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Former CIA Officer Alex Finley and her Oligarch Yachts

AUTHOR INTERVIEW — When The Cipher Brief last crossed paths with author Alex Finley, we delved into the exploits of Victor Caro, the central [...] More

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A Guide for the Transition Mission

Alison Bouwmeester spent 28 years working as a CIA case officer. When she retired and went to work in the private sector, she found that many of her [...] More

Not Your Typical CIA Officer, Or?

The Unexpected Spy: From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World’s Most Notorious TerroristsBy Tracy Walder | [...] More

The Ex-Spy's Reading List in the Age of COVID-19

In the age of COVID-19, The Cipher Brief reached out to our expert network to ask what they were reading. Cipher Brief Expert Marc Polymeropoulos [...] More

Author Gordon Corera talks about the Russians Among Us

Long-time BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera recently published a new book, Russians Among Us: Sleeper Cells, Ghost Stories and the Hunt for [...] More

Behind the Budapest Escape

Undercover readers might remember that we introduced you this past spring to Bill Rapp, a former CIA analyst turned author. He’s an interesting [...] More

What Really Happened at CIA Black Sites

Former CIA and FBI official Phil Mudd knows a lot of details you probably don't about CIA black sites. He knows, because he was associated with the [...] More

Author Alex Finley Dishes on Life as a Spy

Alex Finley worked for CIA’s Directorate of Operations for about six years in the early 2000s. Her roles took her to places like West Africa and [...] More

Daniel Silva's New Girl

Editors note: Daniel Silva is one of America’s most prolific and popular novelists. His latest book, The New Girl, is officially out today, July [...] More

Life as a Female CIA Targeting Officer

[ED NOTE from Cipher Brief CEO Suzanne Kelly: I met Nada Bakos, the author of The Targeter: My Life in the CIA, Hunting Terrorists and Challenging [...] More

So You Think You've Got a Book in You?

Under/Cover is constantly probing for insights that will help readers (and writers) understand how to gauge demand, and how to know if that story [...] More

The Moral Future of the Internet

Investigative journalist Joseph Menn, author of the recently released Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the [...] More

A Rapp Sheet Worth Writing About

Bill Rapp’s real story is just as interesting as the ones he makes up. The former CIA Analyst began working in West Germany back when the country was [...] More