How the Intelligence Cycle Works
The “Intelligence Cycle” is the most basic framework of intelligence: direction, collection, processing, analysis, dissemination, and feedback. Learn…
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CIA Tradecraft Analysis Showed Intelligence Fraud About Trump and Russia
Criminal charges are looming over former CIA Director John Brennan as evidence is revealed that his disregard of intelligence analysis best practices…
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Deep Dive: The CIA and My 2016 Game Theory Thread
BRIEFING N° 058 — Saturday, November 8, 2025 A deep dive on the convening of grand juries to prosecute John Brennan, former Director of the Central…
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Trend data about the U.S. Government Shutdown
On or about September 30, 2025, the United States Congress failed to pass legislation which would fund U.S. Government operations. Under the Antideficiency Act, the Federal Government is prohibited from obligating or…
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What Is a Glomar Response? “Neither Confirm Nor Deny” Explained
Sometimes, U.S. Federal Government employees respond to a question such that they “neither confirm nor deny” anything about the inquiry. What is the history of this response? A GLOMAR response is a non-committal reply…
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Explaining Competitive Intelligence to the Sales Team
While it is difficult at times to explain the sophisticated nature of intelligence within the company, both intelligence and the explanation are worth it. It mainly takes patience. Follow our YouTube channel for more…
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You Must Understand Cognitive Bias and AI
Many organizations are using, or looking for ways to use, AI in their operations. The assumption is that AI provides quality intellectual services that would take humans considerably more time and money to produce. Some…
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How Game Theory Can Help Your Bottom Line
There is a very insightful, unusual new series on YouTube about grand strategy calling itself the “Grim Hustle Cinematic Universe.” The actors appear very much, between their language and tattoos, to be from the Russian…
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The History of the Czech Intelligence Service
Czech Republic and the former Czechoslovakia perhaps do not evoke the average person’s curiosity when it comes to intelligence agencies. But this enigmatic nation goes to show that if a country has shown a history of…
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Taiwan makes arrests for theft of trade secrets against TSMC
Big news in the economic espionage world! The Taiwanese government has detained several current-and-former employees of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC) for both theft of trade secrets and…
