A report that one of Trump’s aides went a year without routine vetting raises a question a former CIA executive knows well: What is that process for?
- Professor of Practice, International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology
A CIA veteran explains that a polygraph campaign is not likely to eliminate leaks, but it may divert investigative energy from essential security priorities.
An international affairs professor with nearly 30 years of experience in the US intelligence community – including at the CIA and NSA – explains how to evaluate the newly released election documents
Targeted killings can disrupt an adversary, but they rarely lead to collapse — especially when the target is a nation-state like Iran.
A ‘domestic terrorism’ label that comes before the facts teaches the public to treat the term as propaganda rather than factual diagnosis.
Historically, the aggressive use of polygraphs in government is associated with weakening morale and diminished information flow.
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