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
Dead Drop: December, 2016
Dead Drop: November 25
I SPIED ADVICE: The somewhat surprising nomination of Congressman Mike Pompeo (R-KS) to be CIA Director in the Trump Administration has gotten fairly good reviews […] More
Dead Drop: November 18
NAME GAME: We are tempted to dive headlong into the speculation about who will get what job in the Trump administration. But The Dead Drop […] More
Dead Drop: November 11
PLAN B: The Dead Drop was prepared to speculate this week about who would fill significant national security positions in a Hillary Clinton administration. Yeah, […] More
Dead Drop: November 4
NIP AND TUCK. Last Friday, the Director of National Intelligence released the budget figure for the National Intelligence Program (NIP) for FY2016. It was $53.0 […] More
Dead Drop: October 28
ELECTION MEDDLING: The Russian “news” service Sputnik (a wholly owned subsidiary of Putin Inc.) reported this week that Moscow’s “Ambassador at Large,” Vladimir Churov, says […] More
Dead Drop: October 21
USS MABUS: The Dead Drop’s usually reliable sources tell us that if Senator Tim Kaine is elected Vice President, Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe is considering […] More
Dead Drop: October 14
DUTERTE DOUBLES DOWN: Last week, we mentioned some of the crazy things Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has been saying – including floating the notion that […] More
Dead Drop: October 7
WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE: The last time we checked, The Philippines was a U.S. ally. You might not know that based on recent statements from […] More
Dead Drop: September 30
VETO THIS: Congress stuck its fingers in the eye of President Obama on Wednesday, overwhelmingly overriding his veto of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism […] More
Dead Drop: September 23
FIGHTING FOR PEACE: Fighting has broken out over the Syrian cease fire agreement. Not in Aleppo, in Washington. The Dead Drop hears that there is […] More
Dead Drop: September 16
LOOSE LIPS: The Navy released some video last week of their new guided missile destroyer ZUMWALT getting underway from the shipyard in Bath, Maine bound […] More
Dead Drop: September 9
STAY CLASSY DIA: Hey DIA! Leave the snark to us professionals. According to the Wall Street Journal, over the Labor Day weekend someone running the […] More
Dead Drop: September 2
PRETTY DARN BAD COVERAGE: We told you a couple weeks ago about the CIA’s plan to release a whole bunch of previously highly classified Presidential […] More
Dead Drop: August 26
FACEBOOK “FOUNDER” FLEES FEDS: Bloomberg news had a story last week you might have missed about Paul Ceglia, a guy who says he helped invent […] More
Dead Drop: August 19
PDB DROP: There was a time when the President’s Daily Brief (PDB) was considered the most secret of all secret documents never to see the […] More
Dead Drop: August 12
HBO TAKES ON ISIS: Deadline Hollywood reports that HBO is working on a mini-series based on Washington Post reporter Joby Warrick’s Pulitzer prize winning book, […] More
Dead Drop: August 5
MORELL IS WITH HER: Last week The Dead Drop told you that Fran Townsend, the former Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, […] More