Dead Drop: August 23
DON’T GO RUSSIAN TO JUDGMENT: Last we heard, no charges had been filed – but folks in Rappahannock County, Virginia took notice when a large number of FBI […] More
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Dead Drop August 16
IT’S A HARD NOC LIFE: By its nature, the work of the Central Intelligence Agency is often shrouded in the cloak of secrecy. And few secrets […] More
Dead Drop: August 9
MORE THAN STARS ON A WALL: Fifty years ago, The Central Intelligence Agency first dedicated a memorial wall in their Langley, Virginia headquarters with 31 stars […] More
Dead Drop: August 2
THE SICK (SPY) MAN OF EUROPE: Here is an odd one. The Times newspaper from the UK reports that the German intelligence service, BND, is having a hard […] More
Dead Drop: July 26
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT? No, not that one. We missed this with all of the focus around events in Butler, PA, but various media […] More
Dead Drop: July 19
NOT SO ‘SPOOKY’ NEIGHBORS: The CBS Saturday Morning show recently featured video of a home in northern Virginia that was purchased by Margaret Scattergood and Florence Thomas in […] More
Dead Drop: July 12
MORALITY AND ETHICS? HAH! The Russian investigative publication known as The Insider, working with the German magazine Der Spiegel, has somehow gotten their hands on a series of […] More
Dead Drop: July 5
THE VIENNA (BAD) BOYS CHOIR: If you have access to The Wall Street Journal, you might want to check out the lengthy article published behind the paywall headlined “A Den […] More
Dead Drop: June 28
END OF AN ERA: David Martin, the long, long, long-time CBS national security correspondent is – if not retiring – at least stepping back from his […] More
Dead Drop: June 21
DID WE MISS IT? The New York Post reported on June 14th that Kushal Kumar, an Indian astrologer who has been called the “New Nostratdamus,” was predicting that […] More
Dead Drop: June 14
MAJOR MALFUNCTION: We recently heard the sad news that former astronaut William Anders died when a plane he was piloting crashed into the Pacific Ocean. Anders led […] More
Dead Drop: June 7
RAISING THE RUSSIAN ARMY: We’ve heard some extravagant promises from military recruiters before – but those wanting to come up with more volunteers for the […] More
Dead Drop: May 31
DOJ WRITES THE HISTORY: A recent press release from the Department of Justice caught our eye. The headline blared: “Former CIA Officer Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to […] More
Dead Drop: May 24
SPECIAL DELIVERY: Congressman Glenn Grothman (R, WI) told DailyMail.com recently that lots of foreign nationals from China, Iran and Russia and have been caught trying to gain access […] More
Dead Drop: May 17
BLOODY RIGHT: U.S. National Cyber Security Director Harry Coker traveled to the United Kingdom to tell a conference that Chinese military hackers have been circumventing U.S. cybersecurity defenses […] More
Dead Drop: May 10
SHAMELESS (Self-promotion) A look behind-the-scenes at what’s happening at The Cipher Brief: Access all of The Cipher Brief’s national security-focused expert insight by becoming a […] More
Dead Drop: May 3
“WILL NO ONE RID ME OF THIS TROUBLESOME PRIEST?” The Wall Street Journal reported on April 27th that U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that it is unlikely that Vladimir […] More
Dead Drop: April 26
WHO’S ON DECK? In a Dead Drop a few weeks ago, we promised you that just as we have done for the last two presidential election […] More