Tom Griffin
@tcgriffin.bsky.social
Author of State-Private Networks and Intelligence Theory (Routledge 2022). Writing on intelligence history on substack. https://intelligencehistory.substack.com
New on Substack - The CIA and the Cartel de los Soles: How a flawed counter-narcotics operation christened the enemy du jour intelligencehistory.substack.com/p/the-cia-an...
November 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
New on Substack - The CIA and the Cartel de los Soles: How a flawed counter-narcotics operation christened the enemy du jour intelligencehistory.substack.com/p/the-cia-an...
Perhaps they had an inkling even in 1945.
September 30, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Perhaps they had an inkling even in 1945.
Death of an informer:
There is more than one unanswered question about the murder of Denis Donaldson
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There is more than one unanswered question about the murder of Denis Donaldson
intelligencehistory.substack.com/p/death-of-a...
June 2, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Death of an informer:
There is more than one unanswered question about the murder of Denis Donaldson
intelligencehistory.substack.com/p/death-of-a...
There is more than one unanswered question about the murder of Denis Donaldson
intelligencehistory.substack.com/p/death-of-a...
The Second Cold War and the First War on Terror:
Counter-terrorism analysis in the 1980s intelligencehistory.substack.com/p/the-second...
Counter-terrorism analysis in the 1980s intelligencehistory.substack.com/p/the-second...
April 28, 2025 at 8:49 AM
The Second Cold War and the First War on Terror:
Counter-terrorism analysis in the 1980s intelligencehistory.substack.com/p/the-second...
Counter-terrorism analysis in the 1980s intelligencehistory.substack.com/p/the-second...
The dog that didn't bark: Strategic intelligence in Northern Ireland
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March 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The dog that didn't bark: Strategic intelligence in Northern Ireland
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Both sides against the middle: How to take down a peace process
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March 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Both sides against the middle: How to take down a peace process
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'A tightly-knit group of politically motivated men' - MI5 and the CPGB. intelligencehistory.substack.com/p/a-tightly-...
January 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
'A tightly-knit group of politically motivated men' - MI5 and the CPGB. intelligencehistory.substack.com/p/a-tightly-...
New post: The Third Coming of the Information Research Department
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intelligencehistory.substack.com/p/the-third-...
January 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
New post: The Third Coming of the Information Research Department
intelligencehistory.substack.com/p/the-third-...
intelligencehistory.substack.com/p/the-third-...
UK Parliament issues warning over new Whitehall intelligence units intelligencehistory.substack.com/p/uk-parliam...
December 6, 2023 at 5:03 PM
UK Parliament issues warning over new Whitehall intelligence units intelligencehistory.substack.com/p/uk-parliam...