Leutrell Osborne
Leutrell M. Osborne, Sr. (1939 -) is a veteran of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and widely-recognized as a leading authority on national and international intelligence and security issues. Known in the CIA as "Mike", Osborne has appeared on CNN and BET, numerous speaking engagements, radio shows and is author of the espionage thrillers “Dark Operative” series, first of which is Black Man in the CIA. Osborne has investigated the assassination of Martin Luther King [1], CIA, FBI dirty tricks and global [...] trade [2], 9/11 [3], and COINTELPRO. [4]
One of the themes of the book Black Man In The CIA (BMCIA) is that the U.S. has to change method of operating (MOD) in 16 agencies of the Intelligence Community. In simple language the U.S. Government should only perform genuine counter intelligence operations and discontinue Covert Action operations that don't have heavy and close oversight and accountability. Bad news about CIA and USA's Intelligence Community generally comes from operations out of the Covert Action operations. We are caught in the "matrix of a cultural illusion." The Cultural Illusion is a eupherism for Covert Action Intelligence operations.
During his 27 years of service as a CIA Case Officer and Communications Security Officer, “Mike”, as he was known by his colleagues and contacts throughout the intelligence community, served in over 30 countries. He supervised CIA agents, spies and assets on 3 continents in what historians and so-called espionage experts have termed the most fertile period of domestic and international spying of the modern era. [5]
He continues to perform threat analyses for both public and private sector clients, and is considered a counter-[...] expert. This fact was underscored after the 9/11 attacks when he was called to appear with key members of Congress to provide insight into the attacks.
In l989, “Mike” obtained several temporary federal appointments and eventually secured a position at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for five years. Given his unique background one may say that he continued in service to his government, accepting a position at OPM and he performed as Transformation Management Officer (code named “Change agent”).
The position at OPM was very familiar to him – one in which he served for six years in the CIA’s ComSec Division, where he re-invented processes and significantly impacted/changed practices of the intelligence community cultivating communications security. While at OPM, Mr. Osborne oversaw programs of the Small Business Administration (SBA), vociferously advocating for small business participation in government contracting. During his OPM tenure, he also served as Chair of the Office of Small Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) Council, coordinating the Federal Government small business programs.
After 31 total years of Federal Government service, he retired and turned his attention to the private sector. Currently, he is the founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Paragon Security Agency (PSA) and provides security consulting and business re-engineering consulting to enterprises seeking to do business with the Federal Government.
1994 - Present - founder, Paragon Security Agency (PSA)
Mr. Osborne founded PSA after retirement from the Federal Government. He served as Chief Security Planner for the firm, enabling the company to develop client projects consisting of system and process improvement and focused marketing to the Federal Government.
As a veteran Counter Intelligence Officer and counter [...] expert, Osborne used his core competencies in information assurance (IA) and business counter measures. Mr. Osborne structured strong leadership and consulting services for Paragon providing safety, health and security services for countering [...].
He is married with grown children, and lives in Annapolis, MD.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Mr. Osborne is an active community member in Washington D.C. and Anne Arundel County Maryland. His past and present professional affiliations include:
Past Grand Knight, Knights of Columbus, Keane Council 353, Washington D.C.
Member of the National Contract Management Association (NCMA)
American Society for Qualified Control (ASQC)
American Genealogical Historical Society Business Committee
Anne Arundel County Executive’s Minority Business Enterprise Committee (MBEC)
AWARDS Who's Who in Black Procurement - The National Business League of Montgomery County, Maryland, 1991
DISAMBIGUATION: Leutrell "Mike" Osborne, Sr. has no connection with author Daniel Silva and was not the inspiration for his Michael Osbourne character. Silva's hero, Mike Osbourne is a CIA agent in novels The Marching Season and The Mark of the Assassin. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Likewise, he is not to be confused with deceased international horseman, Michael Osborne.
References
1. http://www.garyreveljr.com/news/a_mlk_investigate1.htm, "Leutrell Osborne Finds Disturbing New Details Investigating Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination", retrieved on 2007-4-1.
2. http://www.garyreveljr.com/news/a_mlk_investigate2.htm, "New Questions About E. Howard Hunt And MLK Assassination", retrieved on 2007-4-1.
3. http://beyondmkultra.50megs.com/whats_new_8.html, "CIA Osborne", retrieved on 2007-4-1.
4. http://beyondmkultra.50megs.com/whats_new_8.html, "CIA Osborne", retrieved on 2007-3-29.
5. http://leutrellosborne.50megs.com, Personal Website, retrieved 2007-4-1.