Michael Warner

Michael Warner is an American historian and expert in the field of intelligence history. He has served as a historian for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), contributing to a deeper understanding of the history of U.S. intelligence services and their operations during the Cold War and beyond. Warner has written extensively on the origins and development of American intelligence, particularly focusing on issues of secrecy, surveillance, and the evolution of U.S. intelligence agencies.

Warner co-authored the landmark book *Venona: Soviet Espionage and the American Response, 1939-1957* with Robert Louis Benson, a pivotal work that analyzed the Venona decrypts, which exposed Soviet espionage in the United States. His work has been influential in both academic circles and within the intelligence community.

He has also published numerous articles and papers on the role of intelligence in national security policy and has contributed to the preservation and declassification of historical intelligence documents.

Key Works

• *Venona: Soviet Espionage and the American Response, 1939-1957* (with Robert Louis Benson). Washington, D.C.: National Security Agency, 1996. ISBN 9780160482765.
• *The Rise and Fall of Intelligence: An International Security History*. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2014. ISBN 9781626161018.
• *U.S. Intelligence Community Reform Studies since 1947* (Editor). Washington, D.C.: Office of the Director of National Intelligence, 2005.

See Also

• Venona project
• Cold War
• Central Intelligence Agency
• Intelligence studies
• National security policy
• Soviet espionage

External Links

Michael Warner at the CIA

References

• Benson, Robert Louis, and Michael Warner. *Venona: Soviet Espionage and the American Response, 1939-1957*. Washington, D.C.: National Security Agency, 1996. ISBN 9780160482765.
• Warner, Michael. *The Rise and Fall of Intelligence: An International Security History*. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2014. ISBN 9781626161018.
• Warner, Michael, and J. Kenneth McDonald. *U.S. Intelligence Community Reform Studies since 1947*. Washington, D.C.: Office of the Director of National Intelligence, 2005.