SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with former NSA counterintelligence officer John Schindler to discuss his experiences in the Balkans, and his views on the current intelligence war against Russia. Houghton and Schindler also dive into Edward Snowden, WikiLeaks, and...
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The CI Professional: An Interview with Dr. John Schindler
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Welcome to Cold War 2.0
The risk of the Kremlin rolling the dice against NATO is real. Nearly two years ago, following the Russian seizure of Crimea, I explained that the West was in a new Cold War with the Kremlin, whether we like it...
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Mounting Evidence Putin Will Ignite WWIII
By letting Putin get away with whatever he likes in Syria, Obama has created a deeply dangerous situation. Relations between Russia and Turkey have been dismal since late November, when a Turkish fighter jet shot down a Russian bomber on...
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REORG: How Not to Fix American Intelligence
It would be wise for our sprawling, seventeen-agency Intelligence Community to be cautious about sweeping reorganizations. With an unusual degree of public fanfare, the super-secret National Security Agency has just announced its first significant reorganization since the 1990s. While NSA’s...
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National Security Disasters and the Latest Clinton Email Dump
Today on the Federalist Radio Hour, John Schindler, national security columnist at the Observer, security consultant, and former NSA analyst, talked on the most recent news from the State Department regarding Hillary Clinton’s emails and discussed other national security threats around...
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The XX Committee Lexicon
My writings involve a lot of abbreviations and acronyms. It’s a habit long ingrained from my service in America’s military and intelligence services, plus it’s a space-saver, particularly online. However, I regularly get asked, “What the hell does XYZ stand...
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Hillary Clinton Put Spies’ Lives at Risk
It’s not the ‘nothing-burger’ Clinton allies have tried to portray — lives are literally at stake. For months you’ve read about EmailGate in this column. I’ve elaborated how Hillary Clinton, the apparent Democratic frontrunner for President this year, put large...