From Elizabeth I’s court magician John Dee and his experiments in angelic communication to Nazi Germany’s occult programmes and the Cold War’s pursuit of psychic espionage, this account traces a provocative thread
President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), John Ratcliffe, pledged Wednesday to uphold the agency’s apolitical nature and ensure its intelligence work remains free from political influence. The
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by Our Defence Affairs Editor Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones’s A Question of Standing: The History of the CIA is an incisive exploration of the Central Intelligence Agency’s multifaceted history. With a blend of analytical
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The National Security Archive, in collaboration with ProQuest (part of Clarivate), has unveiled a new and highly significant scholarly collection detailing the CIA’s notorious MKULTRA program, one of the most controversial and
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CIA Director William Burns made an unannounced trip to Kyiv this past week, marking what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has suggested is his final visit before stepping down from his position. Burns,
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Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, the daughter-in-law of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is being considered for the deputy director position at the CIA, a role that has sparked intrigue due to its connection to
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The following investigative report is being published as a collaboration between us and CIAgate, a voluntary group of investigative journalists dedicated to the pursuit of justice. – Editors Over recent decades, a
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President-elect Donald Trump has announced the appointment of John Ratcliffe as the new CIA Director, marking Ratcliffe’s second high-level intelligence role within the Trump administration. Known for his firm stance on national
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Within the ordinary institutions of Washington government—systematically so since around the mid-1970’s when George Herbert Walker Bush became head of CIA—the Constitutional safeguards to protect genuine representative democracy in America were subverted.
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A recent internal survey conducted by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has revealed that nearly one-third of its employees have experienced inappropriate sexual conduct in the workplace at least once during their
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CIA Director William Burns issued a stark warning on Monday regarding the escalating tensions in the Middle East, cautioning that “misjudgments” could exacerbate ongoing conflicts in the region. During a moderated session
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Twenty years after Guantánamo Bay detention operations commenced on January 11, 2002, a new report assesses the massive costs of the United States’ unlawful transfers, secret detention, and torture following the September
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In late November 1968 I arrived in Saigon and a few days later walked through the looking glass of the U.S. military command’s intelligence headquarters in South Vietnam. There, in an airconditioned
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In this week’s news dispatches, recent global events highlight the rising tide of political activism and resistance. Venezuela uncovers an alleged foreign-backed coup plot, reflecting ongoing geopolitical tensions. In Europe, massive gatherings
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“We learned today that officers of the United States’ CIA operated as consultants to Anatoly Chubais. But it is even funnier that upon returning to the US, they were prosecuted for violating
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Newly declassified documents from the National Security Archive reveal that Henry Kissinger, then National Security Advisor, deliberately misled President Gerald Ford, his Cabinet, and journalists regarding the CIA’s covert operations in Chile.
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