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The Best National Security Beach Reads of the Summer

The Best National Security Beach Reads of the Summer

NEED A GOOD BEACH READ? Things are heating up in the literary world this summer, so in case you’re headed to the beach or the pool to cool off, we [...] More

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UnderCover with Spymasters Author Chris Whipple

[Editors Note: Cipher Brief Senior Book Editor Bill Harlow recently had a conversation with author Chris Whipple about his new book: The Spymasters. [...] More

How a CIA Analyst Spots Fake News

Ever wonder how a CIA Analyst spots fake news? A new book out today by former CIA Analyst Cindy Otis, True or False: A CIA Analyst’s Guide to [...] More

A Guide for the Transition Mission

Alison Bouwmeester spent 28 years working as a CIA case officer. When she retired and went to work in the private sector, she found that many of her [...] More

An Inside Account of the US Evacuation from Libya

Sarah Carlson is the author of a new book, In the Dark of War: A CIA Officer’s Inside Account of the U.S. Evacuation from Libya based in part, on her [...] More
NATO Imagines Future Warfare

NATO Imagines Future Warfare

Innovation is a key component of readiness when it comes to future threats. NATO’s Innovation Hub recently commissioned a short story from author [...] More

Not Your Typical CIA Officer, Or?

The Unexpected Spy: From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World’s Most Notorious TerroristsBy Tracy Walder | [...] More

The Ex-Spy's Reading List in the Age of COVID-19

In the age of COVID-19, The Cipher Brief reached out to our expert network to ask what they were reading. Cipher Brief Expert Marc Polymeropoulos [...] More

Author Gordon Corera talks about the Russians Among Us

Long-time BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera recently published a new book, Russians Among Us: Sleeper Cells, Ghost Stories and the Hunt for [...] More

Behind the Budapest Escape

Undercover readers might remember that we introduced you this past spring to Bill Rapp, a former CIA analyst turned author. He’s an interesting [...] More

What Really Happened at CIA Black Sites

Former CIA and FBI official Phil Mudd knows a lot of details you probably don't about CIA black sites. He knows, because he was associated with the [...] More

Author Alex Finley Dishes on Life as a Spy

Alex Finley worked for CIA’s Directorate of Operations for about six years in the early 2000s. Her roles took her to places like West Africa and [...] More

Daniel Silva's New Girl

Editors note: Daniel Silva is one of America’s most prolific and popular novelists. His latest book, The New Girl, is officially out today, July [...] More