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Cloth and Dagger – A Deep Dive in the World of Espionage and the Vatican

BOOK REVIEW: VATICAN SPIES: From the Secord World War to Pope FrancisBy Yvonnick Donoël/ HurstReviewed by: Rolf Mowatt-LarssenThe Reviewer — Rolf [...] More

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

OPINION — Geopolitical rivalry with China and Russia is growing, and this is making counterintelligence even more critical to U.S. national security. [...] More

Where are the Sage Advisors When You Need Them?

OPINION -- “There are few things you can do that are more gratifying and more satisfying, and when you look back, being able to say that maybe, you [...] More
The President's Daily Brief: No Assembly Required?

The President's Daily Brief: No Assembly Required?

EXPERT INTERVIEW — It’s a document that rarely makes news, for obvious reasons: the whole point of the President‘s Daily Brief (PDB) – a summary of [...] More

What Hamas’ Attacks – and Aristotle – Can Teach Today’s Intelligence Chiefs

OPINION - The Hamas surprise attack against Israel on October 7th, 2023, made clear that traditional challenges for intelligence, most importantly [...] More
Who’s Winning the Intelligence War in Ukraine?

Who’s Winning the Intelligence War in Ukraine?

CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING – It’s often lost in all the news from the battlefield in Ukraine, and the various negotiations underway in pursuit of a peace [...] More

The Enduring Value of HUMINT in Countering Russia and China

OPINION — We are in a high-tech surveillance, cyber espionage, and big-data era and it would be simple to assume that old-fashioned human [...] More

Expert Q&A: A Vietnam Veteran and CIA Leader on Lessons from the War

EXPERT Q&A — John McLaughlin was drafted and sent to Vietnam as an intelligence officer in 1969. He would later have a distinguished career in the [...] More
50 Years Later, Reflections on Vietnam - From Those Who Lived It

50 Years Later, Reflections on Vietnam - From Those Who Lived It

SPECIAL REPORT — Fifty years ago this week, the long U.S. war in Vietnam came to an end. U.S. combat troops had left the country two years before, [...] More
OPINION: Assessing the State of our National Security

OPINION: Assessing the State of our National Security

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE / OPINION – I had the pleasure of delivering the opening address at the recent Cipher Brief HONORS Dinner where we recognized some [...] More
Can the CIA and U.S. military stop the Mexican cartels? 

Can the CIA and U.S. military stop the Mexican cartels? 

CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING — On January 20, the first day of his second term, President Donald Trump formally labeled Mexico’s crime cartels as [...] More

Facing Threats in the ‘Fourth Era’ of American Counterintelligence

OPINION — In their article “An All-of-Society Approach to U.S. Counterintelligence,” Calder Walton and Greg Levesque noted the comprehensive nature [...] More
20 Years Later, Assessing the Value of the ODNI

20 Years Later, Assessing the Value of the ODNI

EXPERT INTERVIEWS — The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) marks an anniversary today — 20 years since its creation as the top [...] More