Recent Interviews
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Ali-Reza Anghaie and Scot Terban
Information Security, Hackers, China, and Cyber Hype
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Jon Iadonisi and Tim Newberry
Talking Tech, Social, and Security with the founders of White Canvas Group. -
Phillip Smyth
A look at the Syrian conflict with researcher and writer Phillip Smyth. -
Michael Ross
Life at Mossad Headquarters - A Discussion with Former Mossad Officer Michael Ross 
Dr. Rebecca Johnson
An Associate Professor of National Security Affairs comments on ethics and security
Dr. Steven Metz
An Army War College professor looks at our response to insurgency
Joshua Foust
Perspectives on COIN from a fellow at the American Security Project-
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross
A CT expert's take on radicalization and terrorist strategy
Guest Posts
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Theodore W. Weaver: Our Unfinished Business
Theodore W. Weaver is a former Intelligence Officer within the CIA’s National Clandestine Service and the Directorate of Science and Technology. He has close to a decade working as a Special Agent with several Federal agencies and has worked against counter proliferation, human trafficking/smuggling, child exploitation, Intellectual Property Rights violations [...]
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Scriven L. King On Security Conceptualization
Scriven King is a security professional who has worked for the federal government for ten years and now enjoys a life in both the private and public sector. His previous positions have included law enforcement and security operations, physical security manager, crime prevention officer, and personal security officer. He is [...]
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A Case of the Intelligence Officer “Mondays” by Sean P. Sullivan
Sean P. Sullivan has over 15 years of Federal and Military experience in the US Navy and within the CIA’s Special Activities Division of the National Clandestine Service. Mr. Sullivan is now an intelligence, security, and surveillance systems consultant. You can follow him on Twitter or via the nascent Inglorious [...]
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Theodore W. Weaver: Remembering Khost, Three Years Later
Theodore W. Weaver is a former Intelligence Officer within the CIA’s National Clandestine Service and the Directorate of Science and Technology. He has close to a decade working as a Special Agent with several Federal agencies and has worked against counter proliferation, human trafficking/smuggling, child exploitation, Intellectual Property Rights violations [...]
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Zero Dark Reality
Theodore W. Weaver is a former Intelligence Officer within the CIA’s National Clandestine Service and the Directorate of Science and Technology. He has close to a decade working as a Special Agent with several Federal agencies and has worked against counter proliferation, human trafficking/smuggling, child exploitation, Intellectual Property Rights violations [...]
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Michael Ross’ Top Ten Missed Targets for Assassination of 2012
10. Ramadan Shallah: Leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad. His low ranking is because he’s a weak terrorist leader but still has plenty of blood on his petite doll-like hands. 9. Samir Kuntar: Druze member of the PLF in Lebanon who murdered an Israeli policeman, Eliyahu Shahar, 31 year-old Danny Haran, [...]
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Is War in the Sixth Domain the End of Clausewitz?
Chloe Diggins & Clint Arizmendi are Research & Analysis Officers at the Australian Army’s Land Warfare Studies Centre. The views expressed are their own and do not reflect those of the Australian Department of Defence or the Australian Government. Warfare takes place across four domains: land, air, sea and space. [...]
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Jon Iadonisi: Sam Bacile … or Silence Dogood: What Would Ben Franklin Do?
The penname was “Silence Dogood,” and the media in which the words of the man behind the name were published was the Poor Richard’s Almanac. Silence Dogood was, at the time, 16-year-old Ben Franklin, and the series of letters that he penned in 1722 in the New-England Courant poked fun [...]
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Blurring the Lines Between Hacktivism and Terrorism
Dr. Clint Arizmendi is a Research & Analysis Officer at the Land Warfare Studies Centre. The views expressed are his own and do not reflect those of the Australian Department of Defence or the Australian Government. As the IDF and Hamas conflict unfolded, observers witnessed more than the world’s first [...]
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Introducing The Kabul Cable Blog
The Kabul Cable was born out of a desire to contribute to the ongoing discussion about Afghanistan and the US involvement there. While at the Naval Postgraduate School I co-authored a couple of pieces on Taliban innovation and adaptation and Pakistani civil-military relations that really got me thinking critically and [...]
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Caitlin Fitz Gerald: Facing Reality in Saudi Arabia
This week there has been a lot of discussion about Saudi Arabia’s execution of a woman by beheading for witchcraft and sorcery. Amnesty International called the incident “deeply shocking.” I find the horror understandable, but I’m not sure why this incident in particular is getting so much attention. Saudi Arabia [...]
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Freedom: A Personal Account from an Egyptian Protester
My name is Tarek Fahmy. I turn 21 in 2 weeks and I am currently studying at the American University in Cairo. As a political science major, my dream was always to become the Egyptian president; but with such a stuck-up regime I saw my dream fade day after day. [...]
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101st Combat Aviation Brigade Armament Soldier Sets the Standard
Guest post and photos by Army Spc. Jennifer Spradlin, 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment MULTI NATIONAL BASE TARIN KOT, Afghanistan – For many Soldiers, the iconic sound of helicopters in flight, a kind of background soundtrack to their lives, is synonymous with being deployed. During the last nine months at [...]
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Guest Post: Traumatic Brain Injuries in the Military
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is becoming a common wound of modern warfare. It has even been coined the “signature wound” of the War on Terror. While TBI is becoming more prevalent in wartime activity, many service men and women continue to go undiagnosed. Institutions, like the US Department of Veterans [...]
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Op-Ed: Were the Founding Fathers Media Socialists?
The Federal Communications Commission’s Chief Diversity Officer, Mark Lloyd, wants government to socialize the media. In his 2006 book Prologue to a Farce, Lloyd calls for a far-reaching government program that would straitjacket private media companies and funnel tens of billions of dollars into a tax-supported “public” media–an agenda shared [...]
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Let’s Play the Blame Game
Guest Post by Lisa Garvin As if the horrific spectacle of 32 people killed by a crazed gunman isn’t enough, people are already wanting someone other than said gunman to take the blame. From calling for Virginia Tech president Charles Steger’s resignation to comparing the campus police to Barney Fife, [...]