Dead Drop Archive

April 22

WACKY FILMS OF THE WEEK: What is it about the CIA that inspires such goofy film ideas? Could it be that the real-world stories former […] More

Dead Drop April 15

WATERBOARDING OVER THE DAMN: Last week The Dead Drop told you that active duty military leaders are going out of their way to avoid answering […] More

Dead Drop April 8

POLITICS TRUMP PAST PRACTICE: The Dead Drop hears that (even more than usual) senior uniformed U.S. officials are cringing at the prospect of meeting with […] More

April 1

THE SIPHER BEEF: The recent column by CIA-veteran John Sipher in The Cipher Brief called “Time for a New CIA?” was critical of Agency Director […] More

March 25th

AUSTIN POWERS:  The Intelligence Studies Project at the University of Texas at Austin is hosting a day-long seminar next week on “Intelligence and National Security […] More

March 18

FIVE YEAR TENURE? The Dead Drop hears that CIA Director John Brennan has recommended legislation that would establish a fixed, five-year tenure for CIA Director. […] More

March 4

TRUMP THIS: A group of more than 100 national security experts signed an open letter this week pledging to work “energetically to prevent the election of someone so […] More

December 4

CONTAINED OR NOT CONTAINED, THAT IS THE QUESTION. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Joseph Dunford, testified before the House Armed Services Committee […] More

October 30

AND THE WINNER IS:  The Dead Drop hears that the National Defense University Foundation is giving its annual American Patriot Award this year to “the […] More

October 23

Digital Exam. Good thing the CIA just created a new Directorate for Digital Innovation.  First order of business is probably getting the Director a new […] More

October 2

DEFEND THE REALM.  Dead Drop’s long reach has turned up an interesting tidbit from the mother country, the fabled Cambridge University to be specific. The Defense […] More

September 18

TAKING A BULLET FOR BERGDAHL –  Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was in the news again this week for an Article 32 hearing to determine whether […] More

September 4

NEW TWIST ON “TORTURE.”  Why are eight senior former CIA officials keeping the “enhanced interrogation” (AKA “torture”) issue alive?  Because they are pissed.  Former CIA […] More

August 27

‘GENERALLY’ SPEAKING ON IRAN There have been so many recent letters, both for and against the Iran deal, that it’s starting to feel more like […] More

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