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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

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Which Tulsi Gabbard Would Lead the ODNI?

OPINION — “For too long, faulty, inadequate, or weaponized intelligence have led to costly failures and the undermining of our national security and [...] More

Director of National Intelligence: Without the ODNI, 'We Might Miss the Next 9/11'

SPECIAL REPORT — It wasn’t quite an “exit interview,“ but with just over six weeks remaining for the Biden administration, the Director of National [...] More

Before Confirming Tulsi Gabbard, the Senate Must Read the Fine Print

OPINION — “To say it changed my life was an understatement; just every day being confronted with that heavy human cost of war…I was the brigade’s [...] More

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI): ‘Coordinated Orchestra’ or ‘Loveless Marriage’?

DEEP DIVE – The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) is a relatively recent addition to the institutional architecture of the U.S. [...] More

702 is the Spy Tool that Americans need now

OPINION — The Intelligence Community (IC), in a recent press release, said it will lose what it has “used every day to protect the nation from [...] More

A Call for New Open Source Leadership

OPINION — Today’s Intelligence Community (IC) open source capability is neglected, structurally compromised, and wholly inadequate to protect the [...] More

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
What a Future Russia House Must Look Like

What a Future Russia House Must Look Like

Next month’s planned meeting between US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to include conversations on Ukraine, [...] More

First New Steps to Combatting Domestic Terrorism

Javed Ali held senior counterterrorism positions at DHS, the FBI, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the National Security [...] More

ODNI's Threat Assessment: Leadership is Missing Element

Dr. Kenneth Dekleva served as a Regional Medical Officer/Psychiatrist (including 5 years at the U.S. Embassy Moscow, Russian Federation) with the [...] 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 [...] More
The US Intelligence Community Needs a 'Wild Bill' Moment

The US Intelligence Community Needs a 'Wild Bill' Moment

Ellen McCarthy, Former Asst. Secretary of State for Intelligence & Research[rebelmouse-image 60322656 expand=1 dam=1 alt="E7050CEE 66CC 42B6 83CA [...] More