THE STEADY STATE ENDORSES CAIT CONLEY FOR NEW YORK’S 17TH 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 Caitlin Conley for New York’s 17th Congressional District. Cait Conley is running for Congress in New York’s 17th […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 15, 2026 PDF AVAILABLE HERE Washington, D.C. — The Steady State, an organization of more than 430 former national security officials, yesterday asked the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) to investigate whether Todd Blanche, then the Deputy Attorney General of the United States, violated the Hatch Act when he appeared […]
I came to America because my family believed in its promise. Twenty-five years after 9/11, I have learned that belonging isn’t something we simply inherit—it is something we choose, defend, and build every day. I was a teenager when I first raised my right hand and swore an oath. That oath was not to a […]
Host Jim Lawler sits down with his former CIA colleague Dr. Les Paldy, a distinguished service Professor Emeritus at Stony Brook University who spent 25 years balancing two identities: university professor by day and CIA operations officer in service to the United States. Paldy shares how he was first recruited — a classic spotting operation […]
THE STEADY STATE ENDORSES CHRIS DELUZIO FOR PENNSYLVANIA’S 17TH 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. Chris Deluzio for Pennsylvania’s 17th Congressional District. Chris Deluzio represents Pennsylvania’s seventeenth Congressional District as a veteran and […]
WASHINGTON — The Steady State, an organization of more than 440 former national security, intelligence, diplomatic, military, law enforcement, and homeland security officials, is excited to announce the debut of a new video series designed to shed light on and analyze systemic corruption across domestic and international sectors. Hosted by retired USAF Colonel and former […]
By Russ Travers St. Paul’s Cathedral – 9/11 Memorial Service, 2001 On 9/11, I was beneath the English Channel, cut off from the crisis unfolding above. By the time I returned to London, the world had changed—and so had the course of my career. On September 11th, 2001, I was serving as Chief of the […]
The danger extends beyond Washington. The immediate challenge is protecting the machinery of the 2026 election—and giving citizens somewhere to turn. Americans who fear interference with the 2026 election should not sit helplessly on the sidelines. Organizations are already building election-protection networks; what is missing is a broadly understood connection between those efforts and the […]
What shapes the resilience of our democracy? In part through the optic of the 25th anniversary of 9/11, The Steady State examined what happens when warnings are missed, fear overwhelms judgment, expertise is dismissed, institutions are weakened, history is forgotten or ignored, and when political power becomes more important than the rules designed to constrain […]