Frederick H. Fleitz

Who is Frederick H. Fleitz?

Frederick H. Fleitz, Jr. is a Senior Fellow with the Center for Security Policy and Chief Analyst and founder of LIGNET.com, an acronym for the Langley Intelligence Group Network, Newsmax Media's global forecasting and intelligence website. He began his LIGNET position in May 2011 after a 25-year career with the Central Intelligence Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency, Department of State, and the U.S. House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

Fleitz spent 19 years with the CIA working on a variety of areas, including the CIA Weapons Intelligence, Nonproliferation, and Arms Control Center. From 2001-2005, CIA loaned Fleitz to the State Department where he served as chief of staff to Undersecretaries of State for Arms Control John Bolton and Robert Joseph. Fleitz specialized in WMD proliferation for the House Intelligence Committee, especially the Iranian and North Korean nuclear programs. He also was a senior adviser to the committee's Ranking Member, Congressman Peter Hoekstra R-Michigan.

Fleitz spent much of his career working on multilateral diplomacy.