For the last 16 years, Kanuck worked for the United States government in the intelligence community. He worked in the CIA for 11 years and then in the Office of Director of National Intelligence for 5 years. Kanuck left working for the government in May of 2016 and is now working many small jobs that he couldn’t have worked with a full-time position, such as: legal and consulting work for financial institutions in the United States and abroad, expert witnessing for a law firm, other consulting work for a couple of philanthropic organizations, he’s served in the visiting fellows at the University in Singapore and spent his time this past January as a distinguished fellow with a think tank in India.