Col. W. Patrick Lang, USA (ret.)

Col. W. Patrick Lang, USA (ret.), served in the Department of Defense as an Army officer in military intelligence and special forces, and as a member of the Defense Senior Executive Service.  He is a highly educated Middle East specialist, and worked in that region for many years.  He was the first Professor of Arabic at the United States Military Academy.  In the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), he was the Defense Intelligence Officer for the Middle East, South Asia, and Terrorism, and later the first Director of the Defense HUMINT (Human Intelligence) Service. Col. Lang is currently President of Global Resources Group, and a regular analyst for many television and radio programs.