The Discreet Work of CIA Director Bill Burns
OPINION — “We are, as President Biden reminds us, at an inflection point. The post-Cold War era is definitely over. Our task is to shape […] More
OPINION — “We are, as President Biden reminds us, at an inflection point. The post-Cold War era is definitely over. Our task is to shape […] More
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 […] More
OPINION — It’s no secret that the federal government faces dire cyber talent woes, which are most acutely felt by those agencies with cyber at their core. […] More
OPINION — Last year, Congress spent 52 billion dollars on the CHIPS Act to advance the semiconductor industry in the United States because semiconductors are […] More
OPINION – Today, we’re experiencing a fast-paced emergence of U.S. national security threats fueled by an even faster-paced advancement of technology, so it’s critical to […] More
OPINION — In February 2023, the Biden Administration rapidly declassified intelligence related to China’s aerial intelligence collection activities to counter Beijing’s false claims that a Chinese spy […] More
OPINION — Imagine the U.S. government had credible information that a terrorist group was planning attacks in multiple cities across the globe. Attacks that could […] More
OPINION — “We’re engaged in an intense competition with China across many areas, but it’s not in our interest for that competition to end in […] More
SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW — Over the weekend, Ukraine said its forces were encircling Bakhmut. Russia, meanwhile, congratulated its troops for taking the embattled Ukrainian city. […] More
OPINION — The Office of the National Cyber Director successfully led the development of the new National Cybersecurity Strategy. Now, the office is missing a […] More
OPINION — At least a few times a month, government employees looking to make the jump to the private sector ask about my transition, which […] More
OPINION — Many years ago, I was involved in a sensitive exfiltration operation at CIA, where our team rescued a source and his family from harm’s […] More
CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING — Someone other than Vladimir Putin will likely be running Russia in as little as three years, says former CIA Director and […] More
SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW – On the eve of a widely predicted Ukrainian offensive along a 900-mile front that includes a bevy of fixed Russian positions, the very nature […] More
BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s visit to Syria this week marks the first visit by Iranian leader since the beginning of Syria’s war […] More
SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW – Hundreds of Americans fled Sudan over the weekend in two convoys headed for port cities. The U.S. government led evacuations some two […] More
ANALYSIS / INTERVIEW – The last time a nuclear-armed American submarine docked in South Korea, Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s Supreme Leader, was not yet born. Forty-years […] More
OPINION — Having dealt with the investigation of, and fall-out from, Edward Snowden’s treachery while I served as CIA’s Chief of Counterintelligence (CI), the ongoing […] More
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