Norman Roule is a geopolitical and energy consultant who served for 34 years in the Central Intelligence Agency, managing numerous programs relating to Iran and the Middle East. As NIM-I at ODNI, he ...

Mary Margaret Graham served for 29+ years at the Central Intelligence Agency, holding numerous field and headquarters assignments. She was appointed as the first Deputy Director of National ...

Carmen Medina Carmen Medina View Articles Former CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence Carmen Medina is a former CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence. A 32-year veteran of the Intelligence Community, she ...

During her 20-year CIA career, Kristin Wood served in the Director’s area and three Agency directorates – analysis, operations, and digital innovation – leading a wide variety of the Agency’s missions ...

Michael Rubin is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) in Washington. Rubin is a former Pentagon official whose major research areas are the Middle East, Turkey, Iran, and ...

Ali Soufan Ali Soufan Former FBI Supervisory Special Agent Ali Soufan is a former FBI Supervisory Special Agent who investigated and supervised highly sensitive and complex international terrorism ...

David R. Shedd served in the U.S. government for nearly 33 years. In August 2014, he was named Acting Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency following four years of service as Deputy Director.

Ambassador James S. Gilmore III was the 68th Governor of Virginia from 1998 to 2002. He chaired the Republican National ...

A former U.S. ambassador to the OSCE during the first Trump administration says Ukraine must be victorious against Russia.

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President Donald Trump has considering meeting his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin about ending Russia's war on Ukraine.

Trump Threatens Taxes, Tariffs and Sanctions on Russia if Putin Won’t End War in Ukraine ...