Dead Drop October 16
BEWARE OF THE MILITARY/ELECTORAL COMPLEX: With the election fast approaching, a lot of people feel that our electoral process is under siege. And if you […] More
Dead Drop: October, 2020
Dead Drop: October 9
TOLD YA: The lead item in the February 3, 2017 Dead Drop reported on rumors that the then-two-week-old Trump administration was considering installing “liaison officers” […] More
Dead Drop: October 2
WE’LL ALWAYS HAVE PARRIS (ISLAND): According to Military.com, the Marine Corps is studying the possibility of closing its Recruit Depots at Parris Island, SC and San Diego […] More
Dead Drop: September 25
RUSSIA (DOG) HOUSE? Early Wednesday morning, Politico posted a lengthy story which alleges that the CIA has clamped down on sending intelligence on Russia to the White House. […] More
Dead Drop: September 18
REVENGE – A DISH BEST SERVED COLD? In one of the more unusual stories we have seen recently, Politico reports that U.S. intelligence believes that the Iranian government […] More
Dead Drop: September 11
IF THE SECDEF CALLS, GET HIS NAME: NBC News reported on Labor Day that President Trump might be ready to make a change at the top of […] More
Dead Drop: September 4
THE THREAT BRIEFING IS IN THE MAIL: On the last Saturday of August, the Senate and House intelligence committees found out that the administration decided to […] More
Dead Drop: August 28
THE FORT TELLS FEDS HOW TO HIDE: Last week, the National Security Agency released a set of guidelines telling the federal workforce how to minimize […] More
Dead Drop: August 21
SNOWDEN JOB: You could hear jaws drop around the Intelligence Community last weekend when President Trump said during a press conference at his Bedminster, NJ golf club that […] More
The Dead Drop: August 14
UNWANTED TRUTH AND CONSEQUENCES: New York Times journalist Robert Draper had a lengthy story over the weekend which alleged that U.S. intelligence officials writing a National Intelligence Estimate […] More
Dead Drop: August 7
UNJAILIN’ PAUL WHELAN? Former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan is languishing in a Russian jail after being convicted on dubious charges of committing espionage. We have been […] More
Dead Drop: July 31
TIME FLIES: Five years ago this week, the very first Dead Drop appeared in The Cipher Brief. Those were (much) simpler days. At the time, we talked about […] More
The Dead Drop: July 24
U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HAS CORONAVIRUS — President Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien has tested positive for COVID-19. An unnamed person told Bloomberg […] More
Dead Drop: July 17
HIGH-SPEED CRYPTO MACHINE UNVEILED: Rolls-Royce is now taking orders for its super-secret 2021 special-edition luxury ride. Only the first 50 billionaire spies to apply will be able […] More
Dead Drop: July 10
LOSSES AND GAINS WITH AVRIL HAINES: From 2013 to 2015, Avril Haines was Deputy Director of the CIA. A respected attorney with lots of experience elsewhere […] More
Dead Drop: July 3
BOUNTY-GATE: Last week, The Cipher Brief reached out to the CIA asking why the Agency had not published a single news release in 2020. That very […] More
Dead Drop: June 26
THE ROOM WHERE SOMETHING HAPPENED: As you may have heard, former National Security Advisor John Bolton has a new book that came out on Tuesday. The […] More
Dead Drop: June 19
SCAM OF THE YEAR: The most surprising thing about the scam that former DEA official Garrison Courtney pled guilty to last week was not that he […] More