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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sydney Seiler, a member of the Senior National Intelligence Service since 2006, is the National Intelligence Officer (NIO) for North Korea. In
this role, he oversees the production of coordinated intelligence community strategic analysis on North Korea while serving as the DNI’s senior subject matter expert and analytic advisor on North Korea issues in support of the DNI's role as the principal intelligence
adviser to the President. Syd also leads analytic outreach efforts to leverage expertise and capabilities from outside the US intelligence community to enhance the community's analysis on North Korea issues.<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"> </span>He
assumed the NIO role after having served as the Senior Defense Intelligence Expert for North Korea at U.S. Forces Korea, where he was the principal advisor and senior expert on Korean Peninsula security issues to the Commander and the broader Defense Intelligence
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">From 2014 to 2015, Syd served as the U.S. Special Envoy for the Six Party Talks, where he coordinated U.S. diplomacy and policy on the DPRK, led negotiations with North Korea, and conducted day-to-day
engagement with Six-Party and other international partners.<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"> </span>Before that Syd served as the Director for Korea on the National Security Council Staff from April 2011 to August 2014, advising the
President and senior White House officials on Korea issues while serving as the senior White House representative in negotiations with North Korea.<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"> He</span> participated in numerous Six-Party Talks between
2003 and 2005, and played a central role as the IC lead in the Illicit Activities Initiative targeting North Korea.<br>
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Syd has also had a variety of assignments across the intelligence community to include the DNI National Intelligence Manager for North Korea, the Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Analysis, CIA’s Directorate of Operations, and CIA’s Open Source Center.<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"> </span>He
also served with the National Security Agency and the Defense Attaché Office, Seoul.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Syd is a native-level speaker of Korean, received his Masters of Arts degree in Korean Studies from Yonsei University's Graduate School of International Studies, and is a graduate of the Korean
language programs of the Defense Language Institute and Yonsei University.<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"> </span>He is the author of the book, <i><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Kim Il Song 1941-1948: The Creation
of a Legend, the Building of a Regime</span></i>, and is a recipient of the National Intelligence Superior Service Medal, and the ROK Order of National Security Merit Cheonsu Medal.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased">
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Syd spoke before the <i>ICAS</i> audience on the Hill twice in the past; </span><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">ICAS</span></i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> 2010
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