Gary B. Keeley

At Johns Hopkins, Gary B. Keeley serves as a lecturer in the MS in Intelligence Analysis program where he draws on his expertise as a retired CIA Staff Historian and his broad experience across the U.S. Intelligence Community, at CIA, NSA, and the Departments of Defense and State, both in Washington, D.C. and overseas.

As a former security-cleared practitioner and historian at CIA and NSA, he is well-versed in the practices, operations, cultures, histories, and archives of both CIA and NSA. During his time on the CIA History Staff, Keeley was a subject matter expert whose historical and archival work benefited from years of sensitive operational work. He wrote classified monographs and articles about unique and unstudied aspects of intelligence, posted hundreds of classified blogs to internal websites, and presented briefings to internal and external audiences. He also interviewed agency officers, responded to historical and archival questions from senior leadership and working-level managers, located elusive historical records, and served on the editorial board of the periodical, Studies in Intelligence.

Although almost all of his intelligence work was classified, in retirement he is publishing unclassified historical articles that correct a few misunderstood aspects of intelligence history and offer insights into declassified intelligence records.

In addition to his years on the CIA History Staff, Keeley served earlier in his career as a Staff Historian in NSA’s Center for Cryptologic History. He holds an MA in Ancient Near Eastern Studies from Brigham Young University. He previously taught graduate Intelligence courses at American University.