An Animated Look at How We Can Protect Democracy from Disinformation
OPINION — Democratic systems around the globe are under serious threat – disinformation campaigns have tremendous power to undermine our social and political systems from […] More
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U.S. Threat Assessment: Two Wars and Axis of Enemies Top 2024 Risks
SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — The nation’s top intelligence agencies delivered a sobering threat assessment Monday, focused on spillover dangers posed by the wars in Ukraine and […] More
America’s Food Supply Has a Cyber Problem
OPINION — Fine-tuned sensors let farmers know which fields need more water and which crops need more fertilizer. But today, a hacker halfway around the […] More
Upgrading the U.S. Military’s Nuclear Warheads
OPINION — “I want to ensure that I have a weapon system that will deliver the capabilities that I need to deliver. I also need […] More
Conspiracy Theories & How They Impact Intelligence
Join us Thursday, March 14 at 1:30pm EST for a look at what drives conspiracy thinking. What are some of the old and new ones? […] More
Honoring the Oath Taken by Intelligence Officers Means More than Politics
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
The Border Crisis and National Security: What Needs To Be Done?
SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE BRIEFING — It’s difficult to clearly understand the real nature of the national security threat that exists at the U.S. southern border, namely because […] More
On the Brink of Escalation Between the U.S. and Iran
SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW – Last week, just days after the U.S. retaliated – in what it called the ‘beginning’ of a multi-tiered response – against Iranian-backed […] More
From the Battlefield to Your Backyard: The Looming Drone Threat in America
OPINION — The skies over Ukraine and the Middle East have shown us a chilling new type of warfare. Drones, once toys or tools, have […] More
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 security challenge: […] More
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
Washington Needs to Focus on Multiple Border Issues for Stronger U.S. National Security
OPINION — The Ukrainian Armed Forces are starting the new year running critically low on supplies. Efforts by Congressional leaders and the Biden Administration to […] More
The Administration’s Confusion on AI is Bad for U.S. Security
OPINION — The realm of artificial intelligence (AI) is a battleground not just of technological prowess but also of geopolitical strategy. The European Union’s (EU) passage […] More
DARPA’s Focus on ‘Manipulated Media’ Lays Out Technology for Combatting Disinformation and more
OPINION — “A couple things I haven’t talked about that might be worth exploring is, you know, the manipulated media.” That was Dr. Kathleen Fisher, […] More
Pentagon Looking for Recommendations on F-35
OPINION — “Since early October, the F-35 [jet fighter] program has delivered surge support to Israel. Israeli users are achieving exceptional mission capability rates and […] More
Foreign Criminals are Scamming Americans out of Billions of Dollars. Is it a National Security Threat?
OPINION — A new Gallup poll combined with a new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) estimate of fraud losses show that criminals are stealing tens or […] More
Generative AI for National Security
SPONSORED / OPINION — While the National Security community works to scale the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), generative AI has […] More
702 is the Spy Tool that Americans need now
OPINION — The Intelligence Community (IC), in a recent press release, said it will lose what it has “used every day to protect the nation […] More