How I Build My Own Brief

TRUSTED SOURCE – In this day of disinformation and facts blending routinely with political opinion and being passed off as objective news, The Cipher Brief is launching a new occasional series called, ‘Trusted Source’ to share tips and insights on where our exclusive group of experts and readers get their news.

This week, we spoke with  Rob Lively, Command Sergeants Major (Ret.) U.S. Army Special Operations and asked him to share his experience moving from classified briefings, to finding the best open source information available to keep him on top of global and domestic issues.