Dead Drop: October 13
DEEP STATE OR DEEP CONCERN? President Trump and his supporters would have you believe that those concerned about alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election are […] More
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Dead Drop: October 6
REALLY FAKE NEWS: There was a remarkable story in The Weekly Standard late last week about a faux Congressional hearing recently held on Capitol Hill. […] More
Dead Drop: September 29
KARMA IS A BITCH: In the August 25th edition of The Dead Drop, we mentioned that former CIA operative Valerie Plame had started a tongue-in-cheek […] More
Dead Drop: September 22
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO SPOOKS: The CIA celebrated the 70th anniversary of its founding on Monday. What do you get for an outfit that has played […] More
Dead Drop: September 15
LEAKS AND LIES: A couple parallel stories caught our eye this week. Muckrock News dug up a 1984 CIA document penned under the name of […] More
Dead Drop: September 8
PARDON ME? Rumors floating around that the President may pardon WikiLeaks leader Julian Assange in exchange for information that would attempt to demonstrate that Russia […] More
Dead Drop: September 1
OPERATION DESERT DORM: Various press accounts say that a serving CIA officer has sued his former boss, a base chief at some unrevealed location, claiming […] More
Dead Drop: August 25
THE PRINCE AND THE POTUS: Monday night’s announcement of the President’s Afghan policy came after consultations at Camp David the previous Friday. Politico reported that […] More
Dead Drop: August 18
GOOD NEWS/BAD NEWS: Senior administration officials appearing on the Sunday shows this past weekend let it be known that nuclear war between the U.S. and […] More
Dead Drop: August 11
FULL OF SOUND AND FURY: Like you – and the rest of the world – we have been trying to figure out the significance of […] More
Dead Drop: August 4
WHITE HOUSE WATCH: A fascinating tidbit in an Associated Press story this week about John Kelly’s assumption of the duties of White House Chief of […] More
Dead Drop: July 28
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US: This week marks the second anniversary of The Dead Drop. They said it wouldn’t last. Or maybe, shouldn’t. In any case, since […] More
Dead Drop: July 21
NEXT SHOE TO DROP – GIVING U.S. SPIES THE BOOT? Back in December, when the Obama administration threw 35 alleged Russian intelligence officials out of […] More
Dead Drop: July 14
ANALOGY GENERATOR: President Trump’s Sunday morning tweet that he and Vladimir Putin “discussed forming an impenetrable Cyber Security unit so that election hacking & many […] More
Dead Drop: July 7
GET OUT OF JAIL FREE TEXT: Raymond Davis, the CIA contractor who landed in a heap of trouble after shooting two Pakistani robbers in Lahore […] More
Dead Drop: June 30
HUGE: HUGH HEWITT HALF HOUR: MSNBC has given a Saturday morning TV show to conservative talk show host Hugh Hewitt. A lot of left-leaning outfits […] More
Dead Drop: June 23
OPEN SECRETS: Don’t schedule any meetings with top Brazilian officials if you have anything to hide. The New York Times this week reported on a […] More
Dead Drop: June 16
SAD SIGN OF THE TIMES: The USMC is reportedly in the process of installing bullet proof cubicles at Marine Corps Recruiting Stations around the country […] More