The Dead Drop uses its own source and methods to bring you the latest intelligence and national security gossip. You're welcome.

There was much more, an you can find it here and/or watch Burns’ appearance on our program The World Deciphered.

Ralph Goff is a 35-year veteran of the CIA where he was a 6-time Chief of Station with extensive service in Europe, the Middle East, and Central and South Asia including several war zones. He served ...

Paul Kolbe is former director of The Intelligence Project at Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Kolbe also led BP’s Global Intelligence and Analysis team ...

Dr. Samantha Ravich is the chair of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. She serves on the U.S. Secret Service’s Cyber Investigation Advisory ...

Mickey Nelson is a Senior Advisor at Command Consulting Group and a 28-year veteran of the United States Secret Service (USSS). Most recently, Nelson served as Assistant Director of the Secret Service ...

Michael Sulmeyer is the Belfer Center’s Cyber Security Project Director at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is also a Contributing Editor for Lawfare. Before Harvard, he served as the Director for Plans ...

SPECIAL REPORT – In the last days of 2024, The Cipher Brief turned to our network of experts – who spend much of their time looking at the risks and threats facing the U.S. and the rest of world – and ...

Cipher Brief Senior National Security Columnist Walter Pincus examines the U.S. mission in Space and how it's working out.

The Reviewer — Bill Rapp holds a Ph.D. in European History and taught at Iowa State University before joining the CIA. He served over 35 years as an analyst, diplomat, and senior executive before ...