Operation Leonardo: The White House, the CIA, and the Fractional Politics of the AMTRUNK Initiative
In the early months of 1963,...
The Mirage of Manhattan-Sized Depots: David Kay, the Iraq Survey Group, and the WMD Search of 2003–2004
The Mandate and the Mammoth Task...
The Archipelago of Secrecy: The CIA “Black Sites” and the Institutionalization of State-Sanctioned Torture
The Structural Foundation of the Secret...
The Torture Trail: Extraordinary Rendition, the CIA, and the Legal Shield of March 13, 2002
In the immediate aftermath of the...
Operation Whirlwinds: Ed Martin and the Partisan Weaponization of U.S. Attorney Powers
In early 2025, the appointment of...
The Watchful Eye: Strategic Surveillance, Technical Verification, and the Monitoring of Soviet Nuclear Capabilities in the Cold War
The Soviet Nuclear Shock and the...
The Silent Intercept: Room 40, Cable Espionage, and the Diplomatic Dragnet of World War I
At the outbreak of World War...
The Litmus Test of Loyalty: Vetting the Second Trump Administration’s National Security Leadership
In the opening weeks of the...
