1. Mark M Lowenthal was born on September 5,1948 and is an author and adjunct professor at the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.
19 Facts About Mark Lowenthal
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Mark Lowenthal has written five books and over 90 articles or studies on intelligence and national security.
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In 2005, Lowenthal retired from a prolific career working with the United States Intelligence Community and a recognized national security affairs expert.
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Mark Lowenthal is the former Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Analysis and Production and former Vice Chairman for Evaluation on the National Intelligence Council.
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Mark Lowenthal has served in the US State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research, as both an office director and as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State.
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In 1995, Mark Lowenthal served as the staff director of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
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Mark Lowenthal was the Senior Specialist in US Foreign Policy at the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
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In 2002, Mark Lowenthal began serving as the CIA's Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Analysis and Production.
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Reportedly, Mark Lowenthal started a process to evaluate the Community's performance against the NIPF.
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Mark Lowenthal contends that given the information available at the time, it would not have been possible to determine the absence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
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Mark Lowenthal has been one of several voices in opposition to the initiatives to change the way the Intelligence Community produces analysis.
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In 2007, Mark Lowenthal attended the ODNI's Analytic Transformation conference held in Chicago.
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Mark Lowenthal called into question the ability of technological solutions like Intellipedia and A-Space to resolve some of the most pressing reforms in the community.
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In January 2009, Mark Lowenthal was interviewed by Charlie Rose on the American television interview show Charlie Rose.
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Mark Lowenthal discussed several topics related to national security and intelligence.
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In that interview, Dr Mark Lowenthal expressed his opinion that the overall community was appropriately sized, but that the experience levels of the community were extraordinarily low.
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Mark Lowenthal went on to indicate that the staff of the ODNI was too large and should be evaluated for downsizing.
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Mark Lowenthal first appeared as a contestant in the spring of 1988 and went on to win the Tournament of Champions in that year.
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Mark Lowenthal returned for the quarterfinals of the Battle of the Decades, and was matched up against 2009 Grand Champion Dan Pawson and all-time money winner Brad Rutter.