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Dear Mr. President: A Former CIA Officer’s Unvarnished Brief on Putin

Glenn Corn

Dear Mr. President: A Former CIA Officer’s Unvarnished Brief on Putin

Dear Mr. President:I am hoping you remember me. I spent about 90 minutes with you and much of your cabinet in the Oval Office in the spring of 2017, [...] More

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The U.S. is in the Midst of a Perfect 'Cognitive Warfare' Storm
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The U.S. is in the Midst of a Perfect 'Cognitive Warfare' Storm

During the 2024 Cipher Brief Threat Conference, Dave Pitts joined Brad Christian, Mike Vickers, and Ralph Goff in a discussion about Gray Zone [...] More

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America's National Security Wake-Up Call
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America's National Security Wake-Up Call

SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW – A recent report issued by the Congressionally-mandated Commission on the National Defense Strategy paints a bleak [...] More

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How U.S. Adversaries are Eyeing Our Presidential Election

Mark Kelton

How U.S. Adversaries are Eyeing Our Presidential Election

OPINION — Describing the conditions that set the stage for history’s largest, most costly war, Winston Churchill wrote in The Gathering Storm, “The [...] More

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National Security Lessons from Crowdstrike's Global Disaster
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National Security Lessons from Crowdstrike's Global Disaster

SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE ANALYSIS – As the world gets back online after a global outage that impacted some 8.5 million individual devices around the [...] More

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Outgoing NCTC Director Lays Out Today's Very Real Terrorist Threat
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Outgoing NCTC Director Lays Out Today's Very Real Terrorist Threat

EXPERT Q&A — Christine “Christy” Abizaid was sworn in as director of the National Counter-Terrorism Center (NCTC) in June of 2021, as the threat of [...] More

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Assassination Attempt on Trump Could Fuel FBI's Biggest Fear: Terrorism

Assassination Attempt on Trump Could Fuel FBI's Biggest Fear: Terrorism

EXPERT Q&A – As the FBI investigates the reasons why 20-year-old suspect Thomas Matthew Crooks may have targeted former president Donald Trump at a [...] More

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'Havana Syndrome' - and a Possible Russia Connection

'Havana Syndrome' - and a Possible Russia Connection

SUBSCRIBER+ INTERVIEW — Who – or what – is to blame for the debilitating symptoms known as “Havana Syndrome”? The question has been asked repeatedly [...] More

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FISA Amendments Must Acknowledge Critical Role of OSINT

Andrew Borene

FISA Amendments Must Acknowledge Critical Role of OSINT

Donald Saelinger

FISA Amendments Must Acknowledge Critical Role of OSINT

OPINION — As we approach the April 2024 expiration of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), it is heartening to see a [...] More

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Where Are Bipartisan Congressional Leaders on National Security When You Need Them?

Walter Pincus

Where Are Bipartisan Congressional Leaders on National Security When You Need Them?

OPINION — “In order to allow Congress more time to reach consensus on how best to reform FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) and Section 702 [...] More

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The Munich Dispatches: In Europe, a Focus on Russia and the United States

Dr. Evelyn N. Farkas

The Munich Dispatches: In Europe, a Focus on Russia and the United States

The Cipher Brief interviewed a number of national security experts on the sidelines of this year’s Munich Security Conference. Here are key takeaways [...] More

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The West's Weapons Problem: Growing Threats, Dwindling Stockpiles

The West's Weapons Problem: Growing Threats, Dwindling Stockpiles

SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — As the U.S. and NATO deepen their involvement in a pair of major global conflicts, western nations face a critical [...] More

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What Might a CIA-tasked 'Red Cell' on China Tell us?

What Might a CIA-tasked 'Red Cell' on China Tell us?

OPINION / EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — After 9/11, the Directorate of Intelligence (DI) at CIA created a ‘Red Cell’ that was given the mission of truly [...] More

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