In December 2022, journalist Zach Dorfman interviewed Wayne Barnes for an article on possible foreign intelligence activities in San Diego toward the end of the Cold War. Read more here.
Eulogy for Constantin Rauţa
Costel Rauţa defected from Romania in 1973, and worked for NASA in Greenbelt, MD, until his retirement a few years ago. Wayne Barnes, a retired FBI Special Agent, debriefed Costel after his defection and remained his lifelong friend. This eulogy took place in the Holy Cross Romanian Orthodox Church in Hollywood, FL, on Sunday, June 28, 2020.
The Origins of the Personnel Security Interview (PSI)
Wayne Barnes was invited to lecture to the Florida International Bankers Association (FIBA) as a “Ted-X Talks” speaker in March, 2016. He spoke in detail about several cases which could have compromised internal security within the FBI if applicants had not been identified as potential spies.
Security and Personnel Security Interview
Marc Weber Tobias interviews FBI Special Agent (Retired) Wayne A. Barnes about the Personnel Security Interview that he developed in 1986 during a series of applicant interviews he conducted.
Wayne Barnes on the Security Clearance Process
Marc Weber Tobias interviews Wayne Barnes, Retired FBI Special Agent, about the security clearance process and what is involved in Secret, Top Secret, and SCI clearances and the SF-86 background form.
Behind the FBI Pizza Call
Wayne A. Barnes describes the famous "Pizza Call." It was a phone call to order 19 pizzas that was placed by one of many Agents that were at a psychiatric hospital in Southern California during the search of that facility while Agent Barnes was present. The story has become famous in the Bureau.