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Mark Johnson, Special Agent for the Naval Criminal Investigative Service since 2003, held a Top Secret security clearance and was briefed into numerous special programs within the U.S. Intelligence Community. Mr. Johnson served as an NCIS Senior Staff Counterintelligence Officer in support of the USN’s Advanced Sensor Technologies Program, providing CI solutions while working closely with Defense Contractors.Mr. Johnson has received advanced counterintelligence operations training from the Joint Counterintelligence Training Academy, Defense Intelligence Agency, and the Central Intelligence Agency and served as a certified Case Officer conducting Offensive CI Operations against US adversaries in support of strategic and tactical USN requirements for five years in Asia. By collecting human intelligence through the clandestine recruitment and handling of sources, Mr. Johnson developed an extensive network of professional contacts in Japan, Russia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iraq. While working in Tokyo, Japan, Mr. Johnson established the Office of Naval Research Global briefing program for USN scientists traveling to international technology conferences in Asia, analyzing emerging technology trends, military satellite communications, radar, and oceanography.Mr. Johnson has advised USN Commands and US Embassy leadership on sensitive matters relating to sovereign wealth funds, high energy weapons, nanotechnology, financial networks, cyber security, force protection and Foreign Intelligence Service operations and methods, directly influencing USN and National Security policy. While serving as NCIS’s liaison to Russia, Mr. Johnson established an integral relationship with counterparts in the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) conducting joint counter-terrorism exercises and advising USN 7th Fleet Commands during numerous port visits.

Prior to joining NCIS, Mr. Johnson practiced law for six years as a criminal defense attorney, handling federal and state crimes for an AV rated firm, and managed his own firm advising small business owners in real estate transactions, corporate law, bankruptcy and estate planning. Mr. Johnson’s interest in the law and international community began while interning at the White House, Department of Justice-Bureau of Justice Statistics, the 26th Prosecutorial District of NC and leading several mission trips to the Dominican Republic.