In February, Philipp Bleek gave a talk at the local Park Lane seniors’ center, reflecting on serving as a Senior Advisor in the Office of the Secretary of Defense while on leave from MIIS during the 2012-13 academic year. Among other topics, he spoke about his experience staffing the interagency “Syria Chemical Weapons Senior Integration Group,” whose existence was classified until recently, but has now been made public in the context of ongoing efforts to eliminate Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal.