intelligence

A woman walks inside al-Hol camp for displaced people in northeastern Syria on May 28, 2019.

ISIS Fighters Are Gaining Strength After Trump's Syria Pullout, U.S. Spies Say

The Defense Intelligence Agency says ISIS is resurgent inside Syria and has...

The Defense Intelligence Agency says ISIS is resurgent inside Syria and has a greater ability to mount terrorist attacks against the West as a result of President Donald Trump’s decision to hastily withdraw American troops...

President Donald Trump leaves the Oval Office and walks toward Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on November 14, 2019 in Washington, DC.

Trump Ignored Consensus U.S. Intelligence Report in Pressuring Ukraine

The report was considered the intelligence community's most authoritative a...

The report was considered the intelligence community's most authoritative assessment of the issue

U.S. Representative John Ratcliffe, Republican of Texas, listens as former Special Counsel Robert Mueller testifies in Washington, DC, on July 24, 2019.

Top GOP Senator Warned the White House About Trump's Choice for National Intelligence Director

The pick also elicited fatalism from the intelligence community

Julian Assange gestures to the media from a police vehicle on his arrival at Westminster Magistrates court on April 11, 2019 in London, England.

The Danger in Prosecuting Julian Assange for Espionage

To understand why so many media and legal observers are voicing concern abo...

To understand why so many media and legal observers are voicing concern about the Julian Assange indictment, it helps to perform the following mental exercise. If you were to click on this link to the...

President Donald Trump chats with Russia's President Vladimir Putin as they attend the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in the central Vietnamese city of Danang on Nov. 11, 2017.

'Spot and Assess.' The Intelligence Strategy Behind Russia's Political Outreach

At 448 pages, Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interferen...

At 448 pages, Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 election feels definitive, but it's hardly the final word on the subject. In fact, a recent court filing in a related...

Vladimir Putin has claimed that he [doesn't] know anything about the thousands of Democratic National Committee emails and documents that were hacked by an unknown source and then posted by Wikileaks earlier this year (file photo)

The 2020 Presidential Campaigns Are Still Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks. Here's Why

Most Americans aren't yet paying a lot of attention to the 2020 presidentia...

Most Americans aren't yet paying a lot of attention to the 2020 presidential campaign. The same can't be said for Russian spies. Aides and advisers to the vast field of Democratic hopefuls are ringing alarm...

US President Donald Trump (L) chats with Russia's President Vladimir Putin as they attend the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting, part of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' summit in the central Vietnamese city of Danang on November 11, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SPUTNIK / Mikhail KLIMENTYEV (Photo credit should read MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/AFP/Getty Images)

The Mueller Report Shows Why the Trump Campaign Was Such an Easy Target for Russia

In his highly-anticipated, 448-page report released on Thursday, special co...

In his highly-anticipated, 448-page report released on Thursday, special counsel Robert Mueller laid out in painstaking detail the Trump campaign’s willingness to engage with Russian officials on a wide range of politically sensitive matters. Dozens...