Daily National Security Brief – The Cipher Brief
WEB3 days ago · The Cipher Brief: National Security news, analysis and expert commentary. Thursday, October 3, 2024. Israeli airstrikes hit central Beirut and Damascus, as Israeli troops move into southern Lebanon. Zelensky compares Western help for Israel and Ukraine. U.S. charges 5 Chinese nationals for sneaking …
One Year Later, Reflections on the Terror of October 7 – and the …
WEB16 hours ago · Cipher Brief experts see seismic change in the Middle East – and both danger and hope on the horizon.
A Novel New Look at the Culture of the CIA – The Cipher Brief
WEB5 days ago · The Seventh Floor opens with a description of a botched operation in Singapore, where a Russian CIA asset is murdered and Sam Joseph, one of Proctor’s personal favorites who was sent to meet the Russian, goes missing and rendered to Moscow. There he is imprisoned and tortured for months in a FSB jail. Proctor, who managed the operation from “Russia House” (the Agency’s nickname for the ...
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WEBIsrael’s War on Hezbollah Faces Long Road to ‘Mission Accomplished’. DEEP DIVE — Exploding beepers and walkie-talkies have killed and maimed Hezbollah operatives, air strikes have taken out top commanders, and hundreds of aerial bombardments […] More. September 25th, 2024 by Peter Green.
Larry Hanauer – The Cipher Brief
WEB2 days ago · Larry Hanauer. Larry Hanauer is the Deputy Director of the Global Dynamics and Intelligence Division at the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA), a federally funded research and development center in Washington, DC.
Israel’s ‘Limited’ Invasion of Lebanon Opens New Chapter in War
WEB5 days ago · The Israeli military announced early Tuesday that a ground operation had begun, with troops crossing into southern Lebanon. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) issued a statement saying the operation would be “limited,” and aimed at targets that it said “pose an immediate threat to Israeli communities in northern Israel.”. Access all of ...
Report for Tuesday, October 1, 2024 – The Cipher Brief
WEB5 days ago · Report for Tuesday, October 1, 2024. 8:14AM EDT Tuesday, October 1The Cipher Brief curates open source information from around the world that impacts national security.Here’s a look at today’s headlines, broken down by region of the world.
Max Lesser – The Cipher Brief
WEB2 days ago · Max Lesser is the senior analyst on emerging threats at FDD’s Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation, where his research focuses on countering foreign malign influence operations. Max previously supported the DISARM foundation, an organization that works to maintain, enhance, and support efforts to …
Managing Expectations for the Ukrainian Counteroffensive
WEBMay 23, 2023 · CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING — Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year, the U.S. has allocated more than $75 billion in military, economic, and humanitarian support to Kyiv, in what amounts to the largest series of US-aid packages to a European country since the days of Harry Truman’s Marshall Plan. “We’ve given from the West the best kind of preparation that we could give for this ...
State Secrets Archives - The Cipher Brief
WEBIn this episode of the State Secrets podcast, we’re talking with Cipher Brief Expert, Nick Fishwick, a former senior member of the British Foreign Office, about his column in The Cipher Brief titled, “The Lights are Going Out all over Europe”. Fishwick is talking about Europe’s relationship with Russia as it considers the possibility of ...