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
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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
Dead Drop: April 19
PAYBACKS ARE HELL: Much has been made about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s penchant for making individuals who have defected from Russia or otherwise offended his regime, […] More
Dead Drop: April 12
AN INTELLIGENCE FAILURE FOR THE BOOKS: Israel’s Unit 8200 has been described as akin to the U.S. National Security Agency and Britain’s GCHQ. The name of […] More
Dead Drop: April 5
WOULD HE LIE? Rest easy NATO, Reuters says Russian president Vladimir Putin promises that he “has no designs on any NATO country and will not attack Poland, the […] More
Dead Drop: March 29
HOW SUN TZU OF YOU: Chinese military strategist and philosopher Sun Tzu once said, “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without […] More
Dead Drop: March 22
APPARENTLY, THEY WERE OUT OF TOAD VENOM: Vitaly Robertus, the vice president of the Russian oil company, Lukoil, was found hanged in his office last […] More
Dead Drop: March 15
TALK OF RUSSIA USING NUKES IS MUSHROOMING: This week, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview on state TV that he is ready to use nuclear weapons […] More
Dead Drop: March 8
NOW, THEY TELL US: Remember right before the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine (to distinguish it from the 2014 Russian invasion of Ukraine) when Kremlin officials were […] More
Dead Drop: March 1
PILOT ERROR: ‘Some people claim there’s a woman to blame, but I know … it’s my own damn fault’ (to paraphrase Jimmy Buffet.) Last week, The […] More
Dead Drop: February 23
VLAD THE AVENGER: We didn’t need the death of Alexei Navalny from “sudden death syndrome” (the Russians really called it that) that those who cross Vladimir […] More