THE STEADY STATE ENDORSES MADELEINE DEAN FOR PENNSYLVANIA’S 4TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Steady State, an organization of more than 420 former national security, intelligence, diplomatic, military, law enforcement, and homeland security officials, today endorsed Madeleine Dean for Pennsylvania’s 4th Congressional District. Madeleine Dean represents Pennsylvania’s Fourth Congressional District and is currently serving […]

WASHINGTON — The Steady State, an organization of more than 420 former national security, intelligence, diplomatic, military, law enforcement, and homeland security officials, today endorsed Troy Carter for Louisiana’s Second Congressional District. Troy A. Carter represents Louisiana’s Second Congressional District, and is a longtime public servant of the state of Louisiana. A graduate of Xavier […]

Leading the FBI is a position of extraordinary power and responsibility. The director’s obligation is not to personal ambition, political loyalty, or convenience, but to the mission, the institution, and the American people. That is the meaning of stewardship—and the standard by which every director should be judged. My earliest lessons about public service and […]

(PDF VERSION AVAILABLE HERE WITH LETTER AND CIA NOTES) BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT The note is probably a cherry-picked compilation based on genuine CIA raw-reporting streams, probably assembled at White House direction for the President’s speech. Agency leadership most likely routed the China interference product around CIA’s analytic directorate and tasked Directorate of Operations personnel […]

Host Jim Lawler sits down with his former CIA colleague Bruce Held, who served as Chief of Station on three continents, Special Assistant to two National Security Council principals, Director of DOE’s Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, and ultimately acting Under Secretary for Nuclear Security. Held describes DOE’s Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence unique mission […]