The Brazen Tradecraft of Russia’s Novichok Operation
Bottom Line Up Front: On September 5, the U.K. charged two men it says are Russian military intelligence officers, with the March assassination attempt of […] More
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What Senator John McCain Knew About Russia
For those who knew him, it is no surprise that the late Senator John McCain approached the national and global security threats posed by Russia […] More
Cyber Forecast Cloudy with a Chance of Persistent Authoritarianism
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The Russian Threat You’re Not Hearing About
‘The Homeland’ is part of a dedicated series of Cipher Brief columns focused on examining the full range of threats to U.S. national security. The […] More
History’s Lesson Regarding Russian Cyber Warfare
Ten years ago this month, war erupted between Russia and Georgia after Georgian troops attacked South Ossetia and shelled the town of Tskhinvali, in response […] More
Why a Russia Strategy Matters
In a press conference on Monday, President Donald Trump reiterated his view that meeting with other world leaders is important, and again characterized his recent […] More
Blowback from a CI Triumph Over Russia?
U.S. counterintelligence and law enforcement agencies in 2010 scored an impressive victory when they identified, arrested, and expelled ten “illegal” officers of the Russian foreign […] More
Nuclear Message to the World
OPINION — President Trump’s repeated message that Russia’s possession of nuclear weapons requires him to have better relations with Vladimir Putin, should encourage China to […] More
What is Putin’s Plan Now?
As most of the President’s men and women in senior roles re-iterated and even provided more detail about the Russian threat to U.S. national security […] More
The Government Strikes Back
In the four days since the Trump-Putin summit, we’ve seen a parade of justified emotion as Republicans joined the chorus of critics speaking out against […] More
Dispatches from Helsinki: A Shocking Summit Press Brief
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What the Mueller Indictment Means
OPINION — It’s time to put Paul J. Manafort into the chronology of the Russian intelligence hacking program, as described in Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller III’s […] More
Will Russian Cyber Attacks Take a New Direction?
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Helsinki Summit: A Time for Choosing
Cipher Brief Expert Rolf Mowatt-Larssen is the former Director of Intelligence and Counterintelligence at the U.S. Department of Energy. He is currently senior fellow at […] More
What Did Putin Get From Helsinki Summit?
The Cipher Brief spoke with Jill Dougherty, Global Fellow at The Wilson Center and CNN’s former Moscow Bureau Chief, about what Putin will be able […] More
Dispatches from Helsinki
Cipher Brief Expert and former CIA Station Chief Dan Hoffman is on the ground in Helsinki filing question and answer dispatches for Cipher Brief members. […] More
Inside Putin’s Head
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Prepping the President for the Helsinki Summit
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President Trump’s NATO Summit and Prep for Russia
The White House put out a statement this morning as President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg offered comments to reporters before breakfast, […] More
Top-Down Presidential Leadership: The Helsinki Summit
Two conditions are clear as the U.S. and Russian Presidents prepare meet in Helsinki. First, U.S.-Russian relations are arguably at their lowest point since the […] More
The Perils of a Putin-Trump Summit
As a former member of the CIA’s Senior Intelligence Service, I’m worried about the upcoming summit between the Chekist former KGB officer, President Vladimir Putin, […] More
President Trump Needs to Keep Ukraine High on the Agenda for Upcoming Summit
Moscow Station is a new Cipher Brief column containing the highest-level insights into the evolving and comprehensive national security threat posed by Russia. The column features […] More
The Cyber Horror Picture Show: Doing the Time Warp Yet Again
I remember doing the Time Warp Drinking those moments when The blackness would hit me And the void would be calling Let’s do the Time […] More
U.S. – Russia Summit Likely to Kick Spying Efforts into High Gear
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