Black Ops & Intel

The administration’s Syria strategy has reached a critical point, and requires a re-assessment and re-focus.

While the Chinese are noted offenders of nefarious cyber activity, these incidents further highlight the critical necessity of overall cyberspace security.

A volunteer soldier takes you on an inside tour of the weapons and explosives he encountered on the Ukrainian battlefield.

The Delta Force raid that killed ISIS leader Abu Sayyaf sounded suspiciously like a Hollywood screenplay.

The station phase starts slow, then ramps up into confusion, chaos, and crisis. Imagine a CIA officer in Moscow when communism fell. That about captures it.

The Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion has upped the ante in Southern Mexico.

All that remains is for us to survive the final, brutal, week-long exercise, followed by graduation. Not everyone will make it to become CIA case officers.

As the soldiers of MACV-SOG sifted through the remains left behind following the NVA attack on FOB 4, the pieces began to fall into place.

I had started the first phase of the CIA’s field tradecraft training. I had taken the proverbial pill, and seen the Matrix. My eyes had been opened.

I guess they were not kidding at the Team when they said a lot of SEALs do not make it through the background check and polygraph, and I am better off staying in the Teams.

PSYOPS tactics have been used against ISIS in Syria. While a commendable effort, there’s much room for improvement.

The CEO brought the group onto one of the colorful factory floors and turned toward them. Normally friendly and always wearing a smile, this time, his look was stern and he appeared circumspect. He swept his eyes over them before he spoke. “Now remember, no messing about. No touching, no tasting, no telling.” There was a […]