From the pro-CIA Cipher Brief This network of Iranian proxies in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, Bahrain,...
January 26, 2022January 26, 2022
6 Startling Revelations From Declassified U.S. Government Documents
From HowStuffWorks “The [public] tolerance for the secrecy of these organizations has become smaller,” Pfeiffer...
January 25, 2022January 25, 2022
Homeland Security Warns Ukraine Crisis Could Lead to Cyberattacks in U.S.
January 20, 2022January 20, 2022
What Is the CIA’s Role in Ukraine?
On the SpyTalk podcast, David Maxwell, a former Green Beret trainer talks up a CIA-trained unconventional...
January 18, 2022January 18, 2022
Timothy Snyder Fears Democracy May Not Survive the 2024 Election
The problem with a failed coup, which is what January 6th, 2021, is, is that it...
January 10, 2022January 10, 2022
How to Protect Yourself From NSO Spyware
The U.S. government has advice for journalists and activists: Watch out for spyware. The National Counterintelligence...
November 7, 2021November 7, 2021
Mossad’s Role in Sudan’s Military Coup
From the well-informed Jonathan Broder at the reliable SpyTalk newsletter: Not only was an Israeli delegation...
October 25, 2021October 25, 2021
Three Key Findings from the U.S. Intelligence Report on Climate Change
With the global climate conference due to start on October 31, the U.S. intelligence community has...
October 18, 2021October 18, 2021
Addicted to Drones: The Overhyping of ‘Over the Horizon’
In the wake of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the Biden Administration has announced the United...
October 13, 2021October 13, 2021
A Beginner’s Guide to ‘The Blob’–and the American Way of War
Why has American been at war for the entire 21st century? What accounts for the reality...
September 28, 2021September 28, 2021
The CIA Debated Kidnapping or Killing Julian Assange
This more than solid scoop comes from the very reliable Zach Dorfman, Sean D. Naylor and Michael Isikoff at...
September 23, 2021September 23, 2021
After Afghanistan: Time for Realist Internationalism
A large part of this disagreement also lies in our differing attitudes towards the course...
