Dead Drop: May, 2020

Dead Drop: May 22

SAD SALUTE:  Governments around the world are looking for ways to honor medical personnel, first responders and all those who are putting their lives on the […] More

Dead Drop: May 15

THE BOYS ARE BACK: Long-time readers of The Dead Drop will remember that we had several items in recent years about Ezra Cohen-Watnick, a 30-something, staffer on […] More

Dead Drop: May 8

AUF WIEDERSEHEN ACTING DNI GRENELL?  While not exactly a lovefest, Tuesday’s Senate Intelligence Committee’s confirmation hearing for nominee Rep. John Ratcliffe gave the impression that the Congressman is […] More

The Dead Drop: May 1

GOOD GOD: The Russian Armed Forces are building a mega-church in Moscow. The facility, which is scheduled to open on May 9 – the 75th anniversary of […] More

Dead Drop: April 24

NATIONAL SECURITY SHOUT OUT: Outfits like the Pentagon and NASA like to brag about products the public loves – that were first developed for government use.  […] More

Dead Drop: April 17

WONDER WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT THE TOILET PAPER SHORTAGE: The Department of Homeland Security has issued an advisory telling folks that Russian intelligence services are likely […] More

Dead Drop: April 10

READY, FIRE, AIM: We’ve been scratching our heads trying to remember any other occasion where an incident crisis was as poorly handled as was the firing […] More

Dead Drop: April 3

WHAT ELSE COULD GO WRONG?  Maybe we need to quit reading these myth busting websites – because they are full of stuff we didn’t know we […] More

Dead Drop: March 27

ACTING UP: This week, the Acting Director of National Intelligence (Ambassador) Rick Grenell announced a new acting director of the National Counter Terrorism Center to replace the previous […] More

Dead Drop: March 20

OPEN FOR BUSINESS (SORTA): If you are like us, you are being bombarded by every restaurant, store, and hotel chain that ever captured your email address […] More

Dead Drop: March 13

PROTECTING HOSTILE INTELLIGENCE SERVICES: When he was CIA director, Mike Pompeo declared that Wikileaks and its founder Julian Assange made common cause with dictators and he […] More

Dead Drop: March 6

DOC IN A BOX: Doctor Shakeel Afridi is the Pakistani MD who allegedly helped the CIA track down Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad. He has been […] More

Dead Drop: February 28

THERE ARE NO SECRETS AMONG ALLIES: The British government has confirmed that it is developing a new nuclear warhead for its ballistic missile submarines. But we […] More

Dead Drop: February 21

DN-WHY? A lot of people were surprised by President Trump’s announcement Wednesday that he was naming Richard Grenell to be the latest acting Director of National Intelligence. Although […] More

Dead Drop: February 14

WE LOVE YOU, WE REALLY DO:  Happy Valentine’s Day to all our Dead Drop readers. THE THREAT OF HEARING ABOUT THREATS: Every year in recent memory, […] More

Dead Drop: February 7

IT’S A CONSPIRACY, I TELL YA: Noted conspiracy peddler Oliver Stone gave an interview recently in which he declared that ever since 9/11, Hollywood has been […] More

Dead Drop: January 31

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF A LEGAL KIND: The folks at Georgetown University Law School took to twitter recently to post a short video with Professor David Koplow, who is […] More

Dead Drop: January 24

TIMELY TV: With targeted attacks on terrorist leaders much in the news, HBO and Israeli-based entertainment producer Keshet International are developing a limited series about the secret history […] More

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