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FISA Amendments Must Acknowledge Critical Role of OSINT

Andrew Borene

FISA Amendments Must Acknowledge Critical Role of OSINT

Donald Saelinger

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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An Opinion Series on Innovation: How the Intelligence Community Kills Ideas

Mike Mears

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 [...] More
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The U.S. Advantage in Intelligence may not be the Superpower you think it is

David Charney

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 [...] More
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A Roadmap for AI in the IC

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 in a [...] More
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AI and the IC: The Tangled Web of Budget and Acquisition

AI and the IC: The Tangled Web of Budget and Acquisition

Corin Stone, Washington College of Law[rebelmouse-image 56514878 expand=1 dam=1 alt="stone" site_id=26883708 is_animated_gif="false" [...] More
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Defining the IC's Mission Space for Climate Change

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 [...] More
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Bringing National Security into our Daily Dialogue

Ambassador Joseph DeTrani

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 [...] More
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The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the IC

Ian Fitzgerald

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 [...] More
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The Intelligence Community is Broken, Here's How We Fix It

Zachery Tyson Brown

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 [...] More
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The US Intelligence Community's Complicated Relationship with Telework

The US Intelligence Community's Complicated Relationship with Telework

Jim Danoy, Former Executive, Defense Intelligence Agency[rebelmouse-image 60322642 expand=1 dam=1 alt="Jim Danoy" site_id=26883708 [...] More
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Toward a More Diverse and Inclusive Intelligence Community

Paul Kolbe

Toward a More Diverse and Inclusive Intelligence Community

Lauren Zabierek

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 [...] More
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The IC Must Move Forward, Not Go Back

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 [...] More
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The Case for Open Source Intelligence

Sean Corbett

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
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