# national intelligence — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover national intelligence. Page: Feed: --- ## [PCB Links: Does the Fed need a new beginning?](https://petercontibrown.substack.com/p/pcb-links-does-the-fed-need-a-new) _2026-08-19 · Peter Conti-Brown · PCB Central_ On Kevin Warsh’s comms approach, new research on Fed accounts, Woke 1 and elite academia, and going 53 mph in rural Maine on a beautiful road bike ride. ## [The race to lower the cost-per-kill](https://sashaingber.substack.com/p/the-race-to-lower-the-cost-per-kill) _2026-08-18 · Sasha Ingber · HUMINT_ What is being done to address the United States’ depleted stockpile of interceptors? [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211719262/7affec5d6e1158e5ff6f51f7838c8e71.mp3) ## [The legacy of Michael Oatley](https://intelligencehistory.substack.com/p/the-legacy-of-michael-oatley) _2026-08-16 · Tom Griffin · Tom Griffin on intelligence history_ Back-channel diplomacy from Belfast to Beirut ## [It's done - submitting The Federal Reserve: An American History](https://petercontibrown.substack.com/p/its-done-submitting-the-federal-reserve) _2026-08-14 · Peter Conti-Brown · PCB Central_ After ten years and thousands of hours, I have submitted my draft political history of the Fed ## [Cuba's spies, defectors, and a retired FBI agent who met them all](https://sashaingber.substack.com/p/cubas-spies-defectors-and-a-retired) _2026-08-13 · Sasha Ingber · HUMINT_ In recent weeks, news outlets have reported that the United States sent intelligence assets to Cuba and the CIA set up a Cuba task force to put more pressure on Havana. ## [New York KGB residency](https://intelligencehistory.substack.com/p/new-york-kgb-residency) _2026-08-09 · Tom Griffin · Tom Griffin on intelligence history_ According to former CIA officer Harry Rositzke, the KGB preferred New York to Washington DC as a venue for meeting agents because ‘the Big Apple is ideal for secret meetings -- of lovers, crooks or spies.' ## [Trump continues his war against Fed independence](https://petercontibrown.substack.com/p/trump-continues-his-war-against-fed) _2026-08-07 · Peter Conti-Brown · PCB Central_ After a brief reprieve, Trump is back with his pretextual war against Lisa Cook, which is in fact a war against the Federal Reserve ## [Smears, fakes, phantoms: Cold War Britain's secret propaganda department](https://sashaingber.substack.com/p/smears-fakes-phantoms-cold-war-britains) _2026-08-06 · Sasha Ingber · HUMINT_ In Cold War Britain, a secret propaganda department saw its list of targets and tactics widen. ## [PCB Links: Kevin Warsh had a rough day](https://petercontibrown.substack.com/p/pcb-links-kevin-warsh-had-a-rough) _2026-08-04 · Peter Conti-Brown · PCB Central_ Thoughts on the Fed Chair's disastrous press conference, the logic to his reticence (and the WSJ's flip on discretionary central banking), Texas as a business Mecca, and more on mentoring young people ## [Estimating the estimators](https://intelligencehistory.substack.com/p/estimating-the-estimators) _2026-08-02 · Tom Griffin · Tom Griffin on intelligence history_ The uncertain future of the National Intelligence Council ## 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[What Beijing is learning from the Iran war](https://sashaingber.substack.com/p/what-beijing-is-learning-from-the) _2026-07-27 · Sasha Ingber · HUMINT_ What is China learning from the U.S. ## [The triumphs and failures of France's foreign intel service](https://sashaingber.substack.com/p/the-triumphs-and-failures-of-frances) _2026-07-24 · Sasha Ingber · HUMINT_ The DGSE, or Directorate General for External Security, is France’s foreign intelligence service. ## [Inside China's cyber espionage business](https://sashaingber.substack.com/p/inside-chinas-cyber-espionage-business) _2026-07-21 · Sasha Ingber · HUMINT_ Ahana Datta Fasel became the British government’s first ethical hacker in 2014, testing vulnerabilities in computer systems and networks which hackers could potentially exploit. ## [Cecil Shipp](https://intelligencehistory.substack.com/p/cecil-shipp) _2026-07-20 · Tom Griffin · Tom Griffin on intelligence history_ Deputy Director-General of MI5 1982-c.1986 ## [Trump's false claims on China and election vulnerabilities](https://sashaingber.substack.com/p/trumps-false-claims-on-china-and) _2026-07-17 · Sasha Ingber · HUMINT_ After President Donald Trump’s 25-minute prime-time address cast doubt on the integrity of U.S. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207459388/160f453b51774ff7e47a48df698d660c.mp3) ## [Election denialism concern dominates hearing for next Director of National Intelligence](https://sashaingber.substack.com/p/election-denialism-concern-dominates) _2026-07-15 · Sasha Ingber · HUMINT_ Raise your hand if you want to re-litigate the 2020 election. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207172772/842f20c8670736f624a191ec2d769fa5.mp3) ## [PCB Links: The Fed has reached peak task force](https://petercontibrown.substack.com/p/pcb-links-the-fed-has-reached-peak) _2026-07-14 · Peter Conti-Brown · PCB Central_ Plus thoughts on Better Markets, Open USD, a review of Regime Change, the LDS institution of YW camp, and a plea on Swiss Epic ## [Open directory of blogs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/m1fa4h0jf950) _2026-07-14 · **Sponsored**_ Drop URLs or OPML — get per-blog pages plus machine-readable JSON, OPML, text ## [Straws in the wind of intelligence rearmament](https://intelligencehistory.substack.com/p/straws-in-the-wind-of-intelligence) _2026-07-13 · Tom Griffin · Tom Griffin on intelligence history_ Welcome! ## [He sold Navy secrets to counteract 'inflation,' earning $377 per year of prison](https://sashaingber.substack.com/p/he-sold-navy-secrets-to-counteract) _2026-07-13 · Sasha Ingber · HUMINT_ I’m back from a week off, walking under tall trees and sitting by water. ## [Michael Oatley](https://intelligencehistory.substack.com/p/michael-oatley) _2026-07-10 · Tom Griffin · Tom Griffin on intelligence history_ MI6 Middle East and counter-terrorism controller 1984-88, Europe controller 1988-91 ## [PCB Links: Trump Seems Poised to Accept the Court's Invitation to Mangle Fed Independence](https://petercontibrown.substack.com/p/pcb-links-trump-seems-poised-to-accept) _2026-07-08 · Peter Conti-Brown · PCB Central_ Plus thoughts on the SVB probe, the Atlanta Fed president search, Tadej Pogacar's classy greatness, why you don't have to like Graham Platner to hate Donald Trump, and more ## [CIA Intelligence Community Staff](https://intelligencehistory.substack.com/p/cia-intelligence-community-staff) _2026-07-05 · Tom Griffin · Tom Griffin on intelligence history_ National Intelligence Programs Evaluation Staff 1963-72, Intelligence Community Staff 1972-1992, Community Management Staff 1992-2004 ## [What the Supreme Court should have done in Trump v. Cook](https://petercontibrown.substack.com/p/what-the-supreme-court-should-have) _2026-06-30 · Peter Conti-Brown · PCB Central_ The Court's opinion exposes it -- rightly, in my view, even as I celebrate the outcome -- to searing critique of playing politics. There was a better way. ## [Lisa Cook prevails...barely](https://petercontibrown.substack.com/p/lisa-cook-prevailsbarely) _2026-06-29 · Peter Conti-Brown · PCB Central_ As widely expected. But much else about the opinion surprised me ## [Book review: Scientists or Spies? by Roberta Marx Delson](https://intelligencehistory.substack.com/p/book-review-scientists-or-spies-by) _2026-06-28 · Tom Griffin · Tom Griffin on intelligence history_ Welcome! ## [Monday Links: Vice Chair Bowman Showed Very Poor Judgment](https://petercontibrown.substack.com/p/monday-links-vice-chair-bowman-showed) _2026-06-22 · Peter Conti-Brown · PCB Central_ Thoughts on Bowman's ginning up business for Bank of America during FOMC blackout, Alan Greenspan, Lisa Cook's legal defense fund, taking advice from dad, and making music with my son at a wedding ## [Generate Viral Hot Takes (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/44iwtN3x9Eau) _2026-06-22 · **Sponsored**_ Get platform-optimized hot takes and rebuttals to spark debate and engagement ## [Netanyahu's hollow victory](https://intelligencehistory.substack.com/p/netanyahus-hollow-victory) _2026-06-21 · Tom Griffin · Tom Griffin on intelligence history_ Israeli intelligence leadership since October 7