Constance Huff’s Full CV

Constance “Connie” Huff served in U.S. Army military intelligence her entire 24.5-year career (Nov 1974-May 1999), specializing in counterespionage investigations and operations. Huff served as a Senior Instructor at the US Army Advanced Counterintelligence Training Course, US Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM), training DoD military and civilian special agents in advanced CI skills. In this capacity, she taught interviewing and interrogation, the conduct of counterespionage investigations, surveillance, tradecraft, and offensive espionage operations.

Huff was recognized throughout the strategic counterintelligence community as one of the Army's premiere espionage investigators. She planned, conducted, and supervised sensitive and complex counterespionage investigations.

She was the Senior Counterintelligence Investigator and team leader for the US Army-Europe's (USAREUR) highest-priority espionage investigation during Desert Shield/Storm. This investigation stopped the hemorrhage of defense information to two Arab intelligence services (Jordan and Iraq) and resulted in a 34-year sentence for a convicted soldier. This investigation led to Huff being named as the Department of Defense "Investigator of the Year” for 1992.

Ms. Huff wrote the definitive "how to" guide for the DoD Foreign Counterintelligence community on false flag or sting operations. She also authored the USAEUR Counterespionage Standard Operating Procedures for counterespionage investigators in the Army-Europe Theater, as well as various other counterespionage publications.

She has trained thousands of US Government and private industry security and intelligence professionals since retiring from the US Army in her role as a former instructor and Vice President for Training and Education for the Centre for Counterintelligence and Security Studies.

Huff earned a Master of Education from Boston University. She is a graduate of the FBI National Academy (Session 180). She has received numerous honors and awards for academic achievements, leadership, technical expertise, and initiative in training, investigations, interviewing, and interrogations, including two Legion of Merit Awards.