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SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW — A provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that has generated controversy around fears of the potential for abuse has proven to be crucial […] More
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SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW — A provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that has generated controversy around fears of the potential for abuse has proven to be crucial […] More
EXCLUSIVE SUBSCRIBER+MEMBER INTERVIEW — On the same day that a group of industry leaders warned of the “risk of extinction” that stems from unbridled artificial intelligence, […] More
EXCLUSIVE SUBSCRIBER+MEMBER INTERVIEW — After cruising to a second-round presidential victory over the weekend, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has ruled Turkey for 20 years, is now set […] More
CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING — On September 17th, 1945, just weeks after the Japanese surrender that marked the end of the Second World War, a Connecticut […] More
CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING – With world attention focusing in on Turkey’s presidential run-off election, where incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan is locked in what is perhaps the most […] More
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WHALE TALES: Loyal Dead Drop readers will remember that a little over four years ago, we told you about a Beluga whale that showed up off the coast of Norway wearing a harness that contained mounts for GoPro cameras and a piece of gear labeled “Equipment of St. Petersburg.” Speculation at the time, was that the Russians intended to use the whale for spying missions but that the plus-sized marine mammal had decided to defect. Well, the whale is back in the news – turning up off the coast of Sweden. Of course, lots of young Russian males have been leaving the country lately – so the whale, dubbed Hvaldimir by the Norwegians, may have just beaten the rush. There is also speculation that his [...]
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OPINION / ANALYSIS — The world is speeding up. Adversaries such as China are seeking to remake global power structures and compete with the United [...] More
OPINION — “As service chief, we all have, you know, a dual obligation to make sure that the force can do what the combatant commanders [...] More
OPINION — Recent news of another audacious hack against the US critical infrastructure and interests overseas—this time from the Chinese-based “Volt Typhoon” group-underscores the ongoing [...] More
OPINION — “We’re engaged in an intense competition with China across many areas, but it’s not in our interest for that competition to end in [...] More