The diplomatic protest issued by Denmark in response to reported U.S. influence activities in Greenland is not routine, it is a formal objection to a breach of allied norms. What’s been exposed is not a covert operation gone awry, but an incompetent attempt to shape political outcomes through informal channels. It’s amateur hour, and the […]
Today, I’m on my way to Arlington Cemetery, to visit the grave of my parents. It is the eighth anniversary of my father’s death – at age 94+, just a couple of months shy of 95. He was a World War II veteran, who was wounded by shrapnel that killed the soldier fighting next to […]
Since World War II, the United States has been involved in several international intelligence-sharing arrangements that were forged during the war. One of the most prominent of these is the ‘Five Eyes” alliance, which facilitates the sharing of signals intelligence among the U.S., the UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. The U.S. has benefited from […]
Tulsi Gabbard’s revocation of security clearances from 37 officials involved in the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) is a direct attack on the professional integrity of career intelligence officers and a profound act of politicization. In her memo, Gabbard claimed that the clearance system exists to ensure integrity, objectivity, and stewardship in the protection of […]
Dear Colleagues, For three and a half decades as a career diplomat, I walked across the lobby of the State Department countless times—inspired by the Stars and Stripes and humbled by the names of patriots etched into our memorial wall. It was heartbreaking to see so many of you crossing that same lobby in tears […]
Mary Ann Vecchio, Kent State, May 4, 1970 At this moment, the citizens of Washington D.C., and Los Angeles, California are facing National Guard troops, as well as FBI agents and other military and law enforcement officers in their streets. These officers and agents are not trained to police the streets, and they are listening, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – August 19, 2025 – The Steady State, a nonpartisan association of more than 325 former senior U.S. government officials, today filed an amicus curiae brief in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in support of Governor Gavin Newsom and the State of California in their challenge to […]
DATE-TIME GROUP: 171800ZAUGUST25 FROM: EMBASSY OF FREDONIA, WASHINGTON, D.C. TO: MFA NAGADOCHES CLASSIFICATION: CONEOFSILENCE//FREDONIAN EYES ONLY SUBJECT: SITREP 15: “ THE FREDONIA PROJECT” OBSERVATIONAL DISPATCHES FROM AMERICA IN CRISIS AUGUST 17 2025 SUMMARY: IN ACCORDANCE WITH MFA DIRECTIVE 1826-APRIL-1, THIS EMBASSY HAS INITIATED A REGULAR SERIES OF ANALYTICAL DISPATCHES REGARDING THE INTERNAL DYNAMICS OF THE […]
Russian FSB Hqs, Moscow Only one foreign country has a nuclear arsenal so massive that it poses a “physical” existential threat, is assessed as having enough weapons to wipe out the United States and cause global destruction, and has threatened initial use against the United States: Russia. Since the end of World War II, the […]
Even before Putin arrived for an unprecedented welcome of an international tyrant on free American soil, those of us who follow the evolution of American foreign policy were apprehensive. What followed bore out our fears. We knew who Vladimir Putin is, knew of his horrid childhood of extreme poverty and abuse at the hands of […]