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National Security U.S. National Security Agency’s deputy director is retiring, Reuters State contradicts DOJ: Fewer than 60K visas revoked, The Hill The White House says a deadly raid in Yemen was long planned in Washington. Not true, say officials who served Obama., The Washington Post Six Pieces of Advice for Donald Trump’s National Security Council […]

National Security Why Trump’s policies will increase terrorism—and why Trump might benefit as a result, Brookings It’s Time to Create a Megacities Combat Unit, Modern War Institute Making America’s ICBMs Great Again, Defense One Papers Offer a Peek at ISIS’ Drones, Lethal and Largely Off-the-Shelf, The New York Times Report: Intelligence on fight against Islamic […]

On January 19, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a fact sheet detailing the accomplishments of Beyond the Border from it’s release in 2011 through 2016. Beyond the Border: A Shared Vision for Perimeter Security and Economic Competitiveness is a U.S.-Canada joint declaration that promoted a shared approach to security and created a new framework for […]

National Security What Trump’s Reshuffling of the National Security Council Means, The Atlantic McCain: National Security Council Needs Joint Chiefs Chairman, Defense News Trump Wants DHS to Hire 15,000 for Border Security? Not So Fast, Defense One In Apparent Reversal, Trump Administration Says Immigration Ban Will Not Affect Green Card Holders, Government Executive Trump’s Immigration Order […]

Featured article: Leadership and the Art of Delegation by John Moore Every officer the military commissions faces the same daunting experience at the start of their professional lives as a leader…the moment they meet the first group of people they will lead. The responsibility these young men and women have, most in their early twenties, […]

Earlier this month, the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) published a report that provided a cybersecurity agenda for the incoming president. The CSIS Cyber Policy Task Force began working on the new agenda in late 2014, and provides recommendations on policies, organizational improvements, and resources needed in the cyber realm. The cybersecurity agenda’s policy recommendations […]

National Security What to Watch Out for, Mr. President, Foreign Policy Trump Will Call for a Pentagon Plan to Hit ISIS Harder, Officials Say, The New York Times Trump lays groundwork to change U.S. role in the world, The Washington Post 6 Myths About National Security Intelligence, Fifth Domain Cyber Trump: Military more important than […]

Yesterday, Mr. Ralph Erwin,  Senior Geospatial Intelligence Officer and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency liaison to CGSC, briefed students, staff, and faculty at the U.S. Command and General Staff College on the actions and missions of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). Erwin reviewed how NGA serves as both a combat support agency under the Department of […]

National Security Texas governor threatens to withhold money from ‘sanctuary’ county, The Hill President Trump Now Owns These 7 National Security Challenges, NPR Mattis, Pompeo stunned by CIA ‘black sites’ report, Politico Border Officers: Real Security is More Complicated Than Building a Wall, Defense One Spicer: Draft order on torture not a White House document, […]

For months, U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies have been collaborating in an investigation into Russian attempts to influence the recent presidential election. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), National Security Agency (NSA), Department of Justice, the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and representatives of the director of national intelligence […]