Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

We asked experts with deep personal and professional ties to the post-9/11 era: how did 9/11 shape your path, and how does it continue to shape us 25 years later?

Ryan Goodman and Tess Bridgeman are joined by Daniel Fried and Nicholas Rasmussen to discuss the enduring impact of 9/11 on U.S. counterterrorism and foreign policy.

The failure point, at each stage, was not the intelligence community's analysis. It was the president’s decision-making.

This week marks the 50th anniversary of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, prompting reflection on lessons learned and potential new directions.

Former senior CIA and head of Interfor Academy assess the potential intelligence failures in U.S. preparation for Iran war.

Despite official silence, multiple reports indicate renewed U.S. drone strikes in Yemen targeting AQAP militants, reviving debates on transparency and endless war.

Intelligence has a central role to play in capitalizing on the successful capture of Maduro and stabilizing post-Maduro Venezuela, demonstrating U.S. capabilities and resolve.

U.S. law provides the congressional Intelligence Committees with tools to evaluate covert action programs and spur potential legislative action.

The White House's future BDA briefings on the Iran strikes will likely project certainty where analysis still urges caution.

In a system where assessments are filtered to support policy, the next intelligence failure will not be a surprise, but a choice.

Shifts in intelligence sharing practice with Russia would reliably signal that the United States is instituting a deep strategic realignment.

A small number of intelligence officers who were fired because one of their duties involved DEI efforts at CIA have sued to keep their jobs.