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I confess I was temporarily disabled by the latest outrageous events in Minneapolis.

Acclaimed thriller author James Grady says films and fiction have become all too reliable guideposts to AI robots bending us to their will

Trump's "madman" movement of U.S. forces into position for an Iran strike could force Tehran into existential choices of surrender or a regional war—or both

The legendary Seymour Hersh is the subject of a new film from award-winning Snowden chronicler Laura Poitras and former ABC documentarian Mark Obenhaus.

Trump is needlessly accelerating a dangerous Game of Nations in the Arctic’s melting ice, writes strategist Ken Robinson

Also: France filling Ukraine spy gap, a new NSA boss, Top 10 Agent Flicks

If the Islamic regime survives the current unrest, the ghosts of past U.S. intervention will have played a key role, argues defense strategist Ken Robinson

Matthew Kozma, DHS Undersecretary for Intelligence and Analysis, keeps track of ICE protesters and anti-Trump activists, some of whom Trump calls "domestic terrorists"

Repression apparatus spread thin as nationwide protests threaten to evolve into economic disruption—the key to regime’s survival

Will the regime fall? A longtime senior special ops strategist lays out the forces in play.

Gabbard is out of the loop as Trump also eyes Cuba, Iran, even Greenland following masterful Maduro intel op, putting the future of NATO in question.

Former senior CIA officer Colin Thompson remembers the notorious turncoat

Irony abounds in newly unearthed telephone call on eve of US invasion of Iraq that records Putin warning Bush about violating UN charter and “international law.”

The 1990 prosecution of Panama's Manuel Noriega offers a roadmap filled with dicey witnesses and get-out-of-jail cards

Welcome to Spy Week, a curated compilation of important news from the intersection of intelligence, foreign policy, national security and military operations.

Under the Trump Administration, torture is back in play

The secret services of Israel, Turkey, China, the U.S. and UAE vie for influence in Somaliland

Shaky Nigeria and Venezuela intel; a CIA asset's fate; more FBI drama; John Brennan court case; and Greenland intrigue round out the week

We're off for a few days, eking out some rest and joy from the gloom. We hope you're doing the same.

'Midnight Flyboys' is a riveting tribute to the pilots who ferried secret agents into Nazi-occupied Europe