PI’s Declassified!

Long before Don’t Ask - Don’t Tell and despite more than 25 years exemplary military service, including receiving a Bronze Star for service in Vietnam, Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer was discharged from the Washington National Guard after she disclosed she was a lesbian during a security clearance interview. Tune in to hear about Colonel Cammermeyer’s journey, the investigation surrounding her sexual orientation, her law suit against the military and her vindication when she was reinstated to retire honorably as Washington State’s Chief Nurse.

For over thirty years, Jack Devine served under six successive presidents from Nixon to Clinton during his time with the CIA. He ultimately became Acting Deputy Director of Operations and was responsible for all of the CIA’s spying operations in seven countries. Now Jack is an author chronicling his life as a master spy with his recently released book entitled Good Hunting. His story of intrigue is just too good to miss. Tune in to hear Jack discuss a sample of his fascinating experiences.

What is a Certified Legal Investigator (CLI)? What is required to become one? Private Investigators have a number of certifications available to them to increase their proficiency and standing in their chosen field of expertise. Some trade associations have strong certification programs and those with value often have daunting requirements, but are worth the work nevertheless. Author, teacher, and private investigator Rory McMahon will discuss certification programs, specifically one designed and administered by the National Association of Legal Investigators.

On-line marketplace sites such as Craigslist and eBay have made it increasingly simple for brand counterfeiters to sell their products. Prices typically are less than the real thing so why not take advantage of a deal? But the products are often lesser quality and frequently consumers are unaware they are not the real thing. It is incumbent on the owner of the brand or product to protect their label or risk losing market credibility. A logical step leads to hiring a private investigator to ferret out the imitation products and those who sell them. Enter Canadian Private Investigator, Mark Kusic. Tune in to hear Mark discuss this expanding global problem and what Mark’s company does to curtail it

A sizeable percentage of the private investigator’s work is documentation. This tedious part of the work has become easier, but at the same time, more complicated as high tech tools and applications become available. How efficient you are and how you present and package the case you are investigating for your client often means the difference between getting further business, referrals to new clients, or waiting for the phone to ring. Tune in to hear Private investigator Phil Becnel, one who has closely examined these fundamentals of documentation and has recommendations for a uniform style that will simplify your operation.

It is an asset for an investigator to have an exceptional memory. Some who are memory challenged might say, the memory filing system is excellent; it is the retrievable system that’s flawed. What tools do you use to remember details? Private Investigator Jim Silvania is going to discuss this frustrating side of life and what he does to resolve it.

The mass abduction of several hundred female students in Nigeria outraged the world recently. Unfortunately, similar scenarios with smaller numbers is happening every day, and not only to young women. Males are sold into slavery as well. It is an ugly global epidemic. Enter Dottie Laster and Nick Hart, partners in the Bound No More Project. Every day, Dottie and Nick find themselves on the front lines of the recovery of someone’s son or daughter. This is a show not to miss. Tune in to hear the recent recovery stories and new developments in fighting this pervasive crime.

The federal Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) was signed into law November 27, 2006. This law opens up many opportunities for investigators to work for attorneys defending those who are charged under the act, to work for agricultural businesses or pharmaceutical companies who may be targeted by activists, or for either the plaintiff or defense on a civil suit. Tune in to hear nurse and animal lover, Rihana Cary, discuss this emerging investigative trend.

What were you doing in 1989, 25 years ago? Chicago’s Look Away was Billboard’s top hit. It was the year Communism declined, the Giants and the A’s were defeated by the San Francisco Earthquake, the Exxon Valdez caused the Alaskan Oil Spill, a giant hurricane was named Hugo, and China’s Tiananmen Square became a blood bath. It was also the year Jonathan Fleming was arrested for a murder he did not commit! Tune in to hear private investigators Lt. Robert “Bob” Rahn and Kim Ankin (Bob a former homicide detective) discuss their investigation and contribution to the recent exoneration of 51-year-old Jonathan Fleming.

Times have clearly changed. Private investigators used to have to knock on doors to obtain information relative to their cases and the people they are charged with investigating. Although that is still true today to some extent, much is gained by just knocking on the door to the internet. We all know there is volumes of information to be found on any subject, but locating the right data, obtaining and analyzing it in a useable format is really key. Tune in to hear Chris Gormley, Chief Executive Officer of smiAware, a cloud based company that makes it easier and less expensive than manual searches to find and analyze public internet information