This two-hour virtual training, Analytical Integrity: Safeguarding the Craft of Thinking, equips professionals across public safety, intelligence, education, and policy sectors with the tools to strengthen analytical rigor, mitigate bias, and preserve credibility in decision-making. Drawing on principles from Dr. Charles M. Russo’s book Safeguarding Analytical Integrity: Why Political Ideology Must Be Excluded from Intelligence Analysis, the session provides participants with actionable strategies rooted in real-world intelligence tradecraft and historical case studies. Participants will engage in guided discussions, reflective exercises, and applied analytic frameworks that promote disciplined reasoning and intellectual integrity under pressure.
Dr. Charles M. Russo is a retired U.S. Navy Intelligence Specialist and former FBI Intelligence Analyst with over 30 years of experience in national security, criminal justice, and intelligence analysis. He has served within the FBI’s Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center, the CIA’s Counter-Terrorism Center, and other critical intelligence programs.
Dr. Russo holds a Ph.D. in Public Safety Leadership and has taught extensively in intelligence, homeland security, and critical-thinking disciplines. He currently serves as a professor, keynote speaker, and author of Precision in Perspective: Critical Thinking for Analytical Minds and Safeguarding Analytical Integrity: Why Political Ideology Must Be Excluded from Intelligence Analysis. His teaching emphasizes analytical tradecraft, structured reasoning, and ethical decision-making in complex environments.
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