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Iran Captive Amir Hekmati:

Intelligence Analyst for Six3 Systems in 2011

by John Stanton

[This is an update to Iran Should ReleaseAmir Hekmati: A Hapless Product of the US ArmysHuman Terrain System]

Amir Hekmati is currently on death row in Iran for allegedlyspying for the United States of

America. In addition to being a former member of the US Armys Human Terrain System

and trained as a cultural intelligence collector-- he was most recently a former employee of

Six3 Systems located in McLean, Virginia. His title with the company was Intelligence Analyst

with a US Army contract expiration date of 9/23/2011 and a government contactor ID that

was set to expire in November 2011. At one point earlier, Hekmati owned a company called

Lucid Linguistics whose purpose was to improve the US militarys ability to communicate in

the Middle East.

All of which makes the focus on his links to KUMA LLC video games rather absurd as a leadstory pushed by many media outlets around the world.

Six3 Systems is a portfolio company held by GTCR, a private equity company, which does

have a former high level CIA employee in its leadership ranks (see below). The GTCR

description of Six3 Systems is as follows: Six3 Systems is a high-end national security and

defense intelligence services provider focused on developing and acquiring specialized

capabilities that cater to the security intelligence community, Department of Defense and

civilian security agencies. This national security and defense company is primarily focused

on opportunities involving biometrics security, advanced data interpretation and analysis,

cyber security and security intelligence / counterintelligence operations, training and

support.

The CEO of the company is Robert Coleman. His experience includes his tenure at the

White House National Security Council Crisis Management Center during the Reagan and

Bush I administrations, where he developed systems to assist in the collection and

dissemination of critical intelligence data. He has additional experience supporting national

security efforts while working for SAIC and Raytheon Technical Services. The Vice President

for Business Development is Ryan Wagener who is a former CACI employee. He leads all

activities associated with pursuing and winning new business in the Intelligence, Defense,

and Civilian marketsWagener brings 16 years of experience in the intelligence and

national security federal contracting community.

Six3 Systems biometrics guru is Mike Zembrzuski. He is a former commander of the Army's

premier counterintelligence battalion in CONUS, Mike led the Army effort to integratemissions with the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Forces. He is an acknowledged expert in the

areas of homeland security and technology protection and has extensive experience at the

highest levels of the U.S. Government. His overseas experience is remarkable, with

deployments to Afghanistan, Bosnia, Croatia, Guantanamo, and Iraq, along with service

throughout Europe.

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Tom Ladd, executive vice president for ISR is the former CEO of BIT Systems, a leading

provider of Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) and Software development solutions to the

Intelligence Community and DoD. As one of the three founders of BITS, Mr. Ladd was

responsible for the day to day running of BITS including hiring, new business efforts, human

resources, accounting, and contracts. Mr. Ladd began his career at CIA as a technical

weapon's analyst. He spent three years supporting weapons inspections and

finished his career at CIA as the Branch Chief for the Missile Systems Branch,

responsible for the assessment of foreign ballistic and cruise missile

capabilities.

John Stanton is a Virginia based writer specializing in national security matters. Reach him

at cioran123@yahoo.com