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PRO TIP: For our subscribers and followers who are planning to attend the 2025 Cipher Brief Threat Conference October 19 - 22: The Cipher Brief's room block is filling up fast. There are still a limited number of rooms available but I can pretty much guarantee they will be gone
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The U.S. Has 40,000 Troops in the Middle East. Experts debate whether we need them all there in our latest. #TheCipherBrief.
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The Cipher Brief's Hottest Summer Reading. National security experts weigh in on the best books of the season.#TheCipherBrief.
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RT @FDD: The core lessons from the Cold War should guide us as we face the new “Axis of Aggressors” today. First among these, is that we ne….
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Some spies write their stories after they retire. Others? They mix them into a cocktail. In A Spy Walked Into A Bar: A Practitioner's Guide to Cocktail Tradecraft, Rob Dannenberg and Joseph P. Mullin Jr. reveal the drinks that mattered—the ones that followed major operations,
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Beijing’s Rare Disclosure on DF-5B Missile Signals Shift in Nuclear Messaging. #TheCipherBrief.@holliesmckay . So, what's the point?.
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RT @holliesmckay: Beijing’s Rare Disclosure on DF-5B Missile Signals Shift in Nuclear Messaging @thecipherbrief.
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RT @theIWP: What Cards Does Iran Have Left to Play? . Prof. Glenn Corn discusses Hezbollah, Beirut, Ankara and Moscow with @thecipherbrief:….
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“I left here differently.”. Trump commits to @NATO Article 5—for a price. The Cipher Brief breaks down the tradeoffs at The Hague. #Geopolitics #NATO.
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If your bar skills stop at martinis (shaken, not stirred), maybe it’s time for an upgrade. A Spy Walked Into A Bar: A Practitioner’s Guide to Cocktail Tradecraft, written by former senior #CIA Officer Rob Dannenberg in collaboration with former senior CIA officer Joe Mullin,
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Behind every successful intelligence operation is a story—and sometimes, a really good cocktail. A Spy Walked Into A Bar: A Practitioner's Guide to Cocktail Tradecraft, former #CIA officers Rob Dannenberg and Joseph P. Mullin Jr. reveal the drinks that marked the most
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After the U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, Gen. David Petraeus (Ret.) breaks down the mission’s precision, unanswered intel gaps, and what’s next. This is what the national security community is reading. #TheCipherBrief.
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RT @FDD: NATO’s Critical 1.5 Percent. @MarkCMontgomery & @afixler break it down for @TheCipherBrief with @SuzanneKelly_: .
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Experts Assess Iran Strikes, Response and What Comes Next. A Quick Summary of What Cipher Brief Experts are Watching. #TheCipherBrief.
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RT @FDD_CCTI: CCTI's @MarkCMontgomery and @afixler explain in @thecipherbrief today the importance of securing NATO's critical infrastructu….
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Former #CIA Director General David Petraeus talks with Cipher Brief Publisher Suzanne Kelly about the next crucial task in #Iran following U.S. airstrikes against Tehran’s nuclear facilities. #TheCipherBrief.
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Missiles are flying, but markets are calm. Why hasn’t the Israel-Iran war triggered an energy crisis? Former #ODNI Iran Mission Manager @Norman_Roule breaks it down in this must-read interview. #TheCipherBrief.
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RT @ISRSngo: New from ISRS Chair @davevenable in @thecipherbrief:. The next war won’t target cities, it will target chokepoints. Critical….
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New episode of the #StateSecrets podcast out now. Rare Earth minerals might not be at the top of your panic list today but when it comes to U.S. national security, it’s an issue that has the potential to have the greatest impact on both our way of life and our future security.
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