Spy Chat with Chris Costa

Special Guest: Beth Sanner

Rendezvous Info
Thursday, March 13, 2025
12:00 PM ET
Online
Ticketing Info

Join us for an online discussion of the latest intelligence, national security, and terrorism issues in the news. Spy Museum Executive Director Chris Costa will lead the briefing. Costa, a former intelligence officer of 34 years with 25 of those in active duty in hot spots such as Panama, Bosnia, Afghanistan, and Iraq, is also a past Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism on the National Security Council. He will be joined by Beth Sanner, Director of Geopolitics and Strategy at International Capital Strategies. 

Sanner has held a wide range of national security positions for over 35 years, including in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Council, and the US Department of State. Her last government role was as the Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Mission Integration, where she oversaw the integration of Intelligence Community collection, analysis, and programs and served as President Trump’s intelligence briefer. Prior to this role, Sanner was the Director of the President’s Daily Brief, Vice Chair of the National Intelligence Council, and a senior executive in CIA’s Directorate of Analysis. Sanner continues to inform both business and government leaders and everyday Americans about foreign affairs through consulting, speaking engagements, writings, and as a CNN national security contributor. She also is a Distinguished Fellow at the German Marshall Fund, a Non-Resident Senior Fellow with the Intelligence Program at Harvard University’s Belfer Center, a Distinguished Advisor to Australia’s National Security College, and a Senior Fellow at the US Chamber Foundation.

Following their discussion of key issues, you’ll be able to ask questions via our online platform.

 



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