Experience

St. Martin's Press

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Author

  • Apr 2011 - Present

  "After 40 years in the CIA, renowned Agency polygrapher, Alan Trabue, unveils the clandestine world of CIA covert ops polygraph. A Life of Lies and Spies is the first book to reveal CIA's use of polygraph and interrogation to validate recruited spies' bona fides and information obtained through their acts of espionage. It is written from a unique perspective framed by uncommon longevity and broad experience revealing operational, procedural and anecdotal information contained nowhere else. It highlights the many facets of covert ops polygraph -- intrigue, humor, danger. High-speed car chases, surveillance by hostile intelligence services, blown clandestine meetings, double agents, interrogations by immigration officials, surreptitious room searches, tear-gassing by riot police, and confrontations with machine gun-armed soldiers are tales that illustrate the danger of engaging in espionage activities overseas. Some tales demonstrate the bizarre side of covert ops polygraph -- a huge lizard falling on the polygraph instrument and debriefing an agent in a torturous swarm of mosquitoes in a jungle shack. Informing agents in advance when and where their tests would be conducted, ignoring obvious hostile surveillance, and carelessly revealing the polygrapher's true identity are tales of lax security practices that endangered everyone and stress that good operational tradecraft is necessary to keep you out of jail. Other adventures defy easy categorization, but all are uniquely interesting. Case officers, agents, lie detection, interrogation -- A Life Of Lies And Spies has them all tied together in one man's tale of true-life, globe-trotting adventures." A Life Of Lies And Spies will be published by St. Martin's Press and will be available for purchase June 2, 2015 and can be pre-ordered now on Amazon.com..



Central Intelligence Agency

• International Affairs
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Training Officer

  • Apr 2003 - Apr 2011

  Adjunct Instructor at the National Center for Credibility Assessment Adjunct Instructor at the National Center for Credibility Assessment



Central Intelligence Agency

• International Affairs
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Manager

  • Jan 1971 - Jan 2003

  Senior Manager of Polygraph Testing Programs, Polygraph/Interviewing/Interrogation Training Programs, Polygraph Quality Assurance Programs, and Policy and Plans. Senior Manager of Polygraph Testing Programs, Polygraph/Interviewing/Interrogation Training Programs, Polygraph Quality Assurance Programs, and Policy and Plans.