Luis RuedaSep 20, 20224 minUkraineThere has been considerable celebration over Ukraine's offensive against Russia. The Ukrainians have liberated large parts of their...
Luis RuedaAug 30, 20224 minTrump and Classified Material at Mar-a-LagoI 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 RuedaAug 27, 20227 minMorality and Intelligence...And BeyondI was watching a portion of a podcast on TikTok, hence the watching rather than listening, where the concept of enhanced interrogation,...
Luis RuedaAug 15, 202211 minThe World's Foreign Intelligence OrganizationsI periodically get asked which is the best intelligence agency in the world. There are a number of articles that try to answer that...
Luis RuedaAug 9, 20224 minA Beginners Guide to CounterintelligenceBridge of Spies Recently, I sat had dinner with an author specializing in intelligence matters. Over the course of the evening, we had...
Luis RuedaJul 13, 20225 minIs 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 RuedaJun 28, 202211 minWhat Mistakes We Make - The Iron Commander - Part 1Stan Smith - Drawn Feet Wiki (miraheze.org) (This is a true story with the names changed to protect the guilty and locations obscured.)...
Luis RuedaMay 26, 20228 minWhat Makes An Operations OfficerI 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 RuedaApr 29, 202211 minThe Case Officer - Agent RelationshipThe CIA does two principal things, collect and analyze intelligence. Within the CIA, the Directorate of Operations (DO) collects human...