Dead Drop: June 19
SCAM OF THE YEAR: The most surprising thing about the scam that former DEA official Garrison Courtney pled guilty to last week was not that he […] More
SCAM OF THE YEAR: The most surprising thing about the scam that former DEA official Garrison Courtney pled guilty to last week was not that he […] More
A FORT BY ANY OTHER NAME: One of the results from the death of George Floyd has been that major institutions are reexamining long-held positions. The […] More
SEAT OF POWER: There is a tradition among cabinet level agencies within the US government that when their leader leaves office, his or her staff chip […] More
CHANGE AT THE TOP: On Tuesday of this week, in a ceremony in the Oval Office, the new Director of National Intelligence, John Ratcliffe, was sworn in. In […] More
SAD SALUTE: Governments around the world are looking for ways to honor medical personnel, first responders and all those who are putting their lives on the […] More
THE BOYS ARE BACK: Long-time readers of The Dead Drop will remember that we had several items in recent years about Ezra Cohen-Watnick, a 30-something, staffer on […] More
AUF WIEDERSEHEN ACTING DNI GRENELL? While not exactly a lovefest, Tuesday’s Senate Intelligence Committee’s confirmation hearing for nominee Rep. John Ratcliffe gave the impression that the Congressman is […] More
GOOD GOD: The Russian Armed Forces are building a mega-church in Moscow. The facility, which is scheduled to open on May 9 – the 75th anniversary of […] More
NATIONAL SECURITY SHOUT OUT: Outfits like the Pentagon and NASA like to brag about products the public loves – that were first developed for government use. […] More
WONDER WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT THE TOILET PAPER SHORTAGE: The Department of Homeland Security has issued an advisory telling folks that Russian intelligence services are likely […] More
READY, FIRE, AIM: We’ve been scratching our heads trying to remember any other occasion where an incident crisis was as poorly handled as was the firing […] More
WHAT ELSE COULD GO WRONG? Maybe we need to quit reading these myth busting websites – because they are full of stuff we didn’t know we […] More
ACTING UP: This week, the Acting Director of National Intelligence (Ambassador) Rick Grenell announced a new acting director of the National Counter Terrorism Center to replace the previous […] More
OPEN FOR BUSINESS (SORTA): If you are like us, you are being bombarded by every restaurant, store, and hotel chain that ever captured your email address […] More
PROTECTING HOSTILE INTELLIGENCE SERVICES: When he was CIA director, Mike Pompeo declared that Wikileaks and its founder Julian Assange made common cause with dictators and he […] More
DOC IN A BOX: Doctor Shakeel Afridi is the Pakistani MD who allegedly helped the CIA track down Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad. He has been […] More
THERE ARE NO SECRETS AMONG ALLIES: The British government has confirmed that it is developing a new nuclear warhead for its ballistic missile submarines. But we […] More
DN-WHY? A lot of people were surprised by President Trump’s announcement Wednesday that he was naming Richard Grenell to be the latest acting Director of National Intelligence. Although […] More
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