THE STEADY STATE ENDORSES JASON CROW FOR COLORADO’S 6TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WASHINGTON — The Steady State, an organization of more than 420 former national security, intelligence, diplomatic, military, law enforcement, and homeland security officials, today endorsed Hon. Jason Crow for Colorado’s 6th Congressional District. Jason Crow represents Colorado’s Sixth Congressional District and is an Army […]
25 Years Later: Will Fear Decide Who We Become?
/in SubstackI have this picture in my office and I will never forget their sacrifice. The attacks showed us what hatred could destroy. The days that followed showed us what solidarity could preserve. Twenty-five years later, the choice between fear and principle remains ours. On the morning of September 11, 2001, I was working in an […]
On the 25th Anniversary of 9/11
/in SubstackOn this 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001, The Steady State honors the nearly 3,000 lives lost, the families forever changed, and the first responders and service members who ran toward danger in defense of our country and our values. In tribute to those we lost, and mindful of those values, we remember 9/11 as […]
Transcript Episode 42: A Million-Dollar Lawsuit and the State of American Intelligence
/in Podcast, SubstackTHE STEADY STATE ENDORSES JASON CROW FOR COLORADO’S 6TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
/in SubstackTHE STEADY STATE ENDORSES JASON CROW FOR COLORADO’S 6TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WASHINGTON — The Steady State, an organization of more than 420 former national security, intelligence, diplomatic, military, law enforcement, and homeland security officials, today endorsed Hon. Jason Crow for Colorado’s 6th Congressional District. Jason Crow represents Colorado’s Sixth Congressional District and is an Army […]
The Day Before – September 10, 2001
/in SubstackBy Harry Hannah Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of Afghanistan’s Northern Alliance, in 2001—two days before the attacks of September 11. Twenty-five years later, I still think about a phone call the night before 9/11—and what it says about what intelligence can see, what it can miss, and why expertise matters. September 10, 2001 about 7PM, […]
NO AMNESTY BY AMNESIA
/in SubstackImage created by AI When the time comes, moving forward will require more than putting the Trump years behind us. It will require determining what happened, who was responsible, which actions were lawful and which were not—and doing so without abandoning the principles of due process that distinguish accountability from revenge. Peppered throughout the thousands […]
When Walking Away Wasn’t an Option
/in SubstackIn the fall of 2001, I was approaching my 30 year active duty mandatory retirement date. I had been serving as the Deputy of the Coast Guard’s Reserve & Training Directorate at Headquarters in Washington. My fifth floor office looked out across Ft McNair to the Potomac River and the Pentagon beyond. On the morning […]
Hold Fast : Cybersecurity and the Ordinary Voter
/in SubstackBy Mary Ellen Callahan What to Know About Cybersecurity Threats, Scams, and Infrastructure Risk in Elections In the United States, voter registration information and election results are secure. No cyberattack has ever changed a vote total in a U.S. election. Voting systems are not connected to the internet, paper receipts are common, and dedicated federal, […]
We Owe Them More Than Remembrance
/in SubstackBy Jenifer A.L. Smith September 11 began for me with a four-year-old, a favorite book, and an ordinary morning. Twenty-five years later, the question is whether we have forgotten lessons we learned that day—then, it was barriers between institutions. Now it is hollowing out the institutions themselves. It was a sunny September day. I had […]
How to Interfere With an Election: Let’s Count the Ways
/in SubstackThere is more than one way to interfere with an election. You can redraw congressional districts, change the rules for mail ballots, demand new voter data from the states, or create enough uncertainty that voters and election officials no longer know which rules apply. As the 2026 midterms approach, all of these tools are in […]