小卢·尼斯科特., M.Div., M.A.R.

Lewis Nescott headshot
兼职教师


Criminal Justice Department
亨利·C. Lee College of Criminal Justice & 法医科学
教育

M.Div., Yale Divinity School
M.A.R., Yale Divinity School (joint study at Yale Law School in Constitutional Theory, 反托拉斯法, 及法律与宗教)
B.S.俄亥俄大学

关于卢

A veteran national security analyst, Lew currently serves as an independent journalist covering stories from the intersection of politics, 宗教, 以及国家安全. A member of the Foreign Press Association and National Press Club, he currently holds a Top Secret/SCI security clearance from the U.S. 国防部.

Following a 20-year career at Yale, Lew established an atmospherics information gathering program in 2010-2011 supporting the Marine Expeditionary Forces in Helmand Province, 阿富汗. He received a citation for his work from the U.S. Marine Corps Assistant Chief of Staff Intelligence (C-2).

From 2012-2016, Lew was a member of an intelligence unit at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, tasked with protecting American interests and assets in the region. During his multiple tours, he delivered hundreds of high-threat briefings and developed benchmark surveys on sectarian violence, 战斗机的动作, and attacks on commercial infrastructure. Lew was recognized by the Embassy’s Regional 安全 Office and Office of 安全 Cooperation for providing outstanding intelligence and force protection support during times of increased security threats.

从2018年到2019年, he served as a senior intelligence analyst at the Defense Intelligence Agency’s Middle East/Africa Regional Center (MARC) in Washington, D.C.

An avid trekker and former high-altitude mountaineer, he has summited Denali (20,310’), Mt. 厄尔布鲁士山(海拔18510英尺. Damavand (18,403’), and Mt. 乞力马扎罗(19341 ').

Selected Media Exclusives

Ukrainian Orthodox primate: ‘We are called to stop this evil’ (Religion News Service, May 31, 2022)

Russian priest speaks out against war in Ukraine despite threats (The Washington Post, 4月8日, 2022, 与杰克·詹金斯一起)

‘A religious politician’: Head of US Ukrainian Orthodox Church slams Moscow Patriarch Kirill, Putin (Religion News Service, 2月25日, 2022)

长期U.S. 家庭牧师在一月. 6, the dangers of ‘apocalyptic thinking’ and why there’s room to be pro-choice in Catholicism (The Washington Post, 1月5日, 2022, with Michelle Boorstein)

U.S. Senate chaplain “very optimistic” on passage of gun safety legislation (June 16, 2022, transcript available upon request)

Army Chaplain describes Russian church in Ukraine as ‘fifth column’ providing targeting and intelligence to enemy forces (Kyiv, 5月17日, 2022, transcript available upon request)

Unarmed and holding cross over his head, Russian troops gun down chaplain’s brother at checkpoint (Kyiv, 5月17日, 2022, transcript available upon request)

Bucha priest details life and death under Russian occupation (Bucha, 5月16日, 2022, transcript available upon request)

Climbing Iran (The New Haven Register Blog, October 3-19, 2006)

课程
  • NSEC 4458 Introduction to the U.S. Intelligence Community
  • NSEC 1102 Reporting in National 安全
  • NSEC 1100 Introduction to National 安全 Studies