# national intelligence (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 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 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 ## [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 ## [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 ## [PCB Links: The Start of the Warsh Legacy](https://petercontibrown.substack.com/p/pcb-links-the-start-of-the-warsh) _2026-07-29 · Peter Conti-Brown · PCB Central_ Plus thoughts, again, on the Starling report and the President's potential attempt to weaponize it, AI mania and the 1990s, a Tour de France for the ages, and Rides of the Week ## [Ami Ayalon](https://intelligencehistory.substack.com/p/ami-ayalon) _2026-07-28 · Tom Griffin · Tom Griffin on intelligence history_ Shin Bet director 1996-2000 ## [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 ## [Hire AI-Powered Freelancers Fast (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/FSRtSIMt9F67) _2026-07-20 · **Sponsored**_ Browse and hire skilled professionals using AI tools — free to post, free to apply. ## [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 ## [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! ## [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 ## [CLI-first decentralized compute (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/039itynwvnhN) _2026-06-22 · **Sponsored**_ Run and pay spare GPUs from the CLI — transcode, coinpay (DID+escrow), infernet (AI). ## [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