Trump moves to forever bloc the release of the DOJ investigation report regarding his charged violations of the Espiinage Act etc. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

RIP Barbara A. McNamara who passed suddenly this weekend. BAM, as she was known, was NSA’s Deputy Director when Gen Hayden was appointed Director. She had been NSA’s first woman Deputy Director of Operations and second female DDIR. She last served as NSA’s Senior US Liaison Officer London.

RIP Barbara A. McNamara who passed suddenly this weekend. BAM, as she was known, was NSA’s Deputy Director when Gen Hayden was appointed Director. She had been NSA’s first woman Deputy Director of Operations and second female DDIR. She last served as NSA’s Senior US Liaison Officer London.

Today at noon Virginia inaugurates its first-ever former CIA governor! Congratulations to our former colleague Abigail Spanberger!

Former acting CIA Director (and Hayden Center friend) Michael Morell on the Ross Kaminsky podcast. LISTEN: www.iheart.com/podcast/759-...

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C.I.A. Director Meets With Venezuela’s Interim President in Caracas www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...

Covert action and 'outreach' for alternate leaders in Iran sashaingber.substack.com?utm_source=n...

Disinformation! It seems like an unbeatable, super-virus consuming truth and your energy to fight it at the speed of light. That’s where my new book, The Noise War: How to Fight Disinformation and Find the Truth When Everything Is Lying to You, comes in. Get it at Amazon. amzn.to/4qUstHy

ALERT: Jack Smith will testify publicly at House Judiciary Cmte on Jan 22

Today, we were officially notified by USG that Pres Trump's memo that revoked my security clearance w/o due process is no longer in effect over me. My access eligibility to classified info has been restored. On Dec 23, 2025, a federal court ruled his action was unconstitutional. Rule of Law wins!

Check out this unprecedented event featuring four former Virginia governors of both parties on the eve of Abigail Spanberger's historic swearing-in as the commonwealth's first female (and first former CIA!) governor. Friday In-person in Richmond. REGISTER: signup.e2ma.net/signup/20438...

Former Acting DCI John McLaughlin discusses. www.npr.org/2026/01/07/n...

National Security Agency Announces Mr. Tim Kosiba as Next NSA Deputy Director www.nsa.gov/Press-Room/P...

He really important topic “The Noise War” “And the responsibility for that defense does not belong only to governments or institutions but to every one of us who cares about the health of our democracies, the safety of our families, and the clarity of our own minds. “

You should read this “The Noise War How to Fight Disinformation and Find Truth When Everything is Lying to You” JJ Green “Disinformation,” he warned, “is eroding America from within and warping our alliances abroad.”

Aldrich Ames, most damaging CIA traitor in agency history, dies at 84 www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

The German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) wiretapped US President Barack Obama for years The German intelligence service regularly monitored the telephone calls of the then US president aboard Air Force One. The BND did not have permission from Angela Merkel. www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...

New in SpyWeek: CIA's Venezuela Ops, Ukraine Spies' Kremlin Prank, FBI and Terror Plotters open.substack.com/pub/spytalk/...

Spies, drones and blowtorches: How the US captured Maduro www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Let’s not talk too much about sources or clandestine CIA teams operating in adversary territory please. C.I.A. Source Inside Venezuelan Government Helped Track Maduro www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...

House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Jim Himes.

“The CIA, NSA, and NGA were tasked with understanding Maduro’s pattern of life, ‘how he moved, where he lived, where he traveled, what he ate, what he wore, what were his pets.’” open.substack.com/pub/sashaing...

Seamless special ops/intel activity honed over decades in the GWOT.

Japan gov't considering new intelligence minister post english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/6...

Interesting details about CIA's role in supporting Ukraine in this New York Times investigative report: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The Steady State urges congressional oversight of DHS for allegedly failing to adjudicate an unfavorable poly involving the Acting CISA Director while retaliating against career staff who facilitated mandatory Intelligence Community security requirements. steadystate1.substack.com/p/steady-sta...

Ex-C.I.A. Chief Asks to Keep Justice Dept. From Steering Case to Favored Judge www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u...

Court orders whistleblower attorney Mark Zaid’s clearances reinstated. READ: ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...

NSA employee sues the Trump administration over transgender rights and 'immutable' genders apnews.com/article/dona...

Will we see Jack Smith’s report on Trump’s reported violations of the Espionage Act and obstruction of justice in the classified documents case? www.politico.com/news/2025/12...