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Biden Didn’t See the ISIS-K Threat in Afghanistan Until Too Late
August 2021
When President Biden announced that America would withdraw its troops from Afghanistan by the fall, he spoke of terrorism threats — but never mentioned Islamic State Khorasan, or ISIS-K, the Islamic...
Getting Ukraine’s security service reform right
March 2021
Ukraine finally has a chance to create a strong counterintelligence service and shed the Soviet standards of the old KGB. Are Ukrainian MPs ready to take responsibility and vote for such a security...
A Proposal for a Commission on the Capitol Siege
January 2021
On Jan. 6, the U.S. Capitol was assaulted and occupied for the first time since 1814. Five people were killed, including a Capitol Police officer. Two Republican Representatives have introduced a...
Longer-Term Cybersecurity Implications of the Occupation of the Capitol—Beware of Fake Leaks
January 2021
Inside the U.S. Capitol last week, laptops from the offices of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Jeff Merkley, and other devices were taken, presumably by the occupiers. These devices are now in...
Years later, still unclear why US staff in Cuba, China experienced strange symptoms
December 2020
A National Academies panel commissioned by the State Department shed new light on a disturbing and still mysterious episode. Employees in the Cuban embassy reported headaches, pressure, nausea,...
Everybody Spies in Cyberspace. The U.S. Must Plan Accordingly.
December 2020
Because all countries engage in espionage, intrusions like Russia’s latest data hack are devilishly hard to deter.
Intelligence Isn’t Just for Government Anymore
November 2020
Spy agencies need to reach voters and tech leaders now, too. Foreign election interference must be bad if spy agencies are making public service announcements.
Trump’s top intelligence official is curtailing congressional briefings on foreign election interference
September 2020
John Ratcliffe, the director of national intelligence, announced that the intelligence community would cut back on its briefings to Congress on electoral security. Amy B. Zegart explains what the...
Senate Committee Releases Report on Russian Interference in 2016 U.S. Election
August 2020
The findings show the Trump Campaign's interactions with Russian intelligence agencies posed what they're calling a "grave" threat to U.S. counterintelligence. For more, KCBS...
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