Spy Cruise 2010
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Bart Bechtel, a former CIA operations officer, has been organizing annual Spy Cruise themed excursions since 2002.[1] According to Michelle Shephard, the Toronto Star's National Security commentator, Bechtel charters a cruise ship, and books senior former intelligence officials as featured guests, and the lure of a chance to talk to those former officials is what attracts the other passengers to the excursion.
Porter Goss and Michael Hayden, two former directors of the Central Intelligence Agency were the featured guests on Spy Cruise 2010.[1][2]
Bechtel, who encourages passengers to call him "SpyCaptain Bart", has organized these annual excursions since 2002.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Michelle Shephard (2011) (in English). Decade of Fear: Reporting from Terrorism's Grey Zone. Douglas & McIntyre. ISBN 978-1-55365-658-6. http://books.google.ca/books?id=iAzvZnbDe8MC&pg=PA273&dq=%22Michelle+Shephard%22+%22Decade+of+Fear%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=gqyrUJWINcegyAHztoCoDg&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
- ↑ Dana Hedgpeth (2010-10-13). "Spy cruise prepares to set sail for Caribbean" (in English). Washington Post. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/checkpoint-washington/2010/10/spy_cruise_prepares_to_set_sai.html. Retrieved 2012-11-20. "The event is sponsored by the Centre for Counterintelligence and Security Studies and Henley-Putnam University. Part of the proceeds go to a scholarship fund for the children of fallen CIA officers and another memorial fund for a U.S. Army soldier who was killed in training, according to Bart Bechtel, a retired CIA operations officer who is coordinating the trip."
- ↑ Sean McNeely (2002-02-16). "Secret is out on spy cruise ; Former agents from U.S., Russia will divulge espionage tales to ship's passengers" (in English). Toronto Star. p. 17. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/421642021.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+16%2C+2002&author=Sean+McNeely&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Secret+is+out+on+spy+cruise+%3B+Former+agents+from+U.S.%2C+Russia+will+divulge+espionage+tales+to+ship%27s+passengers&pqatl=google. Retrieved 2012-11-20. "RETIRED CIA AGENT Bart Bechtel can't wait to share secrets about his work. No, the former counterintelligence officer is not a rogue spy looking to cash in on his confidential knowledge of American security. He's the manager of the inaugural Spy Cruise, setting sail from Tampa, Fla., March 10."
