THE STEADY STATE ENDORSES FRED WELLMAN FOR MISSOURI’S SECOND 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 Fred Wellman for Missouri’s Second Congressional District. Fred Wellman is running to represent Missouri’s Second Congressional District after a […]

Pool Photo By Saul Loeb, AFP Via Getty Images and USA Today The “Letter of 51” did not declare the Hunter Biden laptop Russian disinformation. It warned that its emergence bore the “hallmarks” of a Russian information operation. That is an intelligence assessment; not a claim of certainty. The question is whether professionals should be […]

Host Jim Lawler sits down for the latest Sentinel podcast with his former CIA colleague Mark Fowler, a decorated case officer and one of the most experienced Iran operations officers of his generation. Fowler explains what makes Iran such a uniquely demanding target — not because Iranians are hard to recruit, but because the U.S. […]

THE STEADY STATE ENDORSES AMI BERA FOR CALIFORNIA’S 3RD 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. Ami Bera for California’s 3rd Congressional District. Ami Bera represents California’s Sixth Congressional District and has served in […]

Photo with thanks to Independent.co The true test of democratic institutions is not whether they obey those in power, but whether they can tell them no. The erosion of professional independence risks turning America’s most important institutions from guardians of the public interest into instruments of political will. The Steady State asks this question: What […]