Sometimes the problems facing intelligence agencies–and those who report on them–seem insoluble. For example, what caused U.S. diplomatic official to...
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How MI6 Cultivated British Media on Iraq’s Non-Existent WMD
Germany Arrests 25 People Suspected of Plotting to Overthrow ‘Deep State’ Government
Pakistan’s Deep State: New Army Chief Named Amid Political Drama
Talking Nukes: CIA Chief Meets With Russian Counterpart in Turkey
UAE Meddled in U.S. Political System, Intelligence Report Says
Admit We Have Nukes, Top Israeli Military Figure Says
A Bold New Look at China’s Audacious Spies
The Most Dangerous Day in History
CIA Thought Putin Would Quickly Conquer Ukraine
MuckRock’s Guide to Getting Your Own FBI File
Russian Mercenary Chief Vented to Putin Over Ukraine War
The National Security Act Turns 75
Behind Zelensky’s Security Shakeup
Pegasus Project: What Has Happened Since the Revelations About Israeli Spyware
DHS Scrambles to Counter Violent Extremism in America
Iran Detains Former British Diplomat Collecting Soil Samples
Saudi Intelligence Agency Runs 20 Secret Prisons, Activists Say
The Unmasking of Agent Z9A
Haspel Personally Observed CIA Waterboarding, Witness Testifies
Theories
Intelligence Findings on COVID19 Origins: Not Man-Made or Genetically Modified
“I will tell you, more and more, we’re hearing the story [that the new coronavirus emerged from a Wuhan lab,” President Trump...
The Origins of the Ukraine Conspiracy Theory
It all began with Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign manager, now serving a seven-year prison sentence for bank fraud,...
The Pro-Trump CIA Man: QAnon Madness and Upward Failure
Michael Scheuer is a pure product of the CIA. A career operations officer, he ran the first agency task force...
How the Concept of a ‘Deep State’ Came to America via Turkey
In War on the Rocks, Ryan Gingeras, a historian of Turkish politics, traces the evolution and migration of the term...
Could the Death of the National Security State be the Silver Lining of COVID-19?
[This article was first published in a wise magazine called Counterpunch. Subscribe here.] Could something good come from the catastrophe...
Trump’s Trade Adviser Repeats Unsubstantiated COVID Theory
First it was former MI6 director Richard Dearlove espousing a theory about the origins of the COVID virus that has...
Former MI6 Spymaster Claims Wuhan Lab ‘Accident’ Caused COVID. Virologists Disagree
Sir Richard Dearlove cited an “important” new study by British and Norwegian researchers which he thinks could “shift the debate.”...
In Deep: The History Behind Trump’s War on the Intelligence Community
(This story first appeared in Counterpunch.) “There is no ‘deep state’—not in the conspiratorial way that Donald Trump uses the...
Australia Intelligence Knocks Down Trump’s Wuhan Lab Virus Claim
Australia’s intelligence agency is saying the same thing U.S. intelligence agencies are saying: it is doubtful that the COVID19 virus...
Celebrities Turbocharge the 5G Coronavirus Conspiracy Theory
There are actually two different stories here. One is a real public health issue: the possible health hazards of 5G...
Was Modern Art a CIA Psy-Op?
Not quite. But the CIA used modern art as Cold War propaganda against the Soviet Union in ways that were...
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