The Lucrative Border Wall Business
OPINION — Last Thursday, President Trump was asked by reporters about the arrest earlier that day of his former campaign manager and early White House […] More
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The Real Impact of COVID on Mexico’s Drug Cartels
Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, law enforcement has kept a close eye on the impact the virus might have on drug cartels. Supply […] More
OSINT Global Trendline Report: COVID and the Americas
The Cipher Brief’s Open Source Trend Line Report utilizes open source data on a quarterly basis to track trends around the world that impact national and global […] More
What (or Who) is Driving the U.S. Border Crisis?
The number of monthly apprehensions based on illegal border crossings hovers north of 90,000 people. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), more […] More
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Trump’s Thanksgiving Message
OPINION — The media should be satisfied with President Trump’s telephoned “visit to the troops overseas” from his Mar-a-Lago resort on Thanksgiving Day, and not […] More
Secretaries Series: Jeh Johnson on DHS’ Toughest Tasks
Election security, the migration of people toward the U.S.’ southern border and the public-private critical intersection of cyber security are just a few of the […] More
The True Border Mission
OPINION — President Trump’s pre-election-day deployment of U.S. Army units on the southwest border may turn out to be more of a dangerous, long-term precedent […] More
Why Congress Will Not Build That Wall
The President’s recent tweet storm threatening to close the U.S.’s land border with Mexico and order military action to counter a “dangerous” caravan of asylum […] More
Correcting the Record: Probing ‘Links’ Between Terrorism & Immigration
Bottom Line Up Front Immigration remains a major issue for the Trump administration, with stories emerging recently about White House infighting about whether or […] More
Is the U.S. Southern Border Any Safer Today?
Statistics show that illegal entries along the U.S.’ southwest border peaked in March 2000, with 220,063 people captured. Capture numbers have fluctuated modestly, but have been […] More