Tom Nagorski is the Managing Editor for The Cipher Brief. He previously served as Global Editor for Grid and served as ABC News Managing Editor for International Coverage as well as Senior Broadcast ...

Norman Roule is a geopolitical and energy consultant who served for 34 years in the Central Intelligence Agency, managing numerous programs relating to Iran and the Middle East. As NIM-I at ODNI, he ...

Ambassador Gary Grappo served as Minister Counselor for Political Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad; U.S. Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman; and Charge d’Affaires and Deputy Chief of Mission of ...

Carmen Medina Carmen Medina View Articles Former CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence Carmen Medina is a former CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence. A 32-year veteran of the Intelligence Community, she ...

Gilman Louie is the co-founder, CEO, and Managing Partner at America’s Frontier Fund and a member of the board of directors at Maxar Corporation. Gilman is a member of the President’s Intelligence ...

David Daoud is a research analyst on Hezbollah and Lebanon. He previously worked as an advisor on the Middle East on Capitol Hill. David was also a research associate on terrorist groups at the ...

Steven Ward Steven Ward View Articles Former Senior Analyst, CIA Steven R. Ward is a retired CIA intelligence analyst and consultant who specializes in Middle East security affairs. He is the author ...

Aaron Stein is a resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East. His research interests include US-Turkey relations, Turkish foreign policy, the Syrian ...

David R. Shedd served in the U.S. government for nearly 33 years. In August 2014, he was named Acting Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency following four years of service as Deputy Director.

A former top cybersecurity official urges a ‘much more aggressive’ response to the cyber threat emanating from China.

Alex Bolling served 28 years in the CIA’s Directorate of Operations as Chief of Station and Deputy Chief of Station in several war zones in the Middle East, North Africa and Southwest Asia. He was ...

Frank Archibald retired from the CIA in 2015 as the Director of the National Clandestine Service an assignment in which he led all of CIA’s operations worldwide. His 31 years of CIA service included ...