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Holiday Shopping Tips for the Best National Security Books

(The Cipher Brief is an amazon affiliate and may make a small commission on books purchased via The Cipher Brief. )UnderCover Senior Book Editor Bill [...] More

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The Ex-Spy's Reading List in the Age of COVID-19

In the age of COVID-19, The Cipher Brief reached out to our expert network to ask what they were reading. Cipher Brief Expert Marc Polymeropoulos [...] More

Author Gordon Corera talks about the Russians Among Us

Long-time BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera recently published a new book, Russians Among Us: Sleeper Cells, Ghost Stories and the Hunt for [...] More

Behind the Budapest Escape

Undercover readers might remember that we introduced you this past spring to Bill Rapp, a former CIA analyst turned author. He’s an interesting [...] More

What Really Happened at CIA Black Sites

Former CIA and FBI official Phil Mudd knows a lot of details you probably don't about CIA black sites. He knows, because he was associated with the [...] More

Author Alex Finley Dishes on Life as a Spy

Alex Finley worked for CIA’s Directorate of Operations for about six years in the early 2000s. Her roles took her to places like West Africa and [...] More

Daniel Silva's New Girl

Editors note: Daniel Silva is one of America’s most prolific and popular novelists. His latest book, The New Girl, is officially out today, July [...] More

Life as a Female CIA Targeting Officer

[ED NOTE from Cipher Brief CEO Suzanne Kelly: I met Nada Bakos, the author of The Targeter: My Life in the CIA, Hunting Terrorists and Challenging [...] More

So You Think You've Got a Book in You?

Under/Cover is constantly probing for insights that will help readers (and writers) understand how to gauge demand, and how to know if that story [...] More

A Rapp Sheet Worth Writing About

Bill Rapp’s real story is just as interesting as the ones he makes up. The former CIA Analyst began working in West Germany back when the country was [...] More

Brad Meltzer's First Conspiracy

It’s not exactly his first conspiracy, but thriller writer Brad Meltzer’s new book, First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington, is [...] More

The Cyber War is Upon Us

John Carlin brings a wealth of government experience to his new book, co-written with author Garrett M. Graff, Dawn of the Code War: America’s Battle [...] More

Thriller Writer Brad Thor Spills Secrets

Brad Thor has made a career out of secrets and espionage, and using them to craft the kind of adventures most people only ever dream about. For the [...] More