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The Downward Spiral of Western Counterintelligence

The Downward Spiral of Western Counterintelligence

OPINION — Counterintelligence is one of the most vital functions of the intelligence community, helping protect against foreign threats. [...] More

Chinese Industrial Espionage: What Happens in the Netherlands Doesn’t Stay in the Netherlands

U.S. Counterintelligence in the 21st Century: Confronting the Russia–China Threat Nexus

Facing Threats in the ‘Fourth Era’ of American Counterintelligence

Chinese and Russian Space Pursuits Are Picking Allied Pockets

Chinese and Russian Space Pursuits Are Picking Allied Pockets

OPINION — India’s breakthrough lunar landing showed that our free world economies are in an age of healthy research, experimentation, and growth with [...] More

The Hunt for Spies Inside the U.S. is Harder than you Think

EXCLUSIVE SUBSCRIBER+MEMBER INTERVIEW — Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin says there is “no such thing as an overseas police station” [...] More

What Mar-a-Lago is Teaching Us About the Declassification Process

What Mar-a-Lago is Teaching Us About the Declassification Process

OPINION — The Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB) is an inconspicuous presidential advisory board created by Congress in 2000, to advise [...] More

Soviet Espionage Under the Cover of Diplomacy

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — Immediately after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last month, the US government expelled 13 Russian diplomats working at the United [...] More

Ukraine and How Private Sector Intelligence is Defining a New World

The Cipher Brief welcomes Kevin Mandia, CEO of Mandiant, for a timely discussion on private sector involvement one of today's most pressing [...] More

Preparing for Great Power Competition in AI and Intelligence

A Virtual BriefingWednesday, March 2, 2022, 1:30-2:30pm ESTThis discussion will cover the promise of AI, the growing importance of Open Source to the [...] More

Wars are not Won by Evacuations

Mark Kelton, Former Deputy Director, CIA's Counterintelligence, National Clandestine ServiceCipher Brief Expert Mark Kelton is a retired senior [...] More

The Spyhunter's Burden

OPINION — A recent email from the current Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Chief of Counterintelligence (C/CI), wherein Agency retirees were [...] More

A Look Inside the Justice Department's National Security Priorities

Last week, the Justice Department brought an indictment against two individuals accused of working with China’s Ministry of State Security to conduct [...] More

A Return of Ideological Spying?

Counterintelligence in a Time of CrisisMark Kelton is a former senior Central Intelligence Agency executive who retired in 2015 with 34 years of [...] More

The China Problem

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called out China’s claims in the South China Sea this week, saying they are “completely unlawful.” It was a [...] More

Xi's Awful Arithmetic

CIPHER BRIEF EXPERT VIEW — Mark Kelton is a retired senior Central Intelligence Agency executive who retired in 2015 with 34 years of experience in [...] More

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