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
Dead Drop: August, 2016
Dead Drop July 29
Welcome to the first anniversary edition of The Dead Drop. And they said it would never last. Or maybe that was “it should never last.” […] More
Dead Drop: July 22
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: So what network landed the first interview with CIA Director John Brennan following the coup attempt in Turkey? No network at all. It […] More
Dead Drop: July 15
POLAND’S FIRST NATO OFFICER: Last week, on the day the NATO summit opened in Poland, an exhibition was opened in Warsaw honoring Colonel Ryszard Kukliński, […] More
Dead Drop: July 8
(TIME) LOST IN TRANSLATION: Ever since President Richard Nixon met with Chairman Mao in 1972 – American and Chinese leaders have used “consecutive translation” whenever […] More
Dead Drop: July 1
FOOD FIGHT AT THE AGENCY? The Dead Drop’s sources tell us that the contractor running the CIA cafeteria was recently changed. The old vendor was […] More
Dead Drop: June 24
CIPHER PUZZLE: Word is out this week that highly-respected former CIA officer Mark Kelton has taken a job as Director of Insider Threat Solutions at […] More
Dead Drop June 17
FERNANDO’S HIDEAWAY: Late last week, ABC News broke a story more than four years in the making. According to ABC, Rajiv Fernando, a major fundraiser […] More
Dead Drop June 10
DON’T THEY KNOW THERE ARE RECORDINGS? About a month ago, The Dead Drop pointed out a slip of the lip made at a Josh Earnest […] More
Dead Drop June 3
PUBLIC DIS-SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: Intelligence Community insiders tell The Dead Drop they are scratching their heads over a recent comment by former Attorney General Eric Holder. […] More
Dead Drop May 27
WALL OF HONOR: On Monday, the CIA held its annual ceremony in the headquarters lobby honoring their men and women who have died in the […] More
Dead Drop May 20
HER MAJESTY’S NOT-SO SECRET SERVICE. Britain’s signals intelligence outfit, GCHQ, took a 140-character step into the sunlight on Monday by joining Twitter. The outfit, long […] More
Dead Drop May 13
BUMPY RHODES: Much of the inside-the-beltway national security elite crowd spent the weekend buzzing about a New York Times magazine profile of NSC official Ben […] More
Dead Drop May 6
TOO SOON? CIA’s social meeting mavens took to live tweeting events surrounding the demise of Osama bin Ladin last Sunday – marking the fifth anniversary […] More
Dead Drop April 29
TWO SPOOKS IN CONCERT. The Aspen Security Forum took its act on the road last week with a conference in London. One highlight was a […] More
Dead Drop April 15
WATERBOARDING OVER THE DAMN: Last week The Dead Drop told you that active duty military leaders are going out of their way to avoid answering […] More
Dead Drop April 8
POLITICS TRUMP PAST PRACTICE: The Dead Drop hears that (even more than usual) senior uniformed U.S. officials are cringing at the prospect of meeting with […] More