Dead Drop: September 27
UNIMPEACHABLE SOURCES: Current and former intelligence officials tell us they have been getting lots of phone calls from members of the media in recent days trying […] More
Dead Drop: September, 2019
Dead Drop: September 20
FOR WHOM THE WHISTLE BLOWS: DC insiders have been scratching their heads this week trying to figure out what is behind reports that the Acting Director […] More
Dead Drop: September 13
NOVEL IDEA: Over the past several years, The Dead Drop, has written on numerous occasions about the exploits of Amaryllis Fox, a colorful former CIA officer […] More
Dead Drop: September 6
SPACE SHOT: On Friday August 30th the President decided to use his cyber bully pulpit and tweeted “best wishes and good luck” to Iran as they try to figure […] More
Dead Drop: August 30
I SPY (EXCEPT ON THE 5 EYES & UAE): Reuters reported this week that the Central Intelligence Agency turns a blind eye to the United […] More
Dead Drop: August 23
THE SECRETARY OF TRUMP: The latest issue of The New Yorker includes a lengthy profile of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. It is full of stuff we […] More
Dead Drop: August 16
DNI SWEEPSTAKES: If everything goes as planned (which it almost never does these days) as you read this, the nation will have a new acting Director […] More
Dead Drop: August 9
CHANGES AT THE TOP OF IC: Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, Susan M. Gordon delivered her letter of resignation to the White House late […] More
Dead Drop: August 2
IF THE DNI CALLS, GET HIS (OR HER) NAME: We are old enough to remember when The Dead Drop was commenting on the remarkable game of musical chairs […] More
The Dead Drop: July 26
IT’S OFFICIAL, THERE WILL BE A NEW DNI: President Donald Trump tweeted on Sunday that he is “pleased to announce that highly respected Congressman John Ratcliffe of […] More
Dead Drop: July 19
THE HARDEST WORKING PERSON IN THE PENTAGON: No, its not the guy who sweeps the floor in the Pentagon barbershop, or the woman who decides […] More
Dead Drop: July 12
ERRANT MORAN: For Pentagon watchers, the 4th of July weekend ended with a bang. On Sunday night, news erupted that Admiral Bill Moran, the man who had […] More
Dead Drop: July 5
HOMELAND INSECURITY: There is a battle going on between the Treasury Department and the Department of Homeland Security over control of the Secret Service. For over […] More
Dead Drop: June 28
WHAT’S UP, DOCTRINE? The Joint Chiefs of Staff published a document providing the Pentagon’s policy on the use of nuclear weapons on June 11th. And then […] More
Dead Drop: June 21
IF THE BOSS CALLS, GET HIS OR HER NAME: On June 14th, the White House released a presidential memorandum laying out the order of succession within the CIA. On […] More
Dead Drop: June 14
GENTLEMEN DON’T SPY WITH AUTOCRAT’S BROTHERS: That seems to be the message from President Trump that has a lot of intelligence community alumni scratching their […] More
Dead Drop: June 7
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE: Looking for a mate in Moscow? You’ve got a partner – the FSB. The Associated Press reported this week that Russia is requiring “Tinder” […] More
Dead Drop: May 31
NO PBR ALLOWED WITH ICBMS: Two U.S. Air Force airmen were punished recently for pounding Pabst Blue Ribbon beers at a missile alert facility at F.E. […] More