Garrison Kenneth Courtney (born 1975/1976)[1] is an American former government official who served as the Chief of Public Affairs for the Drug Enforcement Administration from 2005 to 2009.

In June 2020, Courtney pleaded guilty to wire fraud after it was uncovered that he had posed as a Central Intelligence Agency officer for four years as a part of an ongoing government contract scheme.

[citation needed] Prior to working for the DEA, Courtney was the Seattle District public affairs and community outreach director with the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) for Northern Idaho, Washington and British Columbia.

[2][7][8] Courtney also worked for Rep. Katherine Harris (R-Florida), as the Communications Director and Homeland Security Legislative Assistant in 2004.

[14] He swindled at least a dozen companies out of over US$4.4 million by convincing them they would receive lucrative government contracts funded by the black budget in exchange for putting him on their payroll as a cover for his job as a spy.