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Recruiting Intelligence Sources: President Trump Makes a Hard Job Harder
Recruiting intelligence sources is hard at the best of times. And President Trump just made it harder. -
'The Day that We Can't Protect Human Sources': The President and the House Intelligence Committee Burn an Informant
What happens when the outing of intelligence sources is the province not of rogue insiders but of senior officials in two branches of this country’s government? -
Now that Gina Haspel is CIA Director, It’s Time to Come to Terms With the Torture Program
On Thursday, the Senate voted to make Gina Haspel the next director of the CIA. I don’t know Haspel myself, but I have no reason to doubt that she is someone with a deep-rooted patriotism and a sense of ... -
Canada’s Long-Needed Improvements Intelligence Information-Sharing Require More Work
Canada is in the midst of a comprehensive—and long-overdue—reform of its national security institutions and legal authorities. -
Why We Don’t Support Gina Haspel for CIA Director: A Response to Benjamin Wittes
In his Tuesday post in support of Gina Haspel’s nomination to be director of the CIA, Benjamin Wittes wrote about “the insulation that Haspel stands to provide for the agency from a president hostile to ... -
Livestream: CIA Director Nominee Gina Haspel Testifies Before Senate Intelligence Committee
Gina Haspel, the deputy director of the CIA and President Trump’s nominee to head the agency, will testify before the Senate intelligence commitee Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. Eastern on her nomination. Haspe... -
Why I Support Gina Haspel for CIA Director—Despite a Big Reservation
Gina Haspel was nominated by Donald Trump, not Barack Obama. That makes a huge difference. Here’s why the Senate should confirm her anyway. -
20 Questions the Senate Should Ask Gina Haspel
How to approach the prospective CIA director’s role in the controversial rendition, detention and interrogation program. -
Document: 2017 ODNI Transparency Report
On Friday, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released its 2017 transparency report. The full report is below: -
The Promise and Failure of the House Intelligence Committee Report on Russian Election Interference
What follows are a few thoughts on the House intelligence committee’s report dated March 22 and released April 27 by the majority—and the consequence of the process taken to release it. This is not a com... -
Don't Read Too Much Into the Jump in Rejected FISA Applications
Recent headlines about foreign intelligence surveillance—e.g., “In Trump’s first year, FISA court denied record number of surveillance orders”—are misleading. -
Document: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court 2017 Annual Report
The director of the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts released the following report on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court’s activities during 2017. The report states that the FISC received 1,...
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