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Nigel West
Nigel West is the author of over twenty books and is a lecturer at the Center for Counterintelligence and Security Studies in Washington, DC.
Pirates and the President
The spin put on the event for political advantage is counter-productive for the White House.
Russian resurgence
These two incidents suggest that Lebedev was willing to reestablish the SVR as an effective if ruthless organization
Obama, the UK and Kenya
The Anglo-American ‘special relationship’, so beloved of politicians, seems to have been undermined recently.
The bad apple of the CIA
The imprisonment of a former CIA executive director in a scandal is shaming for the U.S. intelligence community.
Tracking your every move
Data-mining fleshes out details of the behaviour of terrorist suspects, and helps develop profiles of potential terrorists.
Believe the CIA
The CIA’s many critics will prefer to believe that the destruction was motivated by a desire to eliminate evidence.
Is Big Brother listening?
Surprisingly, Russell Tice was not challenged about his credentials or the validity of his assertions.
Keeping an eye on the ISI
The real issue is the extent to which the perpetrators had links to the government or its agencies.
Number one at the CIA
Shooting from the lip is not a quality admired in the leaders of major intelligence agencies
A disappearance in Iran
There is a strong suspicion that Levenson may be imprisoned somewhere in Iran, and there is a precedent.
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