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While many colleges continue to debate whether artificial intelligence belongs in the classroom, adversaries are already using AI to manipulate perception, automate deception, poison data, and target belief systems at scale. The gap between academic caution and real-world threat environments is no longer theoretical. It is operational.

Jonathan Sullivan has distinguished himself over a 25-year career in federal law enforcement, primarily with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). He excelled in multiple domestic assignments before serving as Assistant Country Attaché in the DEA’s Kabul, Afghanistan office. In this role, Mr. Sullivan acted as the DEA liaison to the Central Intelligence Agency, National Security Agency, and the British National Crime Agency, where he led the planning and execution of highly classified operations targeting Taliban leadership and financial networks. These efforts dismantled critical funding streams and neutralized high-value targets vital to the U.S. mission.