Aki Peritz
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Expand Five Eyes to Nine? That's Four Too Many
The proposed expansion would force the original members to stop spying on the new ones. → Read More
There’s no way to stop an ex-president from selling U.S. intelligence secrets
Any former chief executive knows he sits atop a gold mine of information. → Read More
The intelligence community got the pandemic right. Then politicians botched it.
An intelligence officer’s first responsibility is the “duty to warn” those who have power to act. The next steps aren't on them. → Read More
Intelligence leaders are afraid of Trump. We still need to hear from them.
A public session to discuss the Worldwide Threat Assessment is essential. → Read More
Registered to vote? Your state may be posting personal information about you online.
Dramatic data breaches make headlines, but this is a privacy crisis hiding in plain sight. → Read More
I was in the CIA. The agency shouldn’t be lobbying for Gina Haspel’s nomination.
The agency's mission requires it to stay nonpartisan. → Read More
Foreign spies are watching — and probably targeting — Fox News Channel
There's almost no better source of raw intelligence than President Trump's favorite network. → Read More
Commentary: How Trump's Information-Sharing Hurts The Intelligence Community
The U.S. needs friends to fight terrorism, writes former CIA analyst Aki Peritz, and President Trump's actions are making it harder for the intelligence community to do its job. → Read More
Kevin Strouse
Kevin Strouse is a former CIA officer and Army Ranger who lives in Pennsylvania with his wife and two children. → Read More
Are Trump And U.S. Intelligence Community Headed For A Showdown?
There's a growing sense that Donald Trump and his inner circle may regularly ignore or undermine the intelligence community. Here's how intelligence professionals might respond. → Read More
Are Trump And U.S. Intelligence Community Headed For A Showdown?
There's a new narrative solidifying in Washington: President-elect Donald Trump distrusts the U.S. intelligence community because it's been → Read More
Are Trump And U.S. Intelligence Community Headed For A Showdown?
There's a new narrative solidifying in Washington: President-elect Donald Trump distrusts the U.S. intelligence community because it's been sounding the alarm on Russia's interference in the November election. In turn, this feeds a growing sense of dread among U.S. intelligence professionals that the President-elect and his inner circle will ignore or undermine the intelligence community at… → Read More
Are Trump And U.S. Intelligence Community Headed For A Showdown?
There's a new narrative solidifying in Washington: President-elect Donald Trump distrusts the U.S. intelligence community because it's been → Read More
Vehicle Attacks Like Berlin's Are Nothing New, And Are Likely To Continue
Monday's attack on a Christmas market in Berlin that killed at least 12 and injured scores more is the latest in a series of atrocities claimed in the name of the Islamic State. In this operation, an assailant — the suspect now sought by German police has been identified as Tunisian-born Anis Amri — rammed a truck into pedestrians and street stalls. The attack was eerily reminiscent of this… → Read More
Vehicle Attacks Like Berlin's Are Nothing New, And Are Likely To Continue
Using cars, vans or trucks to kill large numbers of people, a tactic embraced by ISIS, is easy to carry out and hard to deter. Such attacks have taken place across the globe, including in the U.S. → Read More
Think U.S. intel is in decline? These declassified memos may change your mind.
The presidential briefs of the ’60s are laughably bad. → Read More
The Intel Community Needs A Better Media Strategy
As press watchdogs stiffen their spines, intel agencies must decide what secrets truly need protecting and why. → Read More
What Whac-A-Mole Can Teach Us About How to Fight Terrorism
How does one authentically describe the metastasizing threats of the Islamic State, al Qaeda, foreign fighters, bleedout, Iranian proxies, homegrown jihadis, black widows, brainwashed suicide… → Read More
What Jordan Knows About Psyching Out ISIS
The suicide attacks on Amman hotels in 2005 were supposed to bring the Hashemite Kingdom to its knees. Instead, Jordan rallied against the man who staged them. → Read More
Islamic State (ISIS) Has Sleeper Cells in Turkey, Says National Police
Will Turkey finally do something about ISIS? → Read More