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Jack Barsky talked about his book, Deep Undercover: My Secret Life and Tangled Allegiances as a KGB Spy in America, about his life as a KGB spy operating in the U.S. during the late 1970s…

Panelists talked about the role intelligence gathering plays in countering terror threats. Participants included National Counterterrorism Center Director Nick Rasmussen and the former…

Nicholas Reynolds talked about his book Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy: Ernest Hemingway’s Secret Adventures, 1935-1961 , in which he recalls novelist Ernest Hemingway’s connections to the…

Elizabeth Goitein outlined the history of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and Section 702. Section 702 gives the government authority to monitor internet activity on non-U.S.…

Stanford University’s Hoover Institution held a conference with senior leaders from government, academia, and civil society to address the future of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence…

Matthew Olson outlined the road to getting Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act renewed. Section 702 gives the government authority to monitor internet activity on…

John Villasenor outlined Section 7 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, including Section 702 which gives the government authority to monitor internet activity on non-U.S. citizens…

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, Director of National Intelligence Director Dan Coats, National Security Agency Director Admiral Michael Rogers, and Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe…

Melvin A. Goodman talked about his book, Whistleblower at the CIA: An Insider’s Account of the Politics of Intelligence. He spoke from the James Michener Pavilion at the 2017 Gaithersburg…

Elliot Carlson talked about the key role played by U.S. codebreakers during the Battle of Midway. The battle took place June 4-7, 1942, in the Pacific Theater of World War II and resulted in a…

General Michael Hayden talked about his book,Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror. He spoke at the 15th annual Annapolis Book Festival.

Before his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump told reporters he never mentioned the word “Israel” when a reporter asked about Israeli intelligence and…

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and leadership colleagues speak to reporters following their weekly caucus luncheon. Senator McConnell reacted to President Trump’s sharing of classified…

Speaking to reporters after their weekly caucus lunch, Senate Democrats criticized the behavior coming out of the White House in recent days, including the President Trump’s firing of the…

Sean Spicer briefed reporters off camera and responded to questions on a variety of topics, including what the president disclosed to Russians in an Oval Office meeting the previous week.…

National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster briefed reporters on President Trump’s first foreign trip to the Middle East and Europe. He then took questions on the previous-day Washington Post report that…

Telephone lines were open for viewer calls and social media comments on reports that President Trump revealed sensitive intelligence from an unnamed U.S. ally during a White House meeting with…

President Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave brief joint statements to the press on U.S.-Turkey relations and combating terrorism. At the end of their remarks, President…

Alex Finley talked about her Politico article, “How the CIA Forgot the Art of Spying,” on the CIA’s counterterrorism efforts. This program was part of a “Washington Journal” series…

H. Keith Melton and Robert Wallace talked about their book their book, Spy Sites of Washington, D.C.: A Guide to the Capital Region’s Secret History, in which they discuss some of the most…