by jpitney | Apr 5, 2025 | intelligence
Don Wolfensberger at The Hill: The biggest surprise about this whole brouhaha is that even experienced Washington hands did not expect the Signalgate scandal to have legs for long. After all, how many Americans know who the Houthis are, where Yemen is, or why the...
by jpitney | Mar 29, 2025 | intelligence, Reagan
Remarks at Groundbreaking Ceremonies for an Addition to the Central Intelligence Agency Headquarters Complex, May 24, 1984: An intelligence agency cannot operate effectively unless its necessary secrets are maintained even in this, the most open and free country on...
by jpitney | Jan 23, 2025 | Congress, Elections, House of Representatives, intelligence, Separation of Powers, Transparency, Volunteering
At The Hill, Don Wolfsenberger writes about Speaker Johnson’s decision to oust Mike Turner (R-OH) from the chair of the House Intelligence Committee: What is disturbing is the rumored source of the Speaker’s decision to drop Turner as chair. Turner told CBS News...
by jpitney | Jun 17, 2024 | intelligence, Military, Terrorism
Graham Allison and Michael Morrell at Foreign Affairs: Testifying in December to members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, [FBI Director Christopher] Wray said, “When I sat here last year, I walked through how we were already in a heightened threat environment.”...
by jpitney | Jun 9, 2023 | Crime, Foreign Policy, intelligence
The United States of America v. Donald J. Trump and Waltine Nauta: The classified documents TRUMP stored in his boxes included information regarding defense and weapons capabilities of both the United States and foreign counties; United Slates nuclear programs;...
by jpitney | Dec 29, 2022 | Congress, intelligence
Zach Williams at NY Post: A longtime Pentagon official warned Wednesday that Rep.-elect George Santos (R-Nassau) poses an unprecedented challenge to national security given his recent admitted lying about his background, mysterious finances and potential access to...
