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January 21, 2019 | Mike Fisher

The Government remains shut down after President Donald Trump offered a plan over the weekend to provide temporary protection to some groups of immigrants if Democrats agree to fund the ...

January 19, 2019 | Tim Willasey-Wilsey

President Donald Trump will hold a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in late February. The White House made the announcement following an Oval Office meeting between ...

January 18, 2019 | Anonymous

HAYDEN HEADLINE: Former CIA and NSA Director (and Cipher Brief Board Member) General Michael V. Hayden is home from a rehabilitation facility after suffering a stroke just before Thanksgiving.  Hayden and ...

January 18, 2019 | BRIGADIER GENERAL (ret) CRAIG NIXON

The Cipher Brief’s new Friday column Cipher Select, is laser-focused on bringing you a range of different perspectives on special operations issues over the next several months. United States Special Operations ...

January 17, 2019 | Brad Meltzer

It’s not exactly his first conspiracy, but thriller writer Brad Meltzer’s new book, First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington, is the author’s first non-fiction foray. Co-written with ...

January 17, 2019 | Christopher Johnson

General Michael Hayden, the co-host of The Cipher Brief’s Annual Threat Conference for the past two years, has famously said that the world has been more dangerous in the past, ...

January 16, 2019 | Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt

A senior Kurdish official has dismissed the idea of creating a 20-mile wide safe zone in Syria presented by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, something that Erdogan says would require ...

January 16, 2019 | Kenneth Pollack

In part two of his two-part exclusive series for The Cipher Brief, AEI Scholar Kenneth Pollack, the author of the recently-released Armies of Sand: The Past, Present and Future of Arab ...

January 15, 2019 | Spy Pilot

Spy Pilot By Francis Gary Powers, Jr. and Keith Dunnavant Reviewed by John Campbell, Lt Gen, USAF (Ret) “Difficulties might arise out of these flights, but we can live with ...

January 15, 2019 | Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin & Ari Heistein

OPINION -- Israel is well-positioned as 2019 begins, but it is also primed to face serious challenges over the next twelve months. The following five strategic goals are critical—and achievable—for ...

January 15, 2019 | Kenneth Pollack

In part one of his two-part exclusive series for The Cipher Brief, AEI Scholar Kenneth Pollack, the author of the recently-released Armies of Sand: The Past, Present and Future of Arab ...

January 11, 2019 | COL David Maxwell

United States Special Operations Forces are attracting attention for the wrong reasons after a spate of incidents overseas that involved the murder of Americans, allegedly carried out by SOF Forces. ...

January 10, 2019 | Catherine Lotrionte

Catherine Lotrionte has been the power broker behind Washington D.C.’s International Conference on Cyber Engagement for seven years now and she’s getting ready to host it again this April with ...

January 09, 2019 | Ari Heistein and Nathaniel Rabkin

With U.S.-Iran tensions rising after the re-imposition of nuclear sanctions, neighboring Iraq will likely emerge as a critical battleground in the U.S.-Iran contest. As the U.S. and its allies have ...

January 09, 2019 | Steven Ward

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made clear during remarks in Jordan on Tuesday that the U.S. is intent on putting  more pressure on Iran  in the new year and says that ...

January 08, 2019 | Dr. Haroro J. Ingram

The Trump Administration is defunding the nation’s primary anti-domestic terror program at the Department of Homeland Security and DHS’ Office of Terrorism Prevention has removed any reference to future funding ...

January 08, 2019 |

By W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV Reviewed by The Cipher Brief's Brad Christian The Enemy of My Enemy, G.P. Putnam's Sons, December 11, 2018 W.E.B. Griffin is the ...

January 07, 2019 | Michael Sulick

French philosopher Voltaire claimed that "if God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.” The Kremlin, whenever it wishes to free a convicted Russian spy, twists this ...

January 03, 2019 |

OPINION -- On December 31, The New York Times published a piece that claimed Afghan forces “trained and equipped by CIA agents or contractors” were conducting “torture and killings with ...

January 02, 2019 | The Cipher Brief

As we head into 2019, the U.S. does so as a nation that has become accustomed to active shooters, evidenced by horrific tragedies that occurred in 2018.  On Feb. 14, ...

December 20, 2018 | The Cipher Brief

SPECIAL REPORT – This is a Special Report from The Cipher Brief  The White House has confirmed President Trump’s intentions to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria.  “We have defeated ISIS ...

December 19, 2018 | The Cipher Brief

Reports that President Trump has ordered a withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria are not inconsistent with prior messages we’ve heard from the President this year.  In April, The Cipher ...

January 19, 2019 | Tim Willasey-Wilsey

President Donald Trump will hold a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in late February. The White House made the announcement following an Oval Office meeting between ...

January 18, 2019 | Anonymous

HAYDEN HEADLINE: Former CIA and NSA Director (and Cipher Brief Board Member) General Michael V. Hayden is home from a rehabilitation facility after suffering a stroke just before Thanksgiving.  Hayden and ...

January 17, 2019 | Christopher Johnson

General Michael Hayden, the co-host of The Cipher Brief’s Annual Threat Conference for the past two years, has famously said that the world has been more dangerous in the past, ...

January 16, 2019 | Kenneth Pollack

In part two of his two-part exclusive series for The Cipher Brief, AEI Scholar Kenneth Pollack, the author of the recently-released Armies of Sand: The Past, Present and Future of Arab ...

January 15, 2019 | Kenneth Pollack

In part one of his two-part exclusive series for The Cipher Brief, AEI Scholar Kenneth Pollack, the author of the recently-released Armies of Sand: The Past, Present and Future of Arab ...

January 11, 2019 | COL David Maxwell

United States Special Operations Forces are attracting attention for the wrong reasons after a spate of incidents overseas that involved the murder of Americans, allegedly carried out by SOF Forces. ...

January 09, 2019 | Steven Ward

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made clear during remarks in Jordan on Tuesday that the U.S. is intent on putting  more pressure on Iran  in the new year and says that ...

January 07, 2019 | Michael Sulick

French philosopher Voltaire claimed that "if God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.” The Kremlin, whenever it wishes to free a convicted Russian spy, twists this ...

January 03, 2019 |

OPINION -- On December 31, The New York Times published a piece that claimed Afghan forces “trained and equipped by CIA agents or contractors” were conducting “torture and killings with ...

January 02, 2019 | The Cipher Brief

As we head into 2019, the U.S. does so as a nation that has become accustomed to active shooters, evidenced by horrific tragedies that occurred in 2018.  On Feb. 14, ...

December 20, 2018 | The Cipher Brief

SPECIAL REPORT – This is a Special Report from The Cipher Brief  The White House has confirmed President Trump’s intentions to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria.  “We have defeated ISIS ...

December 19, 2018 | The Cipher Brief

Reports that President Trump has ordered a withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria are not inconsistent with prior messages we’ve heard from the President this year.  In April, The Cipher ...