Dead Drop: August 5
THE DOCTOR IS: OUT – When the CIA paid a house call on Ayman al-Zawahiri and initiated an overdue change of command in al Qa’ida leadership, […] More
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Dead Drop: July 29
LOOK! UP IN THE SKY! IT’S A…A….WHATCHALLIT? First, the Pentagon changed its mind about what to call those odd things in the sky. What today are […] More
Dead Drop: July 22
A CAR TO DIE FOR: Talk about some grim spin. Russian TV recently featured a couple who bought a new white Lada sedan using the money their government […] More
Dead Drop: July 15
LET ME BE THE FIRST TO WISH YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Last week’s Dead Drop led with an item about an imminent visit by President Biden to CIA […] More
Dead Drop: July 8
HAPPY 74.9th BIRTHDAY: The Dead Drop goes to bed on Thursday evenings – in order to be available to loyal readers on Friday mornings. So, this item […] More
Dead Drop: July 1
THAR HE/SHE BLOWS: A bunch of Fox News commentators got their undies in a bunch complaining about an obscure Navy instructional video about the proper use […] More
Dead Drop: June 24
DISORDER IN THE COURT: There was a fascinating story recently about the Dutch security agency, AIVD, announcing the expulsion of a Russian, pretending to be a Brazilian trying […] More
Dead Drop: June 17
BUZZ KILL: Remember all those stories about multiple incidents of mysterious swarms of small aerial vehicles that enveloped some U.S. Navy ships off Southern California in […] More
Dead Drop: June 10
REVENGE OF THE NERF NERDS: We’ve provided nuggets for several years about Joshua Schulte. He has made an incredible10 appearances in The Dead Drop, the first, back to […] More
Dead Drop: June 3
FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT: Vlad wouldn’t try to fool us, would he? Some folks think so. The Russian president recently (reportedly) visited a military hospital in […] More
Dead Drop: May 27
VLAD’S BAD LIST: Late last week, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a list of 963 Americans who they were sanctioning by banning them from ever visiting […] More
Dead Drop: May 20
LOOK! UP IN THE SKY! Given the popularity of UFOs and extraterrestrials, you wouldn’t think Congress would have waited more than half a century between […] More
Dead Drop: May 13
CAREFUL. DON’T GET VLAD MAD: We were somewhat perplexed last week regarding the kerfuffle over the wisdom of U.S. officials sharing information about sharing information with […] More
Dead Drop: May 6
CIA CTO, REALLY REAL: Last Friday, CIA Director Bill Burns announced the appointment of Nand Mulchandani to serve as the first Chief Technology Officer at the Agency. His […] More
Dead Drop: April 29
AND THEY SAID IT WOULDN’T LAST: OK, no one actually said that, but this is the 350th edition of The Dead Drop, clear evidence that […] More
Dead Drop: April 22
MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE: Familiar TV talking-head Malcolm Nance made an unexpected appearance on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” show recently. He wasn’t in the studio with host Joy […] More
Dead Drop April 15
PROMOTION POTENTIAL IN PUTIN’S FSB? According to the (not-always-reliable) U.K. Daily Mail, 150 security officials were purged from Russia’s FSB this week – some of whom were […] More
Dead Drop: April 8
DOWNGRADE AND SHARE: There was an interesting piece in the Wall Street Journal this week by Warren Strobel about the trend by the U.S. government to quickly declassify […] More