name="latimes1995">{{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1995-07-18/news/mn-25162_1_cia-officials |title=CIA Official's Posting Sparks Anger in Ranks : Intelligence: Some are upset by Deutch's decision to award plum job to agent touched by Ames scandal. Defenders say officer wasn't responsible. |work=Los Angeles Times |date=1987-11-26 |access-date=2015-03-01}}</ref>
-Devine would go on to run the Counter Narcotics Center and Latin America Division at CIA in the 1990s, and helped oversee the operation that captured [[Pablo Escobar]] in 1993.<ref name="latimes1995"/>  He also served as the head of the division during the military intervention in [[Haiti]] in the early 1990s, and was later promoted to Associate Director and Acting Director of Operations.<ref name="latimes1995"/>  Devine retired from CIA in 1999, after 32 years, and joined the private sector where he joined forces with New York litigation attorney Stanley Arkin. Together they have provided high-end consulting services along with sophisticated international intelligence and investigative services for the last 15 years.
+Devine would go on to run the Counter Narcotics Center and Latin America Division at CIA in the 1990s, and helped oversee the operation that captured [[Pablo Escobar]] in 1993.<ref name="latimes1995" /> He also served as the head of the division during the military intervention in [[Haiti]] in the early 1990s, and was later promoted to associate director and acting director of Operations as well as serving as Acting Deputy Director of Operations from May 3, 1995, to July 18, 1995.<ref name="latimes1995" /> Devine retired from CIA in 1999, after 32 years, and joined the private sector where he joined forces with New York litigation attorney Stanley Arkin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thearkingroup.com/about/|title=The Arkin Group » About Us|website=thearkingroup.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-11-19}}</ref> Together they have provided high-end consulting services along with sophisticated international intelligence and investigative services for the last 23 years.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://ritholtz.com/2018/02/transcript-mib-jack-devine-cia/|title=Transcript: MiB Jack Devine of the CIA – The Big Picture|date=2018-02-11|work=The Big Picture|access-date=2018-11-19|language=en-US}}</ref>
-Devine is the recipient of the Agency’s [[Distinguished Intelligence Medal]] and several meritorious awards. He is a recognized expert in intelligence matters and has written op-eds and articles for The Washington Post, The Financial Times, The Miami Herald and [[World Policy Journal|The World Policy Journal]]. He has also made guest appearances on CBS, NBC, MSNBC, Fox News, as well as the History and Discovery channels, PBS and ABC Radio. On June 13, 2014 speaking in McLean, VA to former intelligence officers he predicted the likely partition of Iraq and further troubles in Afghanistan and Ukraine.<ref>Devine, Jack; Hughes, James. (June 14, 2014). Book Discussion of ''Good Hunting''. Association of Former Intelligence Officers. BookTV. C-Span. retrieved 18 August 2014. http://www.c-span.org/video/?320810-1/book-discussion-good-hunting</ref>
+Devine is the recipient of the Agency's [[Distinguished Intelligence Medal]] and several meritorious awards.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M9xEDwAAQBAJ&q=distinguished+intelligence+medal+jack+devine&pg=PT273|title=Nothing But the Truth: Secrets from Top Intelligence Experts to Control Conversations and Get the Information You Need|last=Karinch|first=Maryann|date=2015-01-19|publisher=Red Wheel/Weiser|isbn=978-1-60163-408-5|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://osssociety.org/pdfs/The_OSS_Society.pdf|title=The OSS Society|last=Dwight|first=Zimmerman|date=2018-06-05|website=The OSS Society|page=6}}</ref> He is a recognized expert in intelligence matters and has written op-eds and articles for ''The Washington Post'', ''The Financial Times'', ''The Miami Herald'' and [[World Policy Journal|''The World Policy Journal'']]. He has also made guest appearances on CBS, NBC, MSNBC, Fox News, as well as the History and Discovery channels, PBS and ABC Radio. On June 13, 2014, speaking in McLean, VA to former intelligence officers he predicted the likely partition of Iraq and further troubles in Afghanistan and Ukraine.<ref>Devine, Jack; Hughes, James. (June 14, 2014). Book Discussion of ''Good Hunting''. Association of Former Intelligence Officers. BookTV. C-Span. retrieved 18 August 2014. http://www.c-span.org/video/?320810-1/book-discussion-good-hunting</ref>
-Devine resides in New York City and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He speaks Spanish and Italian.{{citation needed|date=April 2014}}
+Devine resides in New York City and is a member of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cfr.org/membership/membership-roster-a-f|title=Membership Roster|website=Council on Foreign Relations|language=en|access-date=2018-11-19}}</ref>
-In 2011, Devine, a former ocean lifeguard in North Wildwood, NJ during his high school years, joined the South Jersey Alumni Team to compete in the United States Lifesaving Association National Championships held in Cape May, NJ. Rowing with fellow CIA retiree, Jim Campbell, who was an alternater sculler for the 1962 US Olympic team 8, Devine and Campbell won a bronze medal in the 65-69 surfboat doubles event.  Returning to compete in 2012, Devine competed again and win gold in the 70-74 division.
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 ==External links==
-*[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/08/AR2010100806340.html Jack Devine, “Top U.S. Goal in Afghanistan Ought to be Capturing bin Laden.” The Washington Post. October 10, 2010.]
+*[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/08/AR2010100806340.html Jack Devine, “Top U.S. Goal in Afghanistan Ought to be Capturing bin Laden.” The Washington Post. October 10, 2010.]
-*[http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052748704201604575373253893718806 Jack Devine, “A CIA Solution for Afghanistan.” The Wall Street Journal, July 29, 2010.]
+*[https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052748704201604575373253893718806 Jack Devine, “A CIA Solution for Afghanistan.” The Wall Street Journal, July 29, 2010.]
-*[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/17/AR2008021701733.html Jack Devine, “An Intelligence Reform Reality Check.” The Washington Post, February 18, 2008.]
+*[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/17/AR2008021701733.html Jack Devine, “An Intelligence Reform Reality Check.” The Washington Post, February 18, 2008.]
-*[http://www.forbes.com/profile/john-j-devine/ Forbes Profile: John J. Devine.]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140429045033/http://www.forbes.com/profile/john-j-devine/ Forbes Profile: John J. Devine.]
-*[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29463-2004Jul31.html Jack Devine, “Looking Ahead.” The Washington Post, August 1, 2004.]
+*[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29463-2004Jul31.html Jack Devine, “Looking Ahead.” The Washington Post, August 1, 2004.]
 *[http://www.worldpolicy.org/journal/fall2013/Afghanistan-withdrawal-lessons Jack Devine and Whitney Kassel, “Afghanistan: Withdrawal Lessons.” World Policy Journal, Fall 2013.]
 *[http://breakingenergy.com/2013/09/19/assessing-oil-opportunities-in-south-sudan/ Jack Devine and Whitney Kassel, “Assessing Oil Opportunities in South Sudan.” Breaking Energy, September 19, 2013.]
 *[http://breakingenergy.com/2012/01/11/natural-gas-assets-play-key-role-in-middle-east-conflict/ Jack Devine and Whitney Kassel, “Natural Gas Assets Play Key Role in Middle East Conflict.”  Breaking Energy, January 11, 2012.]
-*[http://www.karvcommunications.com/2013/07/qa-with-jack-devine/ “Q & A with Jack Devine,” Karv Communications, July 21, 2013.]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140429044910/http://www.karvcommunications.com/2013/07/qa-with-jack-devine/ “Q & A with Jack Devine,” Karv Communications, July 21, 2013.]
-* [http://www.c-span.org/video/?288482-1/privatization-us-intelligence- CSPAN Discussion: Privatization of U.S. Intelligence, August 20, 2009.]
+*[http://www.c-span.org/video/?288482-1/privatization-us-intelligence- C-SPAN Discussion: Privatization of U.S. Intelligence, August 20, 2009.]
 *[http://www.nysun.com/business/from-the-cia-to-corporate-america-a-hunger/18019/ NY Sun Interview, August 3, 2005.]
-*[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1424540 NPR Interview, September 9, 2003.]
+*[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1424540 NPR Interview, September 9, 2003.]
 *[http://www.nbcnewyork.com/on-air/as-seen-on/Makings_of_Military_Operation_Like_One_That_Killed_bin_Laden_New_York-121124049.html NBC New York Appearance on the Bin Laden Raid.]
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