Spy Chat with Chris Costa Join us for an online discussion of the latest intelligence, national security, and terrorism issues in the news. Spy Museum Executive Director Chris Costa will lead the briefing. Costa, a former inte...

Look forward to joining #ChrisCosta for #SpyChat at the @IntlSpyMuseum on July 10th at 12PM for a conversation on espionage and national security. Please join us! www.spymuseum.org/calendar/spy...

Summer is for spying! Back on The Hill at Georgetown for a summer version of “Human Intelligence Operations” for our Security Studies Program grad students.

Doug London- The Role of Intelligence in Foreign Policy YouTube video by CAST UArizona

My thanks to the students, faculty and staff for inviting me to speak on The Role of Intelligence in Foreign Policy at the University of Arizona. youtu.be/-TwJqaU-HyM?...

Happy to be speaking at the University of Arizona on the Role and Intelligence in Foreign Policy

Friend and retired CIA icon #JimLawler’s “A Traitor's Tale' stands apart from today's spy genre inviting the reader into the guarded souls of spies and their recruiters revealing their hopes, fears, scars and ambitions. A high octane journey to a shadowy world few know.

Much enjoyed @drichterova.bsky.social ‘s “Watching the Jackals,” illuminating the former Czechoslovakia’s Cold War collaboration with terrorist groups. Meticulously researched, a scholarly take on Prague’s complex relationships serving Moscow’s interests while protecting its own.

Pleased to announce I've accepted an appointment to teach "The Role of Intelligence in U.S. Foreign Policy" for @SAISHopkins John Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies' 2025 Summer Academy. sais.jhu.edu/academics/di...

Had a great time talking intelligence, espionage and writing, with the talented panelists and scholarly audience.

My thanks to @jrebecchi and @nyit for inviting me to speak to the human element to Insider Threat and mitigation approaches from a life in espionage.

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Questions for Senators (and Journalists) to Ask CIA Director Nominee John Ratcliffe We asked intelligence experts and former members of the intelligence community for questions they would ask Ratcliffe in Wednesday's hearing.

Suggested questions Senators should pose to DCIA nominee John Ratcliffe during confirmation hearings, via @justsecurity.org

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Inside Putin's Covert Unit (GRU Unit 29155) w/ former CIA Officer Doug London YouTube video by EYES ON PODCAST

Great conversation on Russian GRU unit 29155 and addressing the Kremlin’s hybrid warfare with the @Eyes-on-Podcast crew. youtu.be/zRc5TRVKPYw?...

According to @douglaslondon.bsky.social, former CIA head of CT for South Asia, the program was far more strategic and ambitious: to drive the U.S. out of Afghanistan and the rest of Central Asia.

Afgantsy Redux: How Russian military intelligence used the Taliban to bleed U.S. forces at the end of America’s longest war The GRU, Russia’s military intelligence agency, spent years financing terrorist groups in Afghanistan to target U.S. and coalition forces. An investigation by The Insider has not only confirmed the ex...

My comments on Russian GRU’s Afghan campaign to bleed American forces via @michaeldweiss.bsky.social

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I haven’t read this one but it’s a great point and I spend a bit more time in my own book discussing life under cover with a family, telling your kids, the impact on their lives, and relationships.

Логика Маркова Украина сбила пассажирский самолёт? Катастрофа самолёта АЗАЛ могла быть из-за его поражения БПЛА ВСУ в районе Грозного или от работы ПВО против БПЛА ВСУ. Об этом говорят характерные повреждения фюзеля...

Russian Telegram suggests Kyiv downed the Azeri plane-adds to Russian culpability. Russian disinfo loudest when accusing others of its own wrong doing. Did Russia jam the plane’s GPS to keep it from landing/crashing beyond Russia?

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Christmas Market Ramming in Magdeburg, Germany, Kills 2 and Injures Dozens of Others Video showed a car plowing into a large crowd in the city of Magdeburg. The driver, identified as a 50-year-old Saudi Arabian citizen who worked as a doctor, was arrested.

Similarities to the ‘16 Berlin attack not likely coincidental. The Saudis will know whether he has extremist ties or self radicalized (likely IS inspired). A reminder too that not all Saudis favor MbS reforms-much churn brewing underneath. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/w...

Putin’s Point of No Return An unchecked Russia will challenge the West.

“Putin’s ultimate objectives are to relitigate the post–Cold War order in Europe, weaken the US & usher in a new international system that affords Russia the status & influence Putin believes it deserves.” via @michaelkofman.bsky.social & #AndreaKendall-Taylor
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Killing of Russian General Sends a Message, but Doesn’t Change the War for Ukraine Ukraine’s forces are steadily losing ground on the battlefield. The assassination of a top general in Moscow won’t improve their war effort, analysts and Western officials say.

Sharing my thoughts with @nytimes.com on Ukraine’s killing of a Russian general in Moscow and what it tells us. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/w...

Key Russian general killed in Moscow bomb blast claimed by Ukraine | CNN A top Russian general accused of using chemical weapons on the battlefields in Ukraine was killed after a bomb went off in Moscow early Tuesday, Russian investigators said, in an attack swiftly claime...

As Ukraine faces the prospect of reduced US support under Trump, Kyiv will likely increase asymmetrical acts to bring the war home to Russia’s elite psychologically (assassinations) and materially (strikes on the petrol industry). www.cnn.com/2024/12/17/e...

Thanks Kiril!

Thanks so much Diana! Very kind.

Tulsi Gabbard Questioned U.S. Intelligence. Now She Is Trump’s Pick for Top Intelligence Role. From blaming NATO for the Ukraine war to echoing Russian propaganda, the former congresswoman has ruffled feathers inside the spy agencies she could soon lead.

My comments for The Wall Street Journal concerning Tulsi Gabbard’s DNI nomination, via Warren Strobel. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Navigating the shadows: Afghanistan’s terrorism landscape three years after the US withdrawal and its international implications Three years since the US and allied withdrawal from Afghanistan, the facts on the ground challenge some more optimistic depictions of the Taliban’s counterterrorism cooperation with the US, al-Qaeda’s...

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Opinion | The United States Has More at Risk in the Middle East Than You Probably Think A CIA veteran explains why killing the enemy and winning battles does not, alone, win wars anymore.

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I appreciated the invitation from Vermont Senator Peter Welch to discuss the Middle East and future opportunities at his office in the Russell Senate Building.

Blast in Afghanistan Kills a Taliban Leader, Khalil Haqqani The government accused the Islamic State of being behind the attack, which struck at the heart of the Taliban’s power structure after years of essentially unchallenged dominance.

Overshadowed by Syria, Khalil Haqqani’s assassination is big. He was Siraj’s right hand, the Haqqani’s primary senior liaison to Pakistan ISI, al Qa’ida and the numerous regional terror groups. We tracked/hunted him for years, came close. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/w...

The Recruiter by Douglas London | Hachette Books

Why do people spy for @CIA How are spies actually recruited? And what’s life truly like for a CIA ops officer. The Recruiter is a great holiday read that provides context for today’s headlines.

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