FISA Amendments Must Acknowledge Critical Role of OSINT
OPINION — As we approach the April 2024 expiration of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), it is heartening to see a […] More
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How Can the Intelligence Community Remain Indispensable to U.S. Policy Makers?
Analysis by experts from the Special Competitive Studies Project EXPERT ANALYSIS — In an era of information overload, the rise of AI and machine learning tools, […] More
IT Modernization in the IC: Part Two
SPONSORED How the IC can implement modernized network technologies The Intelligence Community needs advanced technology to address both a rising near-peer threat, and escalating cybersecurity […] More
IT Modernization in the IC – Part I
By Jill Singer, Vice President, Defense & National Security, AT&T Public Sector & FirstNet SPONSORED How advanced technologies support IC mission effectiveness In the Intelligence […] More
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An Opinion Series on Innovation: How the Intelligence Community Kills Ideas
OPINION — I recently saw a creative idea killed. Like a professional hit, the kill was silent and non-attributable. Managers essentially neutralized the employee—let’s call […] More
The U.S. Advantage in Intelligence may not be the Superpower you think it is
OPINION — World conditions are increasingly difficult. China heads everyone’s list as the most formidable of our four main antagonists for many reasons—but especially intimidating […] More
A Roadmap for AI in the IC
A Roadmap for AI in the Intelligence Community (Editor’s Note: This article was first published by our friends at Just Security and is the fourth […] More
AI and the IC: The Tangled Web of Budget and Acquisition
Corin Stone, Washington College of Law Corin Stone is a Scholar-in-Residence and Adjunct Professor at the Washington College of Law. Stone is on leave from the […] More
Defining the IC’s Mission Space for Climate Change
As part of a special series on climate in partnership with The Intelligence Project at Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and […] More
Bringing National Security into our Daily Dialogue
Cipher Brief Expert Ambassador Joseph DeTrani is former Special envoy for Six Party Talks with North Korea and former CIA director of East Asia Operations. […] More
The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the IC
The Cipher Brief’s Academic Incubator partners with national security-focused programs from colleges and Universities across the country share the work of the next generation of […] More
The Intelligence Community is Broken, Here’s How We Fix It
Zachery Tyson Brown is an intelligence and national security futurist interested in the many ways in which intelligence, strategy, organizational design, and disruptive technologies intersect. […] More
The US Intelligence Community’s Complicated Relationship with Telework
Jim Danoy, Former Executive, Defense Intelligence Agency Cipher Brief Expert Jim Danoy is a former defense intelligence executive and served as the National Intelligence Manager […] More
Toward a More Diverse and Inclusive Intelligence Community
Lauren Zabierek is the Executive Director of the Cyber Project at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center. She previously served as an intelligence officer in the […] More
The IC Must Move Forward, Not Go Back
Carmen Medina is a former CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence. A 32-year veteran of the Intelligence Community, she is also the author of Rebels at Work: […] More
The Case for Open Source Intelligence
British Air Vice-Marshal Sean Corbett CB MBE MA RAF retired from the Royal Air Force in September 2018 after a 30-year career as a professional […] More
Pandemics, Warning and the Intelligence Community
Cipher Brief Expert Jim Danoy is a retired defense intelligence executive and served as the National Intelligence Manager for Europe and NATO and a President’s […] More
The Case for an Intelligence Community Innovation Unit
OPINION — In the face of a world-altering pandemic, we must take this opportunity to create space for innovation within the Intelligence Community. I left […] More
Our Response to 9/11 Gave us Lessons for COVID-19
“America is no longer protected by vast oceans. We are protected from attack only by vigorous action abroad, and increased vigilance at home.” – President […] More