Dead Drop: November, 2022

Dead Drop: November 4

REPORTS OF RUSSIAN GENERAL’S DEATH LIKELY PREMATURE: Well, you can’t fault people for assuming the worst. Media accounts over the past weekend, reported that one […] More

Dead Drop: October 28

DROPPING A DIME: We live in a time when great intelligence collection and analysis is no longer the sole province of governments.  Last week, we mentioned the fine […] More

Dead Drop: October 21

YOUTUBE’S BONEHEADED MOVE:  Faithful readers of The Dead Drop know how highly we regard the work of Julia Davis, who watches Russian TV and posts […] More

Dead Drop: October 14

WHERE’S THE RUSSIAN FLAG? The Cipher Brief Threat Conference was held in Sea Island, Georgia this week at the same location where former President George […] More

Dead Drop: October 7

YOU’RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BALLROOM: Our spies tell us that after a couple year COVID hiatus, the CIA Officers Memorial Foundation held its biggest ever annual fundraising […] More

Dead Drop: September 30

WHY DIDN’T WE THINK OF THAT? You know all those stories about how military recruiting in the U.S. is in the tank?  And how young men […] More

Dead Drop: September 23

THE GANG THAT COULDN’T SHOOT STRAIGHT: There is speculation that the Russians may have struck one of their own cities with a stray hypersonic missile […] More

Dead Drop: September 16

DON’T GO NEAR THE WATER: We have mentioned many times the proclivity of Russians who have gotten on the wrong side of Vladimir Putin, who […] More

Dead Drop: September 9

THESE KIDS ARE DYING:  There was a stunning story published recently in Rolling Stone noting that “109 soldiers assigned to Fort Bragg died in 2020 and 2021.”  According […] More

Dead Drop: September 2

FALL PLAY?  D.C. police have said they have no reason to suspect foul play in the case of Dan Rapoport who fell to his death from […] More

Dead Drop: August 26

A WAR WE ARE DESTINED TO LOSE: Politico says the National Security Council has launched a secret war against secrecy and that they are trying to get […] More

Dead Drop: August 19

MEDIA MISTAKE:  Well, it is clear that Vladimir Putin’s mercenaries known as “Wagner” could use some better publicity.  But more than that, they could use some […] More

Dead Drop: August 12

JUNIOR G MAN: Last week’s Dead Drop had an item about a 26-year-old California man who was arrested for scamming women by pretending to be a CIA […] More

Dead Drop: August 5

THE DOCTOR IS: OUT – When the CIA paid a house call on Ayman al-Zawahiri and initiated an overdue change of command in al Qa’ida leadership, […] More

Dead Drop: July 29

LOOK! UP IN THE SKY! IT’S A…A….WHATCHALLIT?  First, the Pentagon changed its mind about what to call those odd things in the sky. What today are […] More

Dead Drop: July 22

A CAR TO DIE FOR: Talk about some grim spin.  Russian TV recently featured a couple who bought a new white Lada sedan using the money their government […] More

Dead Drop: July 15

LET ME BE THE FIRST TO WISH YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY:  Last week’s Dead Drop led with an item about an imminent visit by President Biden to CIA […] More

Dead Drop: July 8

HAPPY 74.9th BIRTHDAY:  The Dead Drop goes to bed on Thursday evenings – in order to be available to loyal readers on Friday mornings.  So, this item […] More

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