Jack Buchanan
@jebva.bsky.social
Dad, husband, and fan of books, music, sports, and travel.
Retired CIA Senior Intelligence Service officer.
Personal account.
Go 'Hoos!
Retired CIA Senior Intelligence Service officer.
Personal account.
Go 'Hoos!
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good thing Binnington returned the puck before he was pulled
November 6, 2025 at 1:56 AM
good thing Binnington returned the puck before he was pulled
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Spanberger's triumph in Virginia is a victory that could reshape the state’s political landscape. Her strong backing for constitutional amendments on redistricting and restoring voting rights sets the stage for major pro-democracy reforms.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Democrat Spanberger Wins Governor Race As Virginians Reproach Trump
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Spanberger's triumph in Virginia is a victory that could reshape the state’s political landscape. Her strong backing for constitutional amendments on redistricting and restoring voting rights sets the stage for major pro-democracy reforms.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
So proud of my former colleague, a superb choice for the Commonwealth!
Governor-Elect Spanberger's daughter crying because she is so proud of her mother, and her sister holding her hand to comfort her, shows that Abigail Spanberger is not just a great politician, but also a wonderful mother.
November 5, 2025 at 1:43 AM
So proud of my former colleague, a superb choice for the Commonwealth!
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The U.S. is “on a trajectory” toward authoritarian rule, according to a sobering new intelligence-style assessment by former US intelligence and national security officials, who warn democratic backsliding may soon become entrenched without organized resistance. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US ‘on a trajectory’ toward authoritarian rule, ex-officials warn
A network of former intelligence and security officers says democratic decline is accelerating under Trump’s rule
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The U.S. is “on a trajectory” toward authoritarian rule, according to a sobering new intelligence-style assessment by former US intelligence and national security officials, who warn democratic backsliding may soon become entrenched without organized resistance. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The Steady State’s assessment warns that the U.S. is moving toward competitive authoritarianism: elections and institutions remain, but are manipulated to entrench executive power. Without resistance from institutions and the public, democratic erosion will continue to accelerate.
October 16, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The Steady State’s assessment warns that the U.S. is moving toward competitive authoritarianism: elections and institutions remain, but are manipulated to entrench executive power. Without resistance from institutions and the public, democratic erosion will continue to accelerate.
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Accelerating Authoritarian Dynamics: Assessment of Democratic Decline. Key Findings
October 16, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Accelerating Authoritarian Dynamics: Assessment of Democratic Decline. Key Findings
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When presidents call movements “terrorist orgs” without legal basis, they aren’t fighting terror—they’re building authoritarian “security services” to crush critics. That’s what Trump is signaling with “Antifa.” Read our letter to SSCI and HPSCI here.
open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
Letter, Steady State to SSCI and HPSCI - Executive Overreach and the Misuse of Intelligence Authorities
September 19, 2025
open.substack.com
September 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
When presidents call movements “terrorist orgs” without legal basis, they aren’t fighting terror—they’re building authoritarian “security services” to crush critics. That’s what Trump is signaling with “Antifa.” Read our letter to SSCI and HPSCI here.
open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
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Anatomy of Two Giant Deals: The U.A.E. Got Chips. The Trump Team Got Crypto Riches.
www.nytimes.com
September 16, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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If he'd been radicalized by a leftist professor the bullet engravings would have been an unreadable 90,000 word rebuttal to another leftist academic over a purely semantic disagreement they've been arguing back and forth since the 70's and he'd have shot Reviewer 2.
September 13, 2025 at 9:38 AM
If he'd been radicalized by a leftist professor the bullet engravings would have been an unreadable 90,000 word rebuttal to another leftist academic over a purely semantic disagreement they've been arguing back and forth since the 70's and he'd have shot Reviewer 2.
This new Battlefield 6 BETA--National Guard in DC--looks incredible. I'm not sure which missions are hardest--dodging scooters along the Tidal Basin, getting a table at Ben's Chili Bowl, or trying to parallel park a Hummer in Georgetown.
August 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
This new Battlefield 6 BETA--National Guard in DC--looks incredible. I'm not sure which missions are hardest--dodging scooters along the Tidal Basin, getting a table at Ben's Chili Bowl, or trying to parallel park a Hummer in Georgetown.
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1. Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel want everyone to think the so-called Steele Dossier was a major source for the 2017 intelligence assessment on Russia’s interference in the 2016 election. No, it wasn’t — an assessment of the “dossier” was included as an annex, which they haven’t released. Why?
July 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
1. Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel want everyone to think the so-called Steele Dossier was a major source for the 2017 intelligence assessment on Russia’s interference in the 2016 election. No, it wasn’t — an assessment of the “dossier” was included as an annex, which they haven’t released. Why?
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gather round children and come hear the tale, of when horkos stepped beyond the pale. when the purple man, all a-fright, confronted the HPSCI memo with no delight 🧵
read along if you dare www.odni.gov/files/ODNI/d...
read along if you dare www.odni.gov/files/ODNI/d...
July 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
gather round children and come hear the tale, of when horkos stepped beyond the pale. when the purple man, all a-fright, confronted the HPSCI memo with no delight 🧵
read along if you dare www.odni.gov/files/ODNI/d...
read along if you dare www.odni.gov/files/ODNI/d...
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I asked some questions of the ODNI about Friday's release of emails and accusations of a treasonous conspiracy related to 2016-2017 intel community assessments of Russian election meddling. As I didn't get answers, I'll just discuss here what I raised in my questions. 🧵
July 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I asked some questions of the ODNI about Friday's release of emails and accusations of a treasonous conspiracy related to 2016-2017 intel community assessments of Russian election meddling. As I didn't get answers, I'll just discuss here what I raised in my questions. 🧵
Anyone with serious interest in Russia’s attempts to influence the US election in 2016 should read the exhaustive 2020 report by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. www.intelligence.senate.gov/2020/08/18/p...
Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence United States Senate on Russian Active Measures Campaigns and Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election | Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
www.intelligence.senate.gov
July 24, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Anyone with serious interest in Russia’s attempts to influence the US election in 2016 should read the exhaustive 2020 report by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. www.intelligence.senate.gov/2020/08/18/p...
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THREAD:: A few things about this screed.
1. Trump was not “framed” by the Dossier because the Dossier wasn’t used to open the Russia probe. Crossfire Hurricane was opened when Alex Downer from Australia told us that Popadopalous drunk-blabbed about Russia in a London Pub months earlier. 1/
1. Trump was not “framed” by the Dossier because the Dossier wasn’t used to open the Russia probe. Crossfire Hurricane was opened when Alex Downer from Australia told us that Popadopalous drunk-blabbed about Russia in a London Pub months earlier. 1/
July 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
THREAD:: A few things about this screed.
1. Trump was not “framed” by the Dossier because the Dossier wasn’t used to open the Russia probe. Crossfire Hurricane was opened when Alex Downer from Australia told us that Popadopalous drunk-blabbed about Russia in a London Pub months earlier. 1/
1. Trump was not “framed” by the Dossier because the Dossier wasn’t used to open the Russia probe. Crossfire Hurricane was opened when Alex Downer from Australia told us that Popadopalous drunk-blabbed about Russia in a London Pub months earlier. 1/
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🧵In 2018 the Senate Intelligence Committee asked me to field a team and analyze a data set that social media platforms had turned over: several hundred gigs of data chronicling a multi-year effort to divide American society *and* interfere in an American election
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/retc...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/retc...
July 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
🧵In 2018 the Senate Intelligence Committee asked me to field a team and analyze a data set that social media platforms had turned over: several hundred gigs of data chronicling a multi-year effort to divide American society *and* interfere in an American election
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/retc...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/retc...
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Something I've been thinking about with regard to the battle damage assessment issue with the Iranian nuclear sites. There is an underlying physical reality here. The US Intelligence Community doesn't know what it is, though it probably knows parts. In any event, however, 1/2
July 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Something I've been thinking about with regard to the battle damage assessment issue with the Iranian nuclear sites. There is an underlying physical reality here. The US Intelligence Community doesn't know what it is, though it probably knows parts. In any event, however, 1/2
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🚨 NEW PAPER on the 0day Supply Chain 🚨:
I gathered open source data & interviewed Gov employees, VR and china researchers to figure out what the zero day marketplace looks like in the U.S. and how it compares to China.
key findings below ⬇️- 0/🧵 www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-res...
I gathered open source data & interviewed Gov employees, VR and china researchers to figure out what the zero day marketplace looks like in the U.S. and how it compares to China.
key findings below ⬇️- 0/🧵 www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-res...
Crash (exploit) and burn: Securing the offensive cyber supply chain to counter China in cyberspace
If the United States wishes to compete in cyberspace, it must compete against China to secure its offensive cyber supply chain.
www.atlanticcouncil.org
June 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
🚨 NEW PAPER on the 0day Supply Chain 🚨:
I gathered open source data & interviewed Gov employees, VR and china researchers to figure out what the zero day marketplace looks like in the U.S. and how it compares to China.
key findings below ⬇️- 0/🧵 www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-res...
I gathered open source data & interviewed Gov employees, VR and china researchers to figure out what the zero day marketplace looks like in the U.S. and how it compares to China.
key findings below ⬇️- 0/🧵 www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-res...
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Military cyber units acting like they contribute meaningful input to kinetic operations besides “intelligence collection with computer noise and some spooky ghost sounds” is a phenomenon you can find in the US as easily as you can find it in Russia. Everyone wants to demonstrate value on the big day
June 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Military cyber units acting like they contribute meaningful input to kinetic operations besides “intelligence collection with computer noise and some spooky ghost sounds” is a phenomenon you can find in the US as easily as you can find it in Russia. Everyone wants to demonstrate value on the big day
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There is no “one and done” in any conflict.
The opponent always gets a vote, and unless we’ve prepped for all the things Iran may do we’re gonna have some surprises.
The opponent always gets a vote, and unless we’ve prepped for all the things Iran may do we’re gonna have some surprises.
June 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
There is no “one and done” in any conflict.
The opponent always gets a vote, and unless we’ve prepped for all the things Iran may do we’re gonna have some surprises.
The opponent always gets a vote, and unless we’ve prepped for all the things Iran may do we’re gonna have some surprises.
Is anyone tracking Kyle Rittenhouse's location?
June 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Is anyone tracking Kyle Rittenhouse's location?
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We put tariffs on an uninhabited island full of penguins but not Russia.
Very normal administration we have here.
Very normal administration we have here.
April 3, 2025 at 4:49 AM
We put tariffs on an uninhabited island full of penguins but not Russia.
Very normal administration we have here.
Very normal administration we have here.
You'd think Musk and Space X would avoid yet again dumping propellants and metal into the Gulf of "America."
March 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
You'd think Musk and Space X would avoid yet again dumping propellants and metal into the Gulf of "America."