Edward J Barr

Colonel Edward J Barr USMC (Ret) is a career intelligence officer who has worked with all major intelligence agencies, including the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Ed helped create a Master of Arts in Security and Intelligence Studies program at Northeastern University in Boston, where he currently teaches. He has been published in several professional journals and newspapers. During his career with the intelligence community he served in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. In recent years he earned a Master of Theology degree and has added teaching adult education classes to his teaching duties. Ed’s public speaking engagements focus on intelligence, military, and religious themes. He used his unique background to create a new biblical and religious themed novel, “The Gray Apostle: Mission of the Messiah.”