As President-elect Trump vows to disrupt the intelligence community, two former leaders of the IC debate the value of the ...

Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, US Army (Ret) was the Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs from 2008-2009. Prior to that, he was the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for ...

Gordon G. Chang is the author of The Coming Collapse of China and Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes On the World. Chang lived and worked in China and Hong Kong for almost two decades, most recently ...

Chris Inglis served as the first National Cyber Director where he was responsible for coordinating federal agency work on cyber and overseeing the US’ digital defense strategy. Inglis retired from the ...

Former Chief of Innovation and Technology at the CIA Open Source Center During her 20-year CIA career, Kristin Wood served in the Director’s area and three Agency directorates – analysis, operations, ...

Ambassador DeTrani served as the U.S. Representative to the Korea Energy Development Organization (KEDO), as well as former CIA director of East Asia Operations. He also served as Associate Director ...

Mary Margaret Graham served for 29+ years at the Central Intelligence Agency, holding numerous field and headquarters assignments. She was appointed as the first Deputy Director of National ...

Kelly Bissell joined Microsoft as Corporate Vice President in 2022. Prior to this, he led Accenture’s Global Security business. With more than 25 years of security industry experience, Bissell ...

Brigadier General Gwyn Armfield (Ret.) recently completed nearly three decades of service in the US Air Force. He is the founder of RGA Consulting Group which advises clients on leadership, risk ...

Admiral Stavridis (Ret.) was the 16th Supreme Allied Commander at NATO and 12th Dean of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, where he earned a PhD in international affairs. He ...

Carmen Medina is a former CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence. A 32-year veteran of the Intelligence Community, she is also the author of Rebels at Work: A Handbook for Leading Change from Within.

General Michael V. Hayden is a retired four-star General in the United States Air Force; he served as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 2006-2009 and as Director of the National ...