In my CIA career, I briefed presidents, policy makers, aid workers, special ops units and ambassadors. In all our interactions, emotional intelligence was key. I had to really understand my audience.
Many may have thought that the Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was untouchable in Lebanon, and that an unprovoked Israeli attack on Nasrallah in Beirut was too high-risk, politically and otherwise.
The broad contours of the pursuit are known from movies, books and countless articles, but while most Americans know about the role played by the CIA and the military’s Special Operations ...
LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — At an impromptu party in the office to celebrate his 50th birthday, a veteran CIA officer got drunk, reached up a colleague’s skirt and forcibly kissed her in front of stunned ...
CIA director Bill Burns and UK Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) chief Richard Moore recently co-authored a Financial Times article discussing the "special" partnership between their agencies.