Several important distinctions here and an even bigger reminder to both policymakers and the American public to be careful about the analogies they use to interpret contemporary events.

It's a packed house for Jeffrey Rogg on his book Jeff Rogg: The History of American Intelligence

My book comes out next week. Something like this cannot be written without the help and support of a lot of good people. So I'd like to publicly acknowledge and thank them for all our good conversations. A lot of them are here on X but I am not going to tag them all.

This is why we need intel declassified for the public. Let’s also see what the briefers said, what agencies they represented, and what level of confidence they had. Otherwise these are just interpretations of classified assessments.

The biggest intelligence controversies in American history have involved domestic surveillance. If the American people haven’t liked it in the past, they really aren’t going to like what’s ahead. Another case for studying US intelligence history here: nytimes.com/2025/06/23/opi…

Congratulations to Matthew Ford on the publication of War in the Smartphone Age: Conflict, Connectivity and the Crises at Our Fingertips! 🚀 👏 An essential guide to understanding war and information on today’s data-saturated battlefields—from Ukraine to Gaza and beyond.

Historians will always say we should learn from the past. In the case of intelligence history, it is especially important today. Lots of connections between the past and present here:

📘 Do We Have to Choose Between Liberty and Security? 🎧 ow.ly/b4br50WhClH Dr. Jeff Rogg joins (Jeff Rogg) ATB to discuss coordination breakdowns, oversight tensions, & the evolving line b/w liberty & security. #Intelligence #GNSI #NationalSecurity #TheSpyInTheState

"Intel--Secrets and Civil Liberties" is a great title for this episode of Bound by the Cloak. Zoey and Chandi asked such fantastic questions that reflect what the American people want to know and should know about US intelligence history! boundbythecloak.com/2025/07/09/int…

Eager to see how tim weiner approaches the recent history of CIA in this companion to Legacy of Ashes!

You’d be surprised where you find spies! I never thought I’d find them in Tampa Bay, but I did while researching my book. In this interview on FOX 13 Tampa Bay, Linda Hurtado and I talk both locally and nationally about American intelligence history: fox13news.com/video/1675361

How has recent CIA history influenced US civil-intelligence relations? Here are some observations in a The TLS review of tim weiner’s The Mission and The Spy and the State: Deep State vs Donald Trump | TLS the-tls.com/politics-by-re…

Who do you think is the most influential president in American intelligence history? I’d place FDR at or near the top of the list! In this book talk at the FDR Library 2025 Roosevelt Reading Festival, I explain why: c-span.org/program/americ…

I talked to Corin Dann on Morning Report about the FBI opening an office in Wellington. rnz.co.nz/national/progr…

As we start the new PME year, some thoughts on why we do what we do with two colleagues. U.S. Naval Institute usni.org/magazines/proc…