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Raphael Ramos @raphaelramos.bsky.social · 12d

As reported by Intelligence Online 15 days ago...

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Raphael Ramos @raphaelramos.bsky.social · 13d

Très heureux d'annoncer la parution aujourd'hui aux Éditions du Cerf de mon livre :

*La puissance et l'ombre. 250 ans de guerres secrètes de l'Amérique*

Une synthèse à la bonne hauteur et à la bonne distance qui réexamine l'histoire des États-Unis à la lumière du renseignement.

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Raphael Ramos @raphaelramos.bsky.social · 13d

Très heureux d'annoncer la parution aujourd'hui aux Éditions du Cerf de mon livre :

*La puissance et l'ombre. 250 ans de guerres secrètes de l'Amérique*

Une synthèse à la bonne hauteur et à la bonne distance qui réexamine l'histoire des États-Unis à la lumière du renseignement.

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Raphael Ramos @raphaelramos.bsky.social · Sep 9

DNI Tulsi Gabbard has decided to suspend publication of the Global Trends report, which every four years identifies the main trends likely to shape the strategic environment over the next two decades.

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United States • Tulsi Gabbard suspends release of strategic US intelligence report

The latest four-yearly Global Trends report compiled by the National Intelligence Council, highly regarded due to its wide distribution and the interest it generates, has been deemed incompatible

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Raphael Ramos @raphaelramos.bsky.social · Sep 5

Très heureux d'annoncer la parution aux Editions du Cerf de mon livre : *La puissance et l'ombre. 250 ans de guerres secrètes de l'Amérique*

Une histoire du renseignement aux États-Unis de Washington à Trump, en librairie le 25 septembre !

www.editionsducerf.fr/librairie/li...

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War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social · Aug 21

Declassified documents pull back the curtain on Reagan’s crusade against nuclear weapons — and the resistance inside his own team.

Power and Peril in Reagan’s Last Cold War Chapter - War on the Rocks

On Aug. 1, 2025, the Office of the Historian published National Security Policy, 1985–1988 Part 1, which focused on President Ronald Reagan’s pursuit of

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David, Host of The Cold War @coldwarhost.bsky.social · Jul 30

OTD July 30 1956 President Eisenhower signs into law H.R. 619 (84th), mandating that "In God We Trust” be included on all US currency.

Although the phrase had been included on minted coinage since 1864, paper currency had maintained the phrase "E Pluribus Unum". With the onset of the Cold War,

US one dollar bill, "In God We Trust" is printed above the word "ONE"

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Ronan Mainprize @ronanmainprize.bsky.social · May 27

New research from me - published in the @officialbaas.bsky.social Journal of American Studies - on William Raborn's tenure as Director of Central Intelligence. 🇺🇲

Including the Dominican Intervention, Vietnam, and some tragicomic anecdotes.

Available Open Access 🔓: shorturl.at/PG4Eb

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Louis Raymond @louisraymond.bsky.social · May 26

J'ai pisté des mercenaires européens (français notamment) dans la guerre civile en Birmanie, dont deux légionnaires d'active, jusqu'à Laukkaing. Cela donne cette enquête en quatre épisodes, dont le premier épisode est en accès libre.

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Cambodge/Chine/France/Myanmar : L'histoire secrète des mercenaires français pris dans l'enfer birman

Mercenaires français en Birmanie (1/4) - Le 27 octobre 2023, dans les environs de Laukkaing, dans le nord de la Birmanie, douze étrangers sont capturés par un groupe ethnique rebelle. La plupart sont

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Raphael Ramos @raphaelramos.bsky.social · May 1

Intelligence Online broke the story 2 months ago with ISC chair Lord Beamish saying: "The Committee has examined all the alternatives and decided that the model which best guarantees its independence is for its Office to be established as an independent body corporate".

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Alex Blackwell @alexblackwell.bsky.social · May 1

You can tell outsiders are in charge at Langley (viz., “the CIA” instead of simply “CIA.”

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · Apr 30

Unhappy to confirm that the entire Historical Advisory Committee at the State Department received termination notices this afternoon (myself included). The HAC, set up by Congress, oversees the office that produces the FRUS series. history.state.gov/about/hac/in... 1/

Tim Naftali's tweet on the termination of the HAC members without cause.

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Antoine Izambard @aizambard.bsky.social · Apr 22

Retrouvez le 1er épisode de notre série sur la toute puissante direction nationale du renseignement américain. Focus du jour sur la patronne actuelle, la très trumpienne Tulsi Gabbard @Intel_Online_Fr Par @raphaelramos.bsky.social

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États-Unis : Tulsi Gabbard, dynamiteuse du renseignement américain

Les espions de la Maison blanche 1/4 – À l'occasion du vingtième anniversaire de la direction du renseignement national, Intelligence Online revient sur les métamorphoses de cette fonction

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · Mar 29

This means I now have negative 4 security clearances

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Mar 28

Adam Kinzinger’s security clearance is revoked every weekend. Deeply bizarre stuff.

Tulsi tweet announcing the revocation of a bunch of security clearances

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National Security Archive @nsarchive.bsky.social · Mar 21

“This opens a door on a whole history of collaboration between the Vatican and the C.I.A., which, boy, would be explosive if we could get documents about,” said Peter Kornbluh, a senior analyst at the National Security Archive.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...

Were the Kennedy Files a Bust? Not So Fast, Historians Say.

The thousands of documents posted online this week disappointed assassination buffs. But historians are finding many newly revealed secrets.

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Mark Galeotti @markgaleotti.bsky.social · Mar 15

Shocked to see the Trump administration apparently shutting @wilsoncenter.org (I thought I saw only 30% of its funding is federal - can it survive still?). I was honoured once enough to be affiliated there and was always impressed by the quality of its expertise. USA self-harming

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petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social · Mar 13

We have a cover! My thanks to Georgetown University Press for their hard work. Photo of the "father of intelligence analysis" Sherman Kent in a very un-pc pose!

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Raphael Ramos @raphaelramos.bsky.social · Mar 8

"The Committee has therefore decided that we will be moving out of the Cabinet Office, and out of the Executive," Jones told Intelligence Online.

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United Kingdom : Lord Beamish's quest to revitalise intelligence oversight

The former Labour MP Kevan Jones, known also as Lord Beamish, is the first member of the House of Lords to chair the Intelligence and Security Committee. Like his Tory predecessor at the ISC, he is

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Steven Chase @stevenchase.bsky.social · Mar 3

Boston Globe reports antics of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at Vermont/Quebec library that sits on Canada-U.S. border. She repeatedly stepped over taped boundary marker in middle of the library, referring to Canada as the "51st State" every time she stood in Canada.

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Mark Stout, Ph.D. in History, Miskatonic University @markstout.bsky.social · Mar 1

This is a wildly inappropriate thing for her to say as DNI. Partisan politics is way out of her lane. This is positively destructive of the norm that intelligence is to be apolitical. Why should it be apolitical? Because intel is literally worse than useless if it’s written to please.

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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · Feb 22

today in breaking laws no matter how obscure, ladies and gentlemen, the Goldwater-Nichols Act

The President may appoint an officer as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff only if the officer has served as
(A) the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
(B) the Chief of Staff of the Army, the Chief of Naval Operations, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, or the Commandant of the Marine Corps or
(C) the command of a unified or specified combatant command.

(2)The President may waive paragraph (1) in the case of an officer if the President determines such action is necessary in the national interest

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Veli-Pekka Kivimäki @vpkivimaki.bsky.social · Feb 18

From the CIA archives: ”Russian Tactics in International Negotiations: A Guide for American Negotiators”, ca. 1952.

RUSSIAN TACTICS IN INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATIONS: A GUIDE FOR AMERICAN NEGOTIATORS | CIA FOIA (foia.cia.gov)

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Jamie Gangel @jamiegangel.bsky.social · Feb 15

Breaking - White House is forcing out top leadership at the National Archives.
“The exodus of senior staff is seen as a huge loss for the agency, which is considered nonpartisan and dedicated to the preservation of history and documents.”

www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/p...

White House forcing out top leadership at National Archives in major shakeup | CNN Politics

The Trump administration is forcing out senior leadership at the National Archives and Records Administration in a major shakeup, according to a source familiar. President Donald Trump has been highly...

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Engelsberg Ideas @engelsbergideas.bsky.social · Feb 13

Are we living through a golden age of espionage drama?

🗣️ @alastairbenn.bsky.social is joined by David Omand, Pauline Blistène and @paullay.bsky.social to discuss the enduring popularity of the spy in fiction.

🎙️The myth and magic of spy fiction | EI Podcasts

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EI Talks... the myth and magic of spy fiction

Are we living through a golden age of espionage drama? And what do spy stories tell us about the true nature of the secret world?

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Marc Polymeropoulos @mpolymer1.bsky.social · Feb 14

“Russian interference in Western democracy has been overstated in the U.S. and Europe,” Vance said. 😳 Wow. A patently false statement. He also just undercut a decade of work by the US ntl security community, working with European allies to counter Moscow. www.wsj.com/world/europe...

Exclusive | Vance Wields Threat of Sanctions, Military Action to Push Putin Into Ukraine Deal

In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, the vice president said Ukraine must have “sovereign independence.”

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