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An inside look at the Kremlin’s evolving espionage playbook. Listen here: warontherocks.com/ep...

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Our Director Larry Pfeiffer: The advantage of an IC briefer is it’s somebody who is trained to tell the hard truths to the president. They are going to be more inclined to provide him with more nuanced information — information that’s not been parsed through a policy perspective.”

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It’s not the CCP espionage that surprises me, it’s how incredibly awkward some of their attempts are. stanfordreview.org/investigatio...

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Just published this op-ed on The CipherBrief www.thecipherbrief.com/column_artic...

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#Leadership #BestPractices "Any policy decision benefits from a multiplicity of perspectives and experiences. Just as a diversity of views and backgrounds will improve a decision-making process in any organization." ~ General Michael V. Hayden, retired four-star General, United States Air Force 👇

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Gen Hayden: "Today I am afraid that people will not share their views – views based on their own expertise and knowledge – because they know those views won’t always be in the line with the president’s. And because they fear the consequences." www.thecipherbrief.com/column_artic...

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In light of CNN’s recent reporting that the administration has cut back access to the President’s Daily Brief, I trace here the evolution of a dozen presidents’ choices about the PDB’s dissemination—a 60 year “who’s who” of intelligence-policy relations: engelsbergideas.com/essays/the-u...

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Pants on Fire: Gabbard & Trump Lies on Venezuela Gang Exposed by Top Intelligence Report www.spytalk.co/p/gabbard-an...

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From our own senior fellow David Priess READ: engelsbergideas.com/essays/the-u...

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NEW: Tulsi Gabbard, now the US director of national intelligence, used the same easily cracked password for different online accounts including a personal Gmail account and Dropbox over a period of years, leaked records reviewed by WIRED reveal.

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Meta Platforms won a $168 million verdict against the Israeli surveillance firm NSO, the company said Tuesday, capping a six-year battle between America’s biggest social networking platform and the world’s best known spyware company.

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EXCLUSIVE: A deep dive into Sweden's bold new stance on the world stage! 🇸🇪 Discover their path to NATO, powerful defense, and unwavering support for Ukraine. A must-watch discussion with the Swedish Ambassador! Watch here: www.youtube.com/live/eWUcpha...

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youtube.com/watch?v=5soB.... Our latest @haydencenter.bsky.social event @scharschool.bsky.social @georgemasonu.bsky.social

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Every administration has its priorities. www.wsj.com/world/greenl...

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EXCLUSIVE: A deep dive into Sweden's bold new stance on the world stage! 🇸🇪 Discover their path to NATO, powerful defense, and unwavering support for Ukraine. A must-watch discussion with the Swedish Ambassador! Watch here: www.youtube.com/live/eWUcpha...

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NSA to cut up to 2,000 civilian roles as part of intel community downsizing therecord.media/nsa-to-cut-u...

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Recent commercial satellite imagery shows new construction underway at a known Cuban signals intelligence (SIGINT) site near Havana, long rumored to have ties to China. From @csis.org. features.csis.org/hiddenreach/...

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The Trump administration is facing a new lawsuit this morning. Longtime national security lawyer Mark Zaid is suing the administration for revoking his security clearance. Zaid and his personal attorney Margaret Donovan join @anacabrera.bsky.social to discuss. www.msnbc.com/ana-cabrera-...

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A phone app that Mike Waltz apparently used to save his text messages has temporarily suspended its services as it investigates a cybersecurity incident, a spokesperson for the app’s parent company told CNN.

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Signal clone used by the NSC and US government shut down temporarily after hack exposes security flaws. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/u...

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Surprised? Nope.

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Intel Community releases declassified assessment of Venezuelan regime ties to Tren de Aragua gang READ: static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...

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In response to @freedom.press FOIA request, ODNI declassified & released an intel memo contradicting a key claim Trump made to invoke the Alien Enemies Act Confirms reporting the Trump admin characterized as false & used to justify weakening limits on leak inquiries www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/u...

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Hayden Center guest & natsec/whistleblower attorney Mark Zaid ⬇️ news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...

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www.military.com/daily-news/2...

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Surprised? Not.

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The Trump administration plans to significantly shrink the workforce of the CIA and other U.S. intelligence agencies, with the aim of cutting thousands of employees over several years, sources with knowledge of the matter tell NBC News.

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Trump's top spy chief blasted as Raw Story exposes 'crazy' cash grab www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

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Here is the truth: the IC—particularly NSA—has a close relationship with Israeli intel. But there is also a deep strain of skepticism, bleeding into outright hostility, within the 3-letter agencies because of Israeli spying and influence operations directed at the US. There’s a big story to tell.

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I've been traveling so forgive me for not posting this yesterday, but: That Signal clone app for archiving messages that Mike Waltz has been using, TeleMessage? It's unlicensed. Signal was unaware of its existence until they saw it in that Reuters photo. There's no known security vetting.

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Amazon, CrowdStrike, Google and Palo Alto Networks claim no change to threat intel sharing under Trump. Top security leaders at some of the largest tech and cybersecurity vendors said public-private collaborative work continues, despite budget cuts and personnel changes. via @mattkapko.com

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“It's mind blowing that the federal government is using Israeli tech to route extremely sensitive data for archival purposes," says a former NSA hacker. "You just know that someone is grabbing a copy of that data." This is by @lhn.bsky.social

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DHS put out a public comment opportunity as it looks to "collect social media identifiers ('handles') and associated social media platform names from applicants" to screen for potential national security threats. Deadline is May 5. Already has +1k comments. www.regulations.gov/document/USC...

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"At first, our intelligence analysts didn’t fully understand the dynamics. We couldn’t figure out why women were now involved in this al Qaeda network of death." Women helped answer it. Which is to say, involving women saved American and Iraqi lives.

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Please join us online or in person on May 14th for the International Spy Museum's online program featuring our own @jrogg.bsky.social and Nicholas Reynolds discussing The Spy and the State, Jeff's new history of U.S. intelligence. It's going to be fascinating! www.spymuseum.org/calendar/the...

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Proud to have hosted Chris Krebs in the lead up to the 2020 election for a discussion on threats to voting. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

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Trump administration plans major downsizing at U.S. spy agencies www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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You're thinking Signalgate was as dumb as it could possibly get and yet! from @lhn.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/mike-w...

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Thread ⬇️ Not sure who’s managing security configuration of devices at the NSC these days.

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"Truth is underestimated as a political weapon." ~ Ambassador Urban Ahlin 🤔

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The conversation with Ambassador Urban Ahlin from Sweden has just begun. Please watch! CLICK HERE www.youtube.com/live/eWUcpha...

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Today's the day! Don't miss this exclusive interview with Sweden's Ambassador to the US, Urban Ahlin, about Sweden's role in international security. 7PM ET Arlington VA + Livestream REGISTER: signup.e2ma.net/signup/20085... @scharschool.bsky.social @georgemasonu.bsky.social

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Please join me TONIGHT for my conversation in Arlington with the distinguished Urban Ahlin, Sweden’s Ambassdor to the US, about Swedish national security and total defense concept, its membership in NATO, US-Swedish ties, and much more. Register below to attend in person or by livestream.

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