Category: The U.S. Intelligence Community (IC)

Rep. Greene Defends Suspected Pentagon Leaker, Says ‘He Told the Truth’

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) defended a National Guardsman who is accused of leaking a series of highly classified U.S. intelligence materials, saying that he “told the truth.” On April 13, federal law enforcement arrested 21-year-old Jake Teixeira for the largest leak of U.S. intelligence since 2013, when Edward Snowden revealed the National Security Agency’s…


The Compelling Need for Modern ‘Church Commission’ to Review US Intelligence Community

 Commentary Often forgotten in the current debate on the size, shape, form, and existence of the “Deep State” were the seminal events in the 1970s usually referred to as the “Church Commission.” In 1975, Sen. Frank Church (D-Idaho) led a lengthy Senate hearing period titled formally, “The United States Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental…


Intelligence Community Assessment on COVID-19 Origins Ignores Readily Available Information

Commentary In May 2021, President Joe Biden gave the intelligence community 90 days to write a report on the origins of COVID-19. The declassified version of that assessment has now been released. The report is only 493 words long and curiously ignores readily available information, instead choosing to focus on and reinforce questions that are,…


Latest US Intel Report Helps China Hinder Probe Into COVID-19 Origin

Commentary The U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) “remains divided on the most likely origin of COVID-19,” according to an unclassified report released on Aug. 27. “Two hypotheses are plausible,” the report explains, “natural exposure to an infected animal and a laboratory-associated incident.” In May, when President Joe Biden urged the agencies to “redouble” their efforts to find…