Stephen Brent Slick[1] is a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operations officer and United States National Security Council official.

During his career in the CIA's Clandestine Service, he completed five overseas tours, including two as chief of station and senior intelligence community representative.

He also played key roles in developing the provisions of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 and amendments to Executive Order 12333, issued by President Bush in 2008.

After completing basic espionage tradecraft and foreign language training, Slick was assigned under official cover overseas as an operations officer in Eastern Europe, South Asia, and as Deputy Chief of Station in Eurasia.

Slick was part of a team led by NSC Counsel John Bellinger and Senior Director for Intelligence Programs David Shedd that supported the development of an administration response to recommendations for government reform put forward by the 9/11 Commission.

Slick led an NSC staff review of recommendations by the Silberman-Robb Commission regarding intelligence failures in connection with pre-war assessments of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.

Slick led the year-long process of interagency coordination of a revised Executive Order 12333, which President Bush signed in July 2008.

"[8] Slick was part of a group of former intelligence officials that signed a letter that stated the Biden laptop story “has the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation".