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What Just Happened? Dismantling the Intelligence Community’s Foreign Malign Influence Center

Director of National Intelligence Gabbard is dismantling the last government unit tracking and analyzing State-sponsored interference in U.S. institutions, elections, and society.
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The Real National Security Betrayal Isn’t Who Leaves—It’s What Gets Dismantled

The real national security threat from the Trump administration's civil service purges isn’t who might go rogue—it’s the dismantling of the systems built to prevent betrayal.
Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe (R) accompanied by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard (L)

When Intelligence Stops Bounding Uncertainty: The Dangerous Tilt Toward Politicization under Trump

In a system where assessments are filtered to support policy, the next intelligence failure will not be a surprise, but a choice.
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A Step in the Right Direction for Prepublication Review

A recent clarification could help former government employees who once held security clearances publicly write and speak more freely.
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Questions for Senators (and Journalists) to ask Director of National Intelligence Nominee Tulsi Gabbard

We asked leading experts what questions Senate Intelligence Committee members should ask Gabbard in her confirmation hearing.

Law and Leadership for National Security in 2025 and Beyond

Former US intelligence attorney discusses importance of a steady hand at senior US intelligence positions in 2025 and beyond.
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The New Intelligence Community Directive on Prepublication Review: Important Reforms and Critical Omissions

The ODNI's prepublication review directive improves several important aspects of the system, but fails to make certain critical changes.

The ODNI’s New and Disappointing Prepublication Review Process

Intelligence Community Directive 711 contains modest improvements, but is a missed opportunity provide uniform standards across agencies.
Members of the House (Select) Intelligence Committee listen during a hearing at the Cannon Office Building on March 12, 2024 in Washington, DC. Leaders from the U.S. intelligence community are participating in hearings with both the Senate and House intelligence committees to lay out their perceived global threats to the United States.

Time for U.S. Intelligence to Ask: How Did We Alienate so Many Americans?

"Two years before the next round of debate over Section 702, an earlier, deeper, and more wide-ranging conversation needs to take place between the intelligence and civil liberties…

Assessing the Intelligence Community’s Policy Framework for Commercially Available Information

The ODNI's framework on CAI still gives the intelligence community too much discretion in determining how certain principles are applied.
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Bringing Transparency to National Security Uses of Artificial Intelligence

The Biden administration should ensure that AI systems do not proliferate in secret under the banner of "national security."
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Is the Biden Administration Reaching a New Consensus on What Constitutes Private Information?

There is growing recognition that the way intelligence agencies use commercially available information is in need of reform.
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