Informal Resume
Personal Information
Name: Ivian C. Smith, generally known as “I.C.”
Born January 5, 1943 in Memphis, Tennessee. Reared in Quachita Parish, Louisiana
Education
1960 graduate of Calhoun High School
1971 graduate of Northeast Louisiana University with a BA in General Studies
Military
1962-66: U.S. Navy, serving aboard the USS Bauer (DE 1025), USS Razorback (SS 394),
USS Herbert J. Thomas (DD-833) and USS Cogswell (DD 651). Made ship visits to the
Philippines, Hong Kong and Japan.
Marital Status
Married since 1967 to Carla Lenard Smith, have three daughters, two of whom are
married and four grandsons
Employment History
1966-67 : Ouachita Parish School Board as bus driver (while attending college).
1967-73: Monroe (Louisiana) Police Department. Started as a patrolman on the night
shift, later promoted to detective, assigned robberies, burglaries, homicides, etc. (while
attending college).
1973-98: Federal Bureau of Investigation (See following schedule of assignments).
1973-78: St. Louis, Missouri, assigned general criminal matters including an
assignment at the Lambert-St. Louis International Airport.
1978-82: Washington Field Office, Washington, D.C. Initially assigned Public
Corruption investigations (involving a number of Congressmen on Capitol Hill),
then Foreign Counterintelligence investigations involving the People’s Republic
of China. Promoted to Supervisory Special Agent with responsibility for all
Chinese counterintelligence matters, including the Larry Wu-tai Chin espionage
investigation.
1982-84: Supervisory Special Agent at FBI Headquarters, assigned Foreign
Counterintelligence investigations involving China. Had responsibility for the
Chin espionage investigation, handling information from the “Planesman” source
(the source inside China who provided initial information about Chin’s espionage
activities) and other China related program areas. Prepared the initial affidavit for
a submission to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to obtain electronic
surveillance of Chin as well as subsequent such affidavits to continue the
surveillance.
1985: Inspector’s Aide, traveling around the U.S., as well as Hong Kong and
Tokyo, inspecting FBI offices for compliance with rules and regulations.
Promoted to Unit Chief.
1986: Unit Chief, FBI Headquarters, assigned Foreign Counterintelligence
matters concerning East Germany, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia. Spent a month in
(then) West Germany and Berlin as a guest of the West German Bundesamt fur
Verfassungsshutz.
1986-88: Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Miami, Florida. Had responsibility
for all FBI violations except drugs, i.e. Organized Crime, White Collar Crime,
Terrorism (domestic and international), Foreign Counterintelligence, etc.
Handled the defection of Cuban Air Force General Rafael del Pino, dealt with
Iran-Contra and Cuban intelligence matters.
1988-90: Legal Attache, stationed in Canberra, Australia. Had responsibility for
establishing relations with law enforcement agencies throughout the South
Pacific, i.e. Cook Islands, Western Samoa, Tonga, Papau New Guinea, New
Zealand, etc. Lectured at the Australian Police Staff College, Western Australian
Police Academy, Victoria Police Academy, New South Wales Police
Department, New Zealand Police Academy, the New Zealand Security
Intelligence Service, the Australian Security Intelligence Organization and the
Papau New Guinea Airport Authority. Promoted to the Senior Executive Service.
1990-91: Chief of Investigations, Office of Counterintelligence Programs,
Diplomatic Security, Department of State. Fully integrated as a State Department
official. Traveled to the Soviet Union, Nicaragua, China and Hong Kong to
conduct counterintelligence security surveys.
1991-95: Section Chief, Analysis, Budget and Training Section, National
Security Division, FBI Headquarters. Named as Inspector in Place. Responsible
for budget justification, formulation and presentation of the FBI’s budget that was
derived from the National Foreign Intelligence Program. Served as principle
liaison with foreign security and intelligence agencies and was principle liaison
with the U.S. Intelligence Community. Represented the FBI on the National
Foreign Intelligence Board (which produces National Intelligence Estimates and
is chaired by the Director of the CIA), the “Aspin Commission”, the Open Source
Steering Committee and other Intelligence Community working groups. Lectured
at the National War College, Eastern Michigan University, Central Intelligence
Agency, the FBI Training Academy, etc.
1995-98: Special Agent in Charge for the FBI in the State of Arkansas during the
height of Whitewater. Lectured at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock,
Arkansas Criminal Justice Academy, the U.S. Army’s Pine Bluff Arsenal, etc.
Gave over one hundred speeches during the three year assignment.
1998-present: Retired, moved to Essex County, Virginia in 1999. Taught a
criminal justice class at a local high school 1999-2000 school year. Lectured at
the Smithsonian three times, i.e. Operation Solo, (with author John Barron), The
Cold War from the Espionage Perspective (the specific lecture was entitled,
“Punch and Counterpunch”) and Intelligence: Trump Card in Diplomacy (the
specific lecture was “Espionage and Prosecuting Offenders”. Lectured at the
Office of the Counterintelligence Executive and the Joint Counterintelligence
Training Academy concerning China on several occasions as well as Mercyhurst
College in Pennsylvania. Presented a lecture at the Third Raleigh International
Spy Conference entitled, “The FBI and Chinese Espionage” and the Sixth Raleigh
International Spy Conference where he lectured on “Parlor Maid.” He lectured at
the University of Arkansas at Mountain Home on “Threat to National Security.”
Appeared on PBS’s Frontline’s “Front China With Love” and have been quoted
in such publications as US News & World Report (a major cover story concerning
China), The New Yorker (author Seymour Hersh), The Washington Post,
Newsweek, and appeared on CBS Evening News, ABC News, etc. Further, have
been quoted in books by such authors as Seymour Hersh, Bill Gertz, Ron Kessler,
Paul Sperry, etc.
Published writings
Authored INSIDE A Top G Man Exposes Spies, Lies and Bureaucratic Bungling Inside
the FBI, November, 2004. Wrote a book review for former FBI Director Louis Freeh’s
book, My FBI in The American Spectator entitled “Sins of Omission” in December, 2005.
He is currently working on a Historical Dictionary of Chinese Intelligence with the
prolific British author, Nigel West. This book is tentatively scheduled to be published in
latter 2010.
Current Activities
Currently resides in the Tidewater region of Virginia where he and his wife live on about
ten acres with their three Arabian horses and a rescued cat. He spends his time
renovating a one hundred year old farmhouse and the property and spends leisure time
reading, collecting art and being a grandfather to four grandsons.