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Entertainer Josephine Baker, Baltimore resident Virginia Hall, and Muslim pacifist Noor Khan were recruited as spies during World War II. CIA Museum Deputy Director Janelle Neises and…

Vice President Harris ceremonially swore in Ambassador William Burns as director of the Central Intelligence Agency. The vice president also reacted to the mass shooting at a grocery store in Boulder,…

District of Columbia National Guard Commander Major General William Walker and national security officials testified before two Senate committees on the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Major General Walker…

District of Columbia National Guard Commander Major General William Walker and national security officials testified before two Senate committees on the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Major General Walker…

Two Senate committees held a hearing on security failures during the January 6 attack on the Capitol. “A clear lack of accurate and complete intelligence across several federal agencies contributed to this event, and…

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Nominee William Burns testified in his confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee. In his opening statement Mr. Burns said his top priorities, if confirmed, were…

Avril Haines, the Biden administration’s nominee to be director of national intelligence, testified at a confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee. Ms. Haines, who previously served as…

William Evanina, director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, discussed U.S. intelligence priorities and the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. He said law…

James Wilkinson fought in the American Revolution and later served as commanding general of the U.S. Army and first governor of the Louisiana Territory. Yet, in 1811, accused of spying for the…

CIA chief historian David Robarge talked about the evolving nature of the relationship between presidents and their CIA directors, and how it is influenced by the president’s needs and…

Johns Hopkins University Professor Thomas Rid, Active Measures; Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Barton Gellman, Dark Mirror; and Washington Post columnist David Ignatius, The Paladin…

Chris Whipple talked to former CIA directors to provide an inside look at the intelligence organization’s operations. This was a virtual event hosted by the Center on National Security at…

Scott Anderson looked at the early years of the Cold War as the CIA worked to counter the efforts of the KGB. This was a virtual event hosted by Left Bank Books in St. Louis.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) spoke briefly to reporters following a closed-door briefing by the FBI on its investigation of a suspected Chinese spy targeting U.S.…

Bill Gertz talked about his book, Deceiving the Sky: Inside Communist China’s Drive for Global Supremacy, on the latest in the investigation of a member of Congress' ties to an alleged Chinese…

John Brennan, a former CIA director, participated in a virtual discussion with national security experts on threats facing the U.S. and priorities the new Biden administration should focus…

The Brookings Institution hosted a virtual discussion, which explored the importance of the CIA in predicting crises like COVID-19. Author Chris Whipple spoke about his recently released…

According to the CIA, this film was made for family members of those working on the U-2 spy plane to inform them about the remote location and difficulty of working at Area 51, a U.S. military installation in…

The Senate Intelligence Committee held a hearing on declassification policy and possible changes to the process. Witnesses included Gregory Koch, the information management director for the…

Tracy Walder is co-author of The Unexpected Spy: From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World’s Most Notorious Terrorists. She sat down for an interview about her…