The CIA was created by Congress in 1947 in response to the lack of inter-agency communication before Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941. “As assessments grounded in fact are being shelved in favor of ...

American intelligence agencies are too fragmented to face the multifaceted and dispersed nature of Russian and Chinese threats. When weaker states confront dominant powers, they must innovate or ...

Can the intelligence community come to grips with the myths that it has created about itself? The Trump administration seeks to hold the US intelligence community accountable for its part in a ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. Richard K. Betts is an adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, emeritus professor at Columbia University, and author of ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Jeffrey Rogg talked about the history of American intelligence and the context in which President Franklin D. Roosevelt served. He spoke at ...

Richard K. Betts is an adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, emeritus professor at Columbia University, and author of Enemies of Intelligence. There is universal agreement in ...