Dead Drop: March 31
HI NUNES! A big guessing game in some circles around Washington this week involves speculation about who the heck cleared House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin […] More
Dead Drop: March, 2017
Dead Drop: March 24
THERE GOES THE JUDGE: Turns out allegations that the British GCHQ had done the dirty work for the Obama administration in electronically surveilling the Trump […] More
Dead Drop: March 17
WHO’S YOUR MCMASTER? Politico had a fascinating scoop this week which asserts that President Trump has overruled a decision by his National Security Advisor, General […] More
Dead Drop: March 10
PEACE PROCESS(LESS) – Sources tell The Dead Drop, that Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and point man on the topic has yet to take a […] More
Dead Drop: March 3
MISS US? U.S. journalists have started to receive emails from “the Office of Barack Obama” inviting them to sign up for a mailing list to […] More
Dead Drop: February 24
MCMASTER OF THE UNIVERSE: Dead Drop sources almost universally breathed a sigh of relief on Wednesday when President Trump appointed LT Gen H.R. McMaster as […] More
Dead Drop: February 17
MIKE, WE HARDLY KNEW YE: In a world where the President’s counselor says he has “full confidence” in his national security advisor at 4:12 PM, […] More
Dead Drop: February 10
FAKE VIEWS: You can’t make this stuff up. Well, maybe you can. Michael Isikoff had a story recently about a website calling itself the “Center […] More
Dead Drop: February 3
POLITICAL COMMISSARS COMING? – The Dead Drop is very reliably told that among the plans circulating within President Trump’s National Security Council Staff – is […] More
Dead Drop: January 27
MR. TRUMP, STARE DOWN THIS WALL! Well, President Donald Trump’s visit to CIA HQ was eventful. As one CIA veteran told us – “Trump gave […] More
Dead Drop: January 20
GLAD HE DIDN’T TAKE IT PERSONALLY: On Fox News Sunday and in a Wall Street Journal interview on Monday, outgoing CIA Director John Brennan questioned the depth of the incoming […] More
Dead Drop: January 13
SHORTEST HONEYMOON EVER: Last Friday, after the briefing by top U.S. intelligence officials, President-elect Trump said: “I have tremendous respect for the work and service […] More
Dead Drop: January 6
GLAD HE DIDN’T TAKE IT PERSONALLY: President-elect Donald Trump seems to be going out of his way to take shots at what will soon be […] More
Dead Drop: December 30
JUST SAY “NO” TO SKULLDUGGERY: Outgoing CIA Director John Brennan gave an interview to NPR just prior to Christmas during which he opined that the […] More
Dead Drop: December 23
GREAT NEWS! TEAM TRUMP TAKING INTELLIGENCE BRIEFINGS: Unfortunately for the U.S. Intelligence Community, however, the briefings are coming from foreign outfits. YNetNews.com reported recently that […] More
Dead Drop: December 16
WAIT, WHAT? It comes as no surprise that President-elect Trump is declaring war – but it is a bit startling that the target is the […] More
Dead Drop: December 9
PARDON ME? Apparently, a lot of people are looking for “get out of jail free” cards. There was a flurry of stories over the past […] More
Dead Drop: December 2
STATE OF AFFAIRS: As The Dead Drop was going to press (or whatever the electronic equivalent of “going to press” is) – it was still […] More