America's Increased Vulnerability to Insider Espionage

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Acknowledgments The opinions, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of PERSEREC or the Department of Defense. Additional informationNotes on contributorsLisa A. KramerLisa A. Kramer is a Project Manager at the Department of Defense Personnel Security Research Center (PERSEREC) in Monterey, California. She has a Master's Degree in Psychology and a Ph.D. in Sociology. Her research interests include insider espionage, terrorism, counterintelligence, and social psychology.Richards J. HeuerRichards J. Heuer Jr., a retired CIA officer, now conducts research for PERSEREC on the role of the personnel security system in mitigating the insider threat. He is the author of Psychology of Intelligence Analysis (Washington, DC: Central Intelligence Agency, Center for the Study of Intelligence, 1999).