Lynn Saboe, one of the “most outstanding women of the CIA”, is an engineer with a Masters degree and PhD. An accomplished cruise presenter, she tailors her talks about the profession of intelligence to destinations worldwide. She has personally been to over 100 countries during her career, and depending on destinations, she can tell of historical spy stories relative to those destinations.

Lynn is also a Florida wildlife tour guide and can give wildlife presentations for cruises enroute to Florida and Lynn Saboe, one of the “most outstanding women of the CIA”, is an engineer with a Masters degree and PhD. An accomplished cruise presenter, she tailors her talks about the profession of intelligence to destinations worldwide. She has personally been to over 100 countries during her career, and depending on destinations, she can tell of historical spy stories relative to those destinations.

She is one of the only people worldwide who is approved to give talks on the CIA, history of intelligence, spy technology, both OSS and CIA museums, and a virtual tour of the CIA by a CIA 33 year employee. The audience hears first-hand from someone who has "been there" and worked across Operations worldwide, and who was uniquely a docent for the internal CIA and OSS museums, which the public can never visit.

Lynn also has deep knowledge of neuroscience, with an Advanced Degree in Neuroscience of Leadership and having studied for four years under three of the world's most renowned neuroscientists. She can provide presentations on multiple body/mind topics, such as Managing Stress, Better Sleep Habits, Using Positive Intelligence, Forming Better Relationships, Dealing with Conflict, among many others. She is also a Florida wildlife tour guide.

She gives spellbinding presentations on professional spies across history, spy technology, & the profession of intelligence! She explains the CIA’s greatest coup, greatest deception, and their still unsolved mystery.

She received two CIA medals, a Director of National Intelligence Meritorious Unit Citation, and 25 awards throughout her career including having started the CIA Mentoring Program of the Year in 2014 and being nominated as CIA Mentor of the Year five times.

She has known, and worked for, every Director of the CIA from Bill Casey to John Brennan, completing her career by working for The Director of National Intelligence General (ret.) Jim Clapper. She worked with about 100 former heads of corporations and Directors of Intelligence Community Agencies to provide the DNI with strategic assessments and studies.

Upon request, she will send a 15 minute YouTube video of the virtual tour of the CIA.

She has up to a dozen different spellbinding presentations and has enchanted audiences of 400-700 people at a time who are thrilled with learning and seeing things they never expected to see.

Lynn is a professional facilitator, executive coach, is married, lives in Florida, and has a son in the US Coast Guard. Her husband is a 41 year veteran of the CIA and was formerly in the US Navy.

1. The Importance of Spies: The roots of intelligence gathering 
(History of US Intelligence to WWII and the Office of Strategic Services)
Leaders have needed information about their adversaries since the Pharaohs of Egypt.  Surveillance was essential in every war since that time. In the US, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) is the “go-to” agency. Supporting our European Allies and fighting the Japanese could only be done with exceptional intelligence gathering!

2. 1947 -The formation of the CIA: a very hard task!
(History of US Intelligence from WWII to today)
Once our ally, the post war actions of the Soviet Union convinced President Truman that the US needed information about their capabilities. Today, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is the model for what “intelligence gathering” should look like.

3. Inside the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) – Literally. No clearance; no entry. (A Virtual Tour of the CIA)
The buildings are a maze of hallways and locked doors. No tours.  Rarely seen by civilians, the grounds are punctuated mysteries reminiscent of “James Bond.” The tools of the art of spying give assurance that the country is secure.  
Feedback has reported it as a “HIGHLIGHT DESTINATION” while on a sea day for many on the cruise.

4. The technology of spying: Life-saving spinoffs
(CIA's Technology Marvels and Their Greatest Mystery Revealed)
Many high tech products we might take for granted, from mammograms to the miracle of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), originated from spying on our adversaries. All were thanks to the work of the scientists of the intelligence community. There is still one great mystery on the CIA grounds. Perhaps one of the passengers could solve it. NSA still tries!

5. Need a great spy? Have a woman do it!
American Women have worked for the OSS and CIA from WW2 to the present, with a recent Director being the first woman Director! Julia Child led a double life. The Gestapo’s most wanted WWII2 spy was a disabled woman from Baltimore Maryland. Movie star Josephine Baker used her posh French villa to spy on the Germans. And many more...

6. A Night in the CIA Museum, History comes alive!
The CIA Museum is located in the CIA HQs and is never seen by the general public. Many exotic and unique items have spell binding stories told by a docent who did this for "VIPs only". See a special operations "blood chit", which has nothing to do with blood. Strange KGB-embedded devices put in Embassy equipment. Took a long time to find. What actually happened in the Middle East to finally allow us to find and capture Usama Bin Laden? See just how the operation went down.

7. A Night in the OSS Museum: History Comes Alive!
13,000 Office of Strategic Services men and women performed dramatic front line espionage efforts during WW2. What was it like to parachute in behind enemy lines into occupied France? What did you need to have for performing espionage, evasion and escape? How did the Gestapo try to spy on us? Hear crazy techniques used by the Gestapo, and see a wide variety of technical devices uniquely designed and some still being used since WW2!

8. Intelligence operations in Norway and Northern Europe embolden the Allies during WW2!
The US supported Norway and Northern Europe with training, intelligence and critical operations during WWII. A key OSS leader who led a key team into Norway during WW2 would become a future Director of the CIA! How did they do that, evade the Germans and escape if they were caught? Intelligence has supported key operations in Northern Europe for decades, including one endeavor which the speaker herself personally led in the Barents Sea 40 years ago.

9. The Pacific, and Hawaii: spy stories at their best!
Howard Hughes covered for the Glomar Explorer in the Pacific which performed one of the most amazing feats ever accomplished under the noses of the Russians near Hawaii. Native American code talkers turned the tide for the Marines in the Pacific in WW2. How did that ever begin? These intelligence feats turned hopeless situations into winning ones for our country and the world.

10. The work of the "magnificent five" CIA Directors who had all served in the OSS
Why was the Central Intelligence Agency not placed in Washington DC, but in a nearby state? The magnificent five were Directors who had all served in the Office of Strategic Services during WW2. One, Bill Casey, an OSS member who became a CIA Director became the only Director ever to gain Presidential Cabinet level status! He was your speakers' first boss, so hear about him and other four from a first-hand source!

11. How Russia and Eastern Europe shaped the CIA!
Once our ally, the post war actions of the Soviet Union convinced President Truman that the US needed information about their capabilities. Today, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is the model for what “intelligence gathering” should look like.  
What happened to lead up to the break up of the Soviet Union, in which US Intelligence played a key part? That story itself moves from Russian wars to internal Soviet politics and ends with a hostage situation in Russia. And the KGB has been an intelligence service to rival the CIA, with Putin a key KGB leader.

12. France and England win WWII using the US Spies in their midst!The British trained our first Office of Strategic Services Officers. The "go-to" intelligence organization then became this new OSS. One of the Allies' most critical spies -- wanted desperately by the Gestapo -- was a disabled woman from Baltimore, Maryland who worked for the Americans, the British and the French at the same time! Another was the American movie star Josephine Baker who used her French villa to spy on the Germans.  

**NOTE: depending on cruise designations, stories pertinent to that continent, nation, and local area along the US interactions with that foreign intelligence service will be added and highlighted in the talks!

***BONUS TOPiCS TAKEN FROM NEUROSCIENCE:

13. Thriving in the New Virtual World: The world as we know it has changed dramatically in the post COVID time. What was habitual to do personally is now being done virtually...meeting people, connecting, staying in touch, hiring, planning events, creating global connections. Learn to think about technology in a different way,

14. Balancing Work and Leisure: Yes, you are on vacation, but otherwise have you been working too much? Learn tips and tricks for balancing your work and allowing for more leisure time, including why it is important to do, how it regulates your energy, and allows you to be more productive!

15. Handling Generational Differences: "Other" generations think differently than yours. What is their motivation? I share how you can you better understand how multi generational interactions can take advantage of considering what is motivating them to test it out, and find ways to take advantage of them through better understanding.

16. Better Sleep Habits: Ever have trouble sleeping? Learn invaluable tips and tricks to improve your sleep habits on a daily basis, which will give you more energy and allow you to even be more creative! Find out how and why this is the case.

17. How to Motivate People and Be Motivated Yourself: Everyone performs better when they are motivated. Once you hear how to ensure your are motivated, you will be able to try it out for yourself, and think about how this could work with your kids, your parents, your spouse.

18. Mind/Body Interaction: You feel the way you do every moment of every day because of a key framework for mind/body interaction. I will explain how to allow for creative thinking, and how the mind affects the body and energy levels throughout the day.

19. Stress Management: stress invades our lives every day, even on vacation. It is inevitable, and good stress (called eustress) can dramatically help your life, while negative stress can shorten it. Hear tips and tricks to manage the negative stress in your life and optimize positivity.

20. Establishing Satety and Closeness in Relationships: having psychological safety in relationships is essential to keep friends and family close and be able to trust them,. There are key elements driving psychological safety which have been researched extensively. Hear what they are and relate this to your relationships and situations.

21. Conflict Management: most people avoid conflict which can lead to very dysfunctional situations. I share a highly successful way to address a conflict situation, which you can try yourself, get better at it immediately, and feel more confident in addressing conflicts.

22. Giving and Receiving Effective Feedback: feedback is extremely reinforcing, corrective, confidence building, and should always be constructive. Shared from extensive research, the most effective methodology is examined and practiced, with examples which can involve extensive audience participation.

23. Using Positive Intelligence: Little voices in your head sabotage you in your day to day life and create patterns of behavior which can sabotage you, Once you understand what those could be, your habits and interactions.you can create ways to use positivity to overcome them saboteurs and create better habits.

***ADDITIONAL BONUS: for cruises originating or ending in Florida or the Caribbean, I am a formal wildlife tour guide in Punta Gorda, Florida, and can provide an additional talk about the local wildlife the cruise members may see, to enhance their experience.

The intelligence related PowerPoint presentations use visuals enhanced by the unique insights and descriptions by the speaker who was a docent for the OSS and CIA museums and employee of the CIA for 33 years, Lynn Saboe. They can be either ENRICHMENT talks OR TAILORED as DESTINATION related talks with the subject of intelligence stories related to the specific ports of call!!

Lynn worked as an engineering manager in science and technology as well as in the operations directorate and the analytic directorate. She travelled to over 100 countries and completed her career at the CIA by working with Directors of many of the intelligence Agencies, doing strategic studies for the Director of National Intelligence, General Jim Clapper. All presentations are CIA-approved, and are copyright free, and unclassified. Her experience in telling the stories is one of a kind.

As a 33-year veteran of the CIA, having worked for the Director of National Intelligence, Director CIA, in the National Reconnaissance Office, and as a docent for the CIA and OSS museums, I am unique in the world to have a virtual tour inside the CIA and spy stories...all cleared by the CIA!

From 2019 to the present, I have been a guest presenter, with excellent reviews, on six Princess cruises so far in Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, across the Caribbean, Rome, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Malta, Singapore, and Vietnam. I am booked on four more. I have given enrichment talks to over 5,000 people who have hailed from 53 countries, and all in English. All nationalities and age groups have enjoyed them, with entire families coming to each of my talks because of their appeal to all age groups.

I have given keynotes to other audiences as well, such as multiple Military Officers Associations of America, and American Association of University Women audiences.

Bottom line, I have multiple, all approved, talks from the CIA to give to international audiences spanning time and locations worldwide.

Britain's Special Operations Executive influenced the Office of Strategic Services which was the precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency. I speak to a lot of that history so British audiences, as well as Australian and New Zealand audiences appreciate my stories.

I cover stories from WWII, the greatest Allied spy (a disabled woman from Baltimore Maryland), spies from England, Asia, and India, stories of technology uses in intelligence. I share the gifts the CIA to society from the world of satellites to the world of lock picking. I enthrall audiences with some of the hundreds of back stories of spies and the use of intelligence by US Presidents, from the Cuban Missile Crisis to the takedown of Usama bin Laden.

I am very flexible and can add specific stories relative to the ship’s ports of call.

For example, for Norway, I can talk about the career and exploits of CIA Director Bill Colby, who I personally knew. He worked for the Office of Strategic Services during WWII and led a Jedburgh team which parachuted into occupied Norway. His team skied across Norway to determine the capabilities of the Germans and reported that back to the Allies.

For Baltic countries and ports in Russia, I have dozens of stories of the activities of the KGB and GRU, and the backdrop of what led up to the breakup of the Soviet Union, which allowed those satellite countries to determine their own governments and become part of the Commonwealth of Independent States. That story in itself is breathtaking in its boldness and how US intelligence played a very critical part!

For ports around Europe and the Mediterranean, I have stories about each country, our work with their intelligence services, and stories of now declassified Counter terrorism activities in which both the US and those countries participated.

In and around the Caribbean, I bring in stories of historic events which happened between the US and Cuba.

As a bonus, I am a wildlife tour guide in southwest Florida and can provide upon request a full presentation on the wildlife the cruise participants might see in the islands or in and around Florida.