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Putin's Secret Services

All of Russia’s bureaucrats, from ministers to FSB generals to regional officials, now face the same uncertain future.

Andrei Soldatov

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Intelligence May 31, 2018 Snapshot

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Putin's Secret Services

All of Russia’s bureaucrats, from ministers to FSB generals to regional officials, now face the same uncertain future.

Andrei Soldatov

Intelligence Apr 3, 2018 Snapshot

When Diplomats and Spies Must Go

Diplomatic expulsions are a standard if extreme way of showing outrage. But tactically speaking, they have mixed results.

Daniel Fried

A plane carrying expelled Russian diplomats and their families taking off at Stansted Airport, London, March 2018

Arms Control & Disarmament Jan 31, 2018 Snapshot

The Long Shadow of A.Q. Khan

The Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan illegally proliferated nuclear weapons technology to Iran, Libya, and North Korea over the course of decades. What lessons...

Catherine Collins and Douglas Frantz

Supporters of the Muslim League-N party hold portraits of A.Q. Khan in Islamabad, May 2008.

Intelligence Nov 22, 2017 Snapshot

ISIS' Intelligence Service Refuses to Die

In Iraq, the war of weapons is over, but the war of information is not.

Vera Mironova, Ekaterina Sergatskova, and Karam Alhamad

Troops from the Syrian Democratic Forces inspect a captured ISIS weapons cache in Raqqa, October 2017.

Intelligence November/December 2017 Review Essay

Public and Private Eyes

Governments are not the only ones conducting mass surveillance. Technology companies’ decisions about what information to retain, access, and share will increasingly...

Jennifer Daskal

Intelligence November/December 2017 Comment

Preventing the Next Attack

The terrorist threat has changed since 9/11 and the United States must develop a strategy for this new phase in the war on terrorism.

Lisa Monaco

The new normal: at John F. Kennedy Airport, February 2012.

Intelligence Jun 7, 2017 Snapshot

British Intelligence Fails Again

Far too many European governments and police forces, including the British, were happy to see the backs of militants when they left to join ISIS. But people can come...

Jytte Klausen

A woman sits near flowers on London Bridge, near the site of the June 3 terrorist attack, June 2017.

The Best of 2017 May/June 2017 Essay

Intelligence and the Presidency

The relationship between Trump and the intelligence community needs to be recalibrated. The president must understand that “alternative facts” have no place in the...

Jami Miscik

At the headquarters of the CIA, in Virginia, August 2008.

Campaign 2016 Nov 20, 2016 Snapshot

Trump’s Top-Secret Transition

Intelligence briefings allow the outgoing president and his intelligence community prepare the president-elect for the Oval Office—and they provide some insight into...

David Priess

An aerial view of CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, January 2008.

Intelligence Sep 5, 2016 Snapshot

Automated War

As observable data becomes even more granular and algorithms improve, autonomous systems will be able to support commander decisions.

Cara LaPointe and Peter L. Levin

Afghan residents look at a robot that is searching for IEDs (improvised explosive devices) during a road clearance patrol by the U.S. army in Logar province, eastern Afghanistan November 23, 2011.

From the Archives September/October 2016 Essay

The Strategic Costs of Torture

Today, many Americans are considering electing a president who wants to bring torture back. But Washington’s use of torture was not only morally wrong, it also greatly...

Douglas A. Johnson, Alberto Mora, and Averell Schmidt

The human toll: at Guantánamo Bay, January 2002.

Intelligence November/December 2015 Letter

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An Intelligence Downgrade

Michael Guerrero

Intelligence November/December 2015 Letter

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Committee Confusion

Douglas Bereuter

Intelligence Aug 20, 2015 Snapshot

Caught In the Internet

With the passage of the USA Freedom Act in June, Americans may think that the sprawling and unchecked surveillance apparatus that was secretly erected after 9/11 had...

Patrick Toomey

Intelligence Jul 7, 2015 Review Essay

More Data, More Problems

Mobile apps and websites can find users food, companionship, and the nearest gas station—all based on who is using them, the user’s past behaviors, and the precise...

Bhaskar Chakravorti

Intelligence Jul 1, 2015 Snapshot

Eye in the Skynet

Machine learning and social network analysis are allowing governments to identify future troublemakers far more efficiently than ever before. In the case of autocratic...

Gregory Maus

Intelligence May 13, 2015 Snapshot

The Coming Cyberpeace

Cyberattacks have demonstrated themselves to be more smoke than fire. This is not to suggest that incidents are on the decline, however. Distributed denial-of-service...

Brandon Valeriano and Ryan C. Maness

Security Apr 13, 2015 Snapshot

The Good News About Spying

Since 2013, when Edward Snowden revealed that the NSA had been spying on private communications on a mass scale, U.S. President Barack Obama has faced pressure to...

Timothy H. Edgar

Homeland Security March/April 2015 Essay

Disrupting the Intelligence Community

Ten years from now, the CIA’s primary mission will be covert action; the NSA will move away from collecting personal data; and traditional espionage—the use of spies...

Jane Harman

Intelligence Dec 14, 2014 Snapshot

The Torture Report's Missing Victims

Most of the recent Senate report on the CIA’s use of torture after 9/11 is gruesomely detailed. But one thing is missing: the stories of the women who we know were in...

Nimmi Gowrinathan

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