Dennis C. Blair

April 20, 2016 | Clifford D. May

A spy’s story

After a long and extraordinary career, Gen. Michael Hayden has written “Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror.” Both a memoir and a primer on modern espionag...

October 15, 2012 | John Hannah |

How Oil Dependence Undermines America’s Effort to Stop the Iranian Bomb

Energy issues have figured prominently in Governor Romney's campaign. Achieving "North American energy independence" has been a central pillar of the 5-point economic plan that he's bee...

June 11, 2012 | Michael Ledeen Faster, Please!

Leaks and Lies

I once had a long discussion about leaks with Richard Helms, a thoughtful gentleman who steadfastly refused to reveal state secrets even when threatened with imprisonment.  Helms was directo...

August 4, 2011 | Clifford D. May |

This War Would Be Hell, TOO

If a top intelligence expert said America was not prepared for war and, indeed, that if we went to war "we would lose," that would worry you, wouldn't it? Start worrying. The expert...

October 13, 2010 | The Long War Journal

Two Ex-Gitmo Detainees Featured in al Qaeda’s Inspire Magazine

The newly released issue of Inspire, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's (AQAP) quarterly online magazine, features two former Guantanamo detainees. The first is Othman Ahmed al Ghamdi, who...

September 17, 2010 | |

Iran is On the Taliban’s Side in Afghanistan – Not Ours

In his op-ed for the Washington Post this morning, David Ignatius writes:     I hope the administration will open a U.S.-Iranian channel on Afghanistan soon...

September 6, 2010 | |

Iran Pays Bounties to Taliban for Dead Americans

The Sunday Times (UK) reported yesterday, based on Taliban sources, that the Iranians are paying bounties to the Taliban to kill American soldiers. (The Times's account is behind a pay wall,...

August 31, 2010 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda Leader in Yemen Tries to Woo Saudi Soldiers

In a nearly 15-minute audio tape released in early August, Said al Shihri, one of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's (AQAP) top leaders, tried to convince Saudi soldiers and security office...

February 25, 2010 |

Congressional Democrats Take Aim at Interrogators

Co-Authored with Stephen F. Hayes Update: A press release from Pete Hoekstra's office indicates that the House bill has been pulled because of opposition to the pr...

February 16, 2010 | |

How Syria Benefits From The Axis of Proliferation

Two weeks ago, a report appeared on the Japanese news site Nikkei quoting Western intelligence sources...

February 4, 2010 | |

Flirting With Disaster

Does Barack Obama really want to be the president who let Iran get the nuclear bomb? Outside the White House bubble, signs keep multiplying that this could be the year. Iran continues to...

May 1, 2009 |

Saying No to Justice

I did something today that I’ve never done before. The Department of Justice, which I proudly served for a quarter century as an assistant U.S. attorney and a deputy U.S. marshal, asked me...

April 30, 2009 | Clifford D. May

Torture TV

When I was asked to appear on The Daily Show, the news-with-views edgy-comedy TV program, I was reluctant. The issue: whether “enhanced interrogation techniques” used to pry informati...

April 23, 2009 | Clifford D. May

Shock Therapy

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was the mastermind behind the terrorist atrocities of Sept. 11, 2001. If U.S. intelligence operatives had spotted him in a remote area of Pakistan and killed him with a Pre...

March 28, 2009 | Wall Street Journal |

Let’s Put Bylines on Our ‘National’ Intelligence Estimates

Charles Freeman's withdrawal from his appointment as the chairman of the National Intelligence Council (NIC) offers an opportunity to assess whether personal views should have any role in in...

March 12, 2009 | Dr. J. Peter Pham World Defense Review

The Chinese Navy’s Somali Cruise

by Dr. Peter Pham Since the beginning of January, three vessels of China's People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) - the Guangzhou-class destroyer Wuhan...