Being a Targeting Analyst at the CIA

For this episode of the Security Clearance Careers podcast, we speak with Sarah Adams, an award-winning targeting officer and global threat advisor with extensive domestic and international experience. From 2015 – 2017 she served on the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Benghazi, and prior to the committee, was a lead Targeting Analyst at the CIA. She joined the Agency in 2006 to identify and assess global terrorist threats aimed at the US, its interests, and its allies. More recently, she has worked in a number of other roles to try to answer complex national security challenges, and coauthored Benghazi: Know Thy Enemy: A Cold Case Investigation. Her journey can lend insight to younger professionals who may be interested in a career at the CIA. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.