Charles S. Faddis served for 20 years as an operations officer in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), including as a department chief at the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center and as a chief of station in the Middle East. He earned his B.A. from Johns Hopkins University and his J.D. from the University of Maryland Law School. He is the author of several books, including “Willful Neglect: The Dangerous Illusion of Homeland Security” and “Beyond Repair: The Decline and Fall of the CIA.”