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Can the CIA and U.S. military stop the Mexican cartels?
Elaine Shannon, contributing editor at The Cipher Brief, is a former correspondent for Time and Newsweek. Her latest book is ...
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The National Security Rationale for U.S.-Funded Academic Research
Preserving the technology ecosystem is clearly in the U.S. national interest and is part of what has made America great.
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Michael Coyne
Michael Coyne is a retired career FBI counterintelligence analyst, now a Visiting Fellow with George Mason University’s National Security Institute and an incoming Adjunct Lecturer for the University ...
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Facing Threats in the ‘Fourth Era’ of American Counterintelligence
A career counterintelligence analyst warns that foreign intelligence threats are outpacing CI Community efforts to adapt.
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20 Years Later, Assessing the Value of the ODNI
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) marks an anniversary today — 20 years since its creation as the ...
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From Russian Optimist to Prisoner of the State
BOOK REVIEW: ODYSSEY MOSCOW: One American’s Journey from Russia Optimist to Prisoner of the State The Reviewer: Jean-Thomas ...
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Leveraging AI in ‘No-Fail Mission’ for U.S. Intelligence
It’s hard to overstate the complexity and importance of the work of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), which ...
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Trump’s Dangerous Game with El Salvador
We have offered the United States of America the opportunity to outsource part of its prison system. We are willing to take in [...] More ...
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The ODNI, 20 Years After Its Creation: Reflections From the First Director
On April 21, 2005, Ambassador John Negroponte was sworn in as the country’s first Director of National Intelligence. Amb.
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To Defeat Iran’s Proxies in Iraq, the U.S. Should Use an Old Adversary
The question of how the U.S. should approach Iran may have answers in Iraq, irregular warfare and an unlikely figure: Muqtada al-Sadr.
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Kody McKinley
Kody McKinley is a U.S. Army Special Operations noncommissioned officer with 12 years of experience and holds an M.S. in ...
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Tariffs Delivered the Jolt – Now Comes the Build
President Trump's approach on tariffs "marked a new era in U.S. economic policy," writes Cipher Brief Expert Gilman Louie.