
Lessons from Israel’s Tale of Two Fronts
OPINION — On Oct 6th, Hamas was ready to launch an audacious attack. It was complex, involved thousands of fighters, and aimed to kill, capture, […] More
OPINION — On Oct 6th, Hamas was ready to launch an audacious attack. It was complex, involved thousands of fighters, and aimed to kill, capture, […] More
OPINION — In 1990, the world was on the cusp of a major transformation. The bifurcated, static and hierarchical Cold War era was giving way to […] More
EXPERT OPINION – Dear 47th President of the United States, congratulations on your victory and thank you for your willingness to serve as the leader […] More
During the 2024 Cipher Brief Threat Conference, Dave Pitts joined Brad Christian, Mike Vickers, and Ralph Goff in a discussion about Gray Zone Operations; a […] More
OPINION — Where were you two weeks after September 11th? No one ever asks this question, but it’s the one I answer in my mind when […] More
EXPERT OPINION — A recent report from Washington’s Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) is getting attention for calling out the failure of the […] More
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW – CIA Director William Burns warned Monday of “the very real danger” of a wider war in the Middle East, and urged Israel […] More
Spymasters rarely say much in public, and when they do, it’s usually a tightly scripted affair. That made this weekend’s joint appearance by CIA Director […] More
OPINION — The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) announced in 2017 that it would compel its citizens and its companies to steal secrets from the rest […] More
OPINION — The deaths of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian leave the country without two influential leaders during a time in […] More
Dr. Michael G. Vickers, a Cipher Brief expert and former Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, delivered opening remarks at the recent Cipher Brief HONORS […] More
OPINION — The House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill to reauthorize and reform Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The crucial national security […] More
OPINION — A poster I recently saw at CIA Headquarters reminded me of a project on which my late colleague and friend, Patty Brandmaier, and […] More
OPINION — As a mere “wretched pensioner” in retirement (words taken from my good friend and former CIA colleague Doug Wise), I spend a great […] More
OPINION — In the early stages of the Vietnam War, Pentagon officials were puzzled why U.S. bombing missions against northern Vietnam were yielding meager results. Accordingly, […] More
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE/OPINION: The explosion of online data, rapid advances in artificial intelligence and the proliferation of entities using and sharing them are transforming the way […] More
There is one truth in terrorism that intelligence officials and national security experts have seen proven over the past few years: terrorist tactics are continuously […] More
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