More results...
OPINION — What happens when an intelligence officer who has sworn to protect classified information can’t refute an erroneous news report or a mention in a book about him or her? I was yet again reminded of that conundrum when mention of me in author…
OPINION — In his recent Cipher Brief essay, CIA’s Latest Existential Challenge, former CIA senior officer Mark Kelton argues that the Central Intelligence Agency faces an “existential challenge” – a crisis of public trust in a hyper-partisan America….
Long article on the difficulty (impossibility?) of human spying in the age of ubiquitous digital surveillance.
CIPHER BRIEF FEATURE REPORTING — With the 4th of July holiday fast approaching, now is a good time for our annual summer list of recommended beach reads. Since we are The Cipher Brief, our favorites include not only thrillers and realistic, fast-pace…
Vasili Mitrokhin defected in 1992 after spending years copying top-secret documents on Soviet spies and operationsOne of the most consequential Russian defectors in history was turned away several times by the US before he was eventually accepted by Br…
Government acknowledges UK involvement in detention operations for first time in Guantánamo inmates caseThe UK government has admitted its intelligence agencies were “too slow” to realise the CIA was mistreating prisoners in its post-9/11 torture progr…
Cases filed by two Guantánamo Bay prisoners allege MI5 and MI6 were complicit in their mistreatmentThe UK government’s decades-long efforts to keep details of its intelligence agencies’ involvement in the CIA’s notorious post-9/11 torture programme hid…
Pakistani security expert Imtiaz Gul has triggered a major controversy with his claim that the Nur Khan airbase in Rawalpindi is effectively under American control.In a widely circulated video, Gul alleges that even senior Pakistan Army officers are not permitted to interfere in the operations of this strategically vital airbase, suggesting the existence of deep-rooted and undisclosed operational
The latest US Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) ‘World Threat Assessment’ report for 2025 provides a comprehensive analysis of the evolving security dynamics in South Asia, particularly focusing on the trilateral relationship between India, China, and Pakistan.The report underscores that Pakistan continues to view India as an "existential threat" and is determined to modernise its military,
EXPERT INTERVIEW — It’s a document that rarely makes news, for obvious reasons: the whole point of the President‘s Daily Brief – or PDB – is that […] More
The post Donald Trump and the President’s Daily Brief appeared first on The Cipher Brief.