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It’s arrived! Thanks Georgetown UP and those who helped make The Intelligence Intellectuals: Social Scientists and the Making of the CIA: @markstout.bsky.social, Don Jacobs, Robert_Patman, @joemaiolo.bsky.social, @ldfreedman.bsky.social, Chris Kinsey, @stephenwalt.bsky.social, Beinecke, and more!
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You can’t write about the influence of social scientists on CIA’s intelligence estimates without questioning whether they’d have any flair for it at all. William Harding Jackson, who had written a wartime report on British Intelligence, certainly didn’t think so. 🧵 1/8
April 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
You can’t write about the influence of social scientists on CIA’s intelligence estimates without questioning whether they’d have any flair for it at all. William Harding Jackson, who had written a wartime report on British Intelligence, certainly didn’t think so. 🧵 1/8
It’s arrived! Thanks Georgetown UP and those who helped make The Intelligence Intellectuals: Social Scientists and the Making of the CIA: @markstout.bsky.social, Don Jacobs, Robert_Patman, @joemaiolo.bsky.social, @ldfreedman.bsky.social, Chris Kinsey, @stephenwalt.bsky.social, Beinecke, and more!
November 13, 2025 at 6:05 AM
It’s arrived! Thanks Georgetown UP and those who helped make The Intelligence Intellectuals: Social Scientists and the Making of the CIA: @markstout.bsky.social, Don Jacobs, Robert_Patman, @joemaiolo.bsky.social, @ldfreedman.bsky.social, Chris Kinsey, @stephenwalt.bsky.social, Beinecke, and more!
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I received my copy today of "The Intelligence Intellectuals: Social Scientists and the Making of the CIA," the new book by @petercgrace.bsky.social. I read it in the editorial process and it's fun and groundbreaking. Strongly recommend for those interested in the history of the CIA or intel analysis
The Intelligence Intellectuals
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November 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I received my copy today of "The Intelligence Intellectuals: Social Scientists and the Making of the CIA," the new book by @petercgrace.bsky.social. I read it in the editorial process and it's fun and groundbreaking. Strongly recommend for those interested in the history of the CIA or intel analysis
I talked to Radio NZ this morning on the FBI opening an office in Wellington. www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
FBI open office in Wellington
FBI director Kash Patel opened the office in Wellington on Thursday, meeting with ministers, the police commissioner, and the Directors-General of the NZSIS and GCSB. University of Otago lecturer Dr P...
www.rnz.co.nz
July 31, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I talked to Radio NZ this morning on the FBI opening an office in Wellington. www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
Our first speaker line up for the Aspen Otago National Security Forum is Chris Taylor of ASPI interviewing the Biden Administration’s emerging tech czar Anne Neuberger on the huge challenges artificial intelligence poses for espionage and analysis. www.otago.ac.nz/foreign-poli...
July 3, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Our first speaker line up for the Aspen Otago National Security Forum is Chris Taylor of ASPI interviewing the Biden Administration’s emerging tech czar Anne Neuberger on the huge challenges artificial intelligence poses for espionage and analysis. www.otago.ac.nz/foreign-poli...
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The shoe has finally dropped. A USG government employee offered to spy for a foreign government on ideological grounds: his distaste for Trump. I predicted @warontherocks.bsky.social in ~2017 that this would happen. I'll only claim partial prescience because I'm surprised it took so long.
U.S. Government Employee Arrested for Attempting to Provide Classified Information to Foreign Government
An IT specialist employed by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) was arrested today for attempting to transmit national defense information to an officer or agent of a foreign government.
www.justice.gov
May 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The shoe has finally dropped. A USG government employee offered to spy for a foreign government on ideological grounds: his distaste for Trump. I predicted @warontherocks.bsky.social in ~2017 that this would happen. I'll only claim partial prescience because I'm surprised it took so long.
“The panel is tasked with reviewing records to make recommendations to the State Department’s Office of the Historian and Foreign Service Institute for its Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) series…” thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com
May 29, 2025 at 1:01 AM
“The panel is tasked with reviewing records to make recommendations to the State Department’s Office of the Historian and Foreign Service Institute for its Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) series…” thehill.com/homenews/adm...
Is the national security system robust enough to withstand shock, and fleet-footed enough to respond to black swans? Rolfe asks whether it focuses more on the right processes than it does the right people, and if it ‘lacks imagination’, making NZers less secure.
May 26, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Is the national security system robust enough to withstand shock, and fleet-footed enough to respond to black swans? Rolfe asks whether it focuses more on the right processes than it does the right people, and if it ‘lacks imagination’, making NZers less secure.
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I feel proud and very honored that my book “World War I and the Foundations of American Intelligence” (UPK, 2023) is the subject of the latest H-Diplo | RJISSF Roundtable. I hope this encourages others to work in the field. 1/3
H-Diplo | RJISSF Roundtable 16-32 on Stout, World War I and the Foundations of American Intelligence
21 April 2025 | PDF: https://issforum.org/to/jrt16-34 | Website: rjissf.org | Twitter: @HDiplo Editor: Diane Labrosse Commissioning Editor: Sarah-Jane Corke Production Editor: Christopher Ball Pre…
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April 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I feel proud and very honored that my book “World War I and the Foundations of American Intelligence” (UPK, 2023) is the subject of the latest H-Diplo | RJISSF Roundtable. I hope this encourages others to work in the field. 1/3
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In a guest post for Comment is Freed, Greg Treverton, Chair of the U.S. National Intelligence Council from 2014 to 2017 under President Obama, considers how allies should deal with the U.S. intelligence community under Trump. (£/free trial) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/s...?
Share but Beware
Managing intelligence in the age of Trump
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April 15, 2025 at 7:30 AM
In a guest post for Comment is Freed, Greg Treverton, Chair of the U.S. National Intelligence Council from 2014 to 2017 under President Obama, considers how allies should deal with the U.S. intelligence community under Trump. (£/free trial) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/s...?
You can’t write about the influence of social scientists on CIA’s intelligence estimates without questioning whether they’d have any flair for it at all. William Harding Jackson, who had written a wartime report on British Intelligence, certainly didn’t think so. 🧵 1/8
April 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
You can’t write about the influence of social scientists on CIA’s intelligence estimates without questioning whether they’d have any flair for it at all. William Harding Jackson, who had written a wartime report on British Intelligence, certainly didn’t think so. 🧵 1/8
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Going through some old slides, I ran across this political cartoon about the failed nomination of Anthony Lake to be Director of Central Intelligence in the 1990s. Alas, no signature on this, so I don't know who to credit.
April 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Going through some old slides, I ran across this political cartoon about the failed nomination of Anthony Lake to be Director of Central Intelligence in the 1990s. Alas, no signature on this, so I don't know who to credit.
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Probably one more session of tidying to go before I've got a complete route network for Italy as published #16thCentury - #18thCentury! I like this view of Northern Italy to show that the #earlymodern routes (red) are not just the Roman roads (green). 🗃️ @emdigit.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Probably one more session of tidying to go before I've got a complete route network for Italy as published #16thCentury - #18thCentury! I like this view of Northern Italy to show that the #earlymodern routes (red) are not just the Roman roads (green). 🗃️ @emdigit.bsky.social
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It's not an overstatement to say that I really can't wait to read this book. Thank you very much for writing it.
April 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
It's not an overstatement to say that I really can't wait to read this book. Thank you very much for writing it.
Cambodia’s largest trading partner, by a long way, is China. But China benefits more than Cambodia does. Its most profitable trading partner is the US. Much of its exports to the US is clothing. China however owns the bulk of Cambodia’s clothing factories.
‘…“Oh, look at Cambodia!” he sang, as he struck it with a 49% levy. Taken together, the policies represent the most aggressive American trade action in nearly a century.’ www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Can the world’s free-traders withstand Trump’s attack?
Much will depend on the courage of Europe
www.economist.com
April 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Cambodia’s largest trading partner, by a long way, is China. But China benefits more than Cambodia does. Its most profitable trading partner is the US. Much of its exports to the US is clothing. China however owns the bulk of Cambodia’s clothing factories.
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Book publishing is magical. It only feels like a couple of months ago I was series editing this bad boy in the pub … and now voila here it is.
Huge congratulations to @sandbaggerone.bsky.social and Chris Murphy. It’s a fantastic book and a big contribution to the lit!
Huge congratulations to @sandbaggerone.bsky.social and Chris Murphy. It’s a fantastic book and a big contribution to the lit!
March 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Book publishing is magical. It only feels like a couple of months ago I was series editing this bad boy in the pub … and now voila here it is.
Huge congratulations to @sandbaggerone.bsky.social and Chris Murphy. It’s a fantastic book and a big contribution to the lit!
Huge congratulations to @sandbaggerone.bsky.social and Chris Murphy. It’s a fantastic book and a big contribution to the lit!
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Hegseth orders 'disestablishing' of Office of Net Assessment
Hegseth orders ‘disestablishing’ of Office of Net Assessment
A March 13 memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth orders all employees of the Office of Net Assessment reassigned to different roles and cancels related contracts.
breakingdefense.com
March 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Hegseth orders 'disestablishing' of Office of Net Assessment
We have a cover! My thanks to Georgetown University Press for their hard work. Photo of the "father of intelligence analysis" Sherman Kent in a very un-pc pose!
March 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
We have a cover! My thanks to Georgetown University Press for their hard work. Photo of the "father of intelligence analysis" Sherman Kent in a very un-pc pose!
Very rewarding trip to D.C and NYC. Throughly enjoyed the @socintelhist.bsky.social conference at the International Spy Museum and the chance to present from my upcoming book. Made some new friends, and caught up with two old friends in NY. Still the greatest city. Stay strong America!
February 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Very rewarding trip to D.C and NYC. Throughly enjoyed the @socintelhist.bsky.social conference at the International Spy Museum and the chance to present from my upcoming book. Made some new friends, and caught up with two old friends in NY. Still the greatest city. Stay strong America!
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Great news, #BlueSkyStorians... The pre-order button is gone for @rmidura.bsky.social's "Postal Intelligence: The Tassis Family and Communications Revolution in Early Modern Europe"! Check it out and ship away at the @cornellupress.bsky.social book page: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
February 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Great news, #BlueSkyStorians... The pre-order button is gone for @rmidura.bsky.social's "Postal Intelligence: The Tassis Family and Communications Revolution in Early Modern Europe"! Check it out and ship away at the @cornellupress.bsky.social book page: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
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Intelligence and National Security is now on BlueSky!
Our latest edition, Vol 39, No 7, 2024 is available here:
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Our latest edition, Vol 39, No 7, 2024 is available here:
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Intelligence and National Security
Volume 39, Issue 7 of Intelligence and National Security
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February 9, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Intelligence and National Security is now on BlueSky!
Our latest edition, Vol 39, No 7, 2024 is available here:
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fint20/3...
Follow this account for the latest news from the Journal!
Our latest edition, Vol 39, No 7, 2024 is available here:
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The University of What? Chris Moran, Richard Aldrich, Ronan Mainprize.
February 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The University of What? Chris Moran, Richard Aldrich, Ronan Mainprize.
Council of Four: John Negroponte, Michael McConnell, Michael Hayden, James Clapper. At the Society for Intelligence Historians conference, Washington D.C.
February 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Council of Four: John Negroponte, Michael McConnell, Michael Hayden, James Clapper. At the Society for Intelligence Historians conference, Washington D.C.
Henry Tonks, war surgeon and lecturer at the Slade art school at the turn of last century, described his class of particularly talented but demanding students as “a crisis of brilliance”.
January 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Henry Tonks, war surgeon and lecturer at the Slade art school at the turn of last century, described his class of particularly talented but demanding students as “a crisis of brilliance”.
Looking forward to presenting “Anticipating the Bear: Discerning Soviet Intentions vs Capabilities 1942-1953” at the Society for Intelligence History Conference in Washington D.C, Feb 3-8. Getting inside the head of the adversary, early CIG/CIA.
January 20, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Looking forward to presenting “Anticipating the Bear: Discerning Soviet Intentions vs Capabilities 1942-1953” at the Society for Intelligence History Conference in Washington D.C, Feb 3-8. Getting inside the head of the adversary, early CIG/CIA.