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The Downward Spiral of Western Counterintelligence

OPINION — Counterintelligence is one of the most vital functions of the intelligence community, helping protect against foreign threats. [...] More

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Chinese and Russian Space Pursuits Are Picking Allied Pockets

OPINION — India’s breakthrough lunar landing showed that our free world economies are in an age of healthy research, experimentation, and growth with [...] More

The Hunt for Spies Inside the U.S. is Harder than you Think

The Hunt for Spies Inside the U.S. is Harder than you Think

EXCLUSIVE SUBSCRIBER+MEMBER INTERVIEW — Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin says there is “no such thing as an overseas police station” [...] More

What Mar-a-Lago is Teaching Us About the Declassification Process

OPINION — The Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB) is an inconspicuous presidential advisory board created by Congress in 2000, to advise [...] More

Soviet Espionage Under the Cover of Diplomacy

Soviet Espionage Under the Cover of Diplomacy

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — Immediately after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last month, the US government expelled 13 Russian diplomats working at the United [...] More

Ukraine and How Private Sector Intelligence is Defining a New World

Ukraine and How Private Sector Intelligence is Defining a New World

The Cipher Brief welcomes Kevin Mandia, CEO of Mandiant, for a timely discussion on private sector involvement one of today's most pressing [...] More

Preparing for Great Power Competition in AI and Intelligence

Preparing for Great Power Competition in AI and Intelligence

A Virtual BriefingWednesday, March 2, 2022, 1:30-2:30pm ESTThis discussion will cover the promise of AI, the growing importance of Open Source to the [...] More

Wars are not Won by Evacuations

Wars are not Won by Evacuations

Mark Kelton, Former Deputy Director, CIA's Counterintelligence, National Clandestine ServiceCipher Brief Expert Mark Kelton is a retired senior [...] More

The Spyhunter's Burden

OPINION — A recent email from the current Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Chief of Counterintelligence (C/CI), wherein Agency retirees were [...] More

A Look Inside the Justice Department's National Security Priorities

A Look Inside the Justice Department's National Security Priorities

Last week, the Justice Department brought an indictment against two individuals accused of working with China’s Ministry of State Security to conduct [...] More

A Return of Ideological Spying?

A Return of Ideological Spying?

Counterintelligence in a Time of CrisisMark Kelton is a former senior Central Intelligence Agency executive who retired in 2015 with 34 years of [...] More

The China Problem

The China Problem

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called out China’s claims in the South China Sea this week, saying they are “completely unlawful.” It was a [...] More

Xi's Awful Arithmetic

Xi's Awful Arithmetic

CIPHER BRIEF EXPERT VIEW — Mark Kelton is a retired senior Central Intelligence Agency executive who retired in 2015 with 34 years of experience in [...] More