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Ukraine
There has been considerable celebration over Ukraine's offensive against Russia. The Ukrainians have liberated large parts of their...
Luis Rueda
Sep 20, 20224 min read
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Trump and Classified Material at Mar-a-Lago
I normally try to avoid much of the political warfare going on in the US nowadays in this blog, but the recent FBI seizure of classified...
Luis Rueda
Aug 30, 20224 min read
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Morality and Intelligence...And Beyond
I was watching a portion of a podcast on TikTok, hence the watching rather than listening, where the concept of enhanced interrogation,...
Luis Rueda
Aug 27, 20227 min read
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The World's Foreign Intelligence Organizations
I periodically get asked which is the best intelligence agency in the world. There are a number of articles that try to answer that...
Luis Rueda
Aug 15, 202211 min read
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A Beginners Guide to Counterintelligence
Bridge of Spies Recently, I sat had dinner with an author specializing in intelligence matters. Over the course of the evening, we had...
Luis Rueda
Aug 9, 20224 min read
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Is The CIA Risk Averse?
Much has been written in the media about the CIA being risk-averse. Even some former CIA officers have commented on how the CIA avoids...
Luis Rueda
Jul 13, 20225 min read
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What Mistakes We Make - The Iron Commander - Part 1
Stan Smith - Drawn Feet Wiki (miraheze.org) (This is a true story with the names changed to protect the guilty and locations obscured.)...
Luis Rueda
Jun 28, 202211 min read
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What Makes An Operations Officer
I get this question a lot, mostly from people interested in joining the CIA, or from people who were not selected and are wondering why....
Luis Rueda
May 26, 20228 min read
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The Case Officer - Agent Relationship
The CIA does two principal things, collect and analyze intelligence. Within the CIA, the Directorate of Operations (DO) collects human...
Luis Rueda
Apr 29, 202211 min read
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