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Ex-CIA veteran James Olson defended espionage as “moral” at a Catholic leadership summit.
Catholic business leaders gathered on Saturday, Jan. 31, at The Ritz-Carlton Bacara in Santa Barbara, California, where James Olson, retired CIA chief of counterintelligence, spoke at Legatus’ The Summit.
Legatus, an organization for Catholic executives launched by Domino’s Pizza founder Tom Monaghan in 1987 with chapters throughout North America, hosts The Summit annually.
Other speakers at this year’s event included actor/filmmaker Neal McDonough, former HUD secretary Ben Carson, and former Google senior vice president for social Vic Gundotra.
Olson, who served overseas with the CIA in the Soviet Union and Austria as well as in Mexico, has been a regular presenter at Legatus events, discussing themes from his book “Fair Play: The Moral Dilemmas of Spying,” which explores the difficult moral questions intelligence officers face as well as the challenges of being a practicing Catholic while doing the work of a spy.
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Catholic business leaders gathered on Saturday, Jan. 31, at The Ritz-Carlton Bacara in Santa Barbara, California, where James Olson, retired CIA chief of counterintelligence, spoke at Legatus’ The Summit.
Legatus, an organization for Catholic executives launched by Domino’s Pizza founder Tom Monaghan in 1987 with chapters throughout North America, hosts The Summit annually.
Other speakers at this year’s event included actor/filmmaker Neal McDonough, former HUD secretary Ben Carson, and former Google senior vice president for social Vic Gundotra.
Olson, who served overseas with the CIA in the Soviet Union and Austria as well as in Mexico, has been a regular presenter at Legatus events, discussing themes from his book “Fair Play: The Moral Dilemmas of Spying,” which explores the difficult moral questions intelligence officers face as well as the challenges of being a practicing Catholic while doing the work of a spy.
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