International Security Consultant
Mark Fallon
Director, ClubFed, LLC
Former NCIS Special Agent · Author · Keynote Speaker · Consultant · Expert Witness
Global authority on interrogation, counterterrorism, and ethical leadership. 30+ years of federal service and 16+ years of private sector experience.
Interrogation Expert & National Security Professional
Expert Witness & Consultant
Interrogation & National Security Expert
A career NCIS Special Agent, retiring from the Senior Executive Service (SES). Expert in criminal investigations, counterintelligence and counterterrorism. Led major terrorist investigations, including as Special Agent-in-Charge of the Pentagon task force assembled to bring terrorist to justice before the Guantanamo Military Commissions. Past-Chair of both the High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group (HIG) Research Committee and the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) International Managers of Police Academy and College Training (IMPACT) Section. Member of the Méndez Principles on Effective Interviewing Steering Committee, and works with Innocence Project on reforms to improve the practice of policing.
Documentary Film
Leaving Hotel California
Featured documentary exploring America's interrogation practices — now screening at film festivals.
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Author/Editor/Writer
Unjustifiable Means
Unjustifiable Means - Published October 24, 2017 · Available in bookstores and online. Co-editor of Interrogation and Torture (January 2020) and Interviewing and Interrogation (January 2022). Contributing author in The Psychology of Criminal Investigation (2018), Rapture and Reckoning (2022) and International Handbook of Policing Crises and Emergencies (2024).
Keynote Speaker
Speaking & Lectures
Mark uses his decades of real-world experience to provide conference audiences engaging talks and lectures. Mark has spoken at venues both in the U.S. and internationally including the United Nations (UN) General Assembly (side event), the Organization for Security Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Interpol, Harvard University, Oxford University, Trinity College, U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Naval Academy, and on panels, conferences, and symposia around the world.
Speaking Info →30+ Years Federal Service
16+ Years Private Sector Experience
Retired Senior Executive Service
Méndez Principles Steering Committee
Strategic Consulting Services
ClubFed, LLC
High-quality, strategic consulting services for international and domestic clients in both the public and private sectors. Specializing in the tradecraft of effective interviewing, strategic communications, expertise in the art and science of interrogation and science-based interviewing.
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