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Exclusive: Top intel officer on Russia pushed out of ODNI, as analysts at CIA feel pressure
The U.S. Capitol on October 26, 2025. (Sasha Ingber)
You might have noticed that the United States has not issued a single public alert about foreign adversaries’ attempting to influence the midterm election.
Public notifications — in ad...
Gen. Petraeus on Ukraine and the shadow war
A few months ago, on a walk in Washington, D.C., I recognized former CIA Director David Petraeus standing on a sidewalk. He said he was up for coming on SpyCast, and he wanted to talk about Ukraine.
“I had been going to Ukraine for a numb...
And that’s a wrap in Canada
I’m done shooting my part of a TV series coming to you sometime in 2027.
I’m done shooting my part of a TV series coming to you sometime in 2027. I am told likely in the fall.
Going dark for a busy week ahead
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in August 2026. (Sasha Ingber)
When I started HUMINT in May of 2024, I could not foresee how it would grow and lead to other opportunities. I figured the best outcome would be that I’d get to sit at my...
Nord Stream: Ukraine’s underwater sabotage and fallout
This week, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said he felt betrayed by Donald Trump, who made a diesel fuel deal with Russia and blames Ukraine’s retaliatory strikes on Russian refineries for the world’s oil and diesel shortages. (Let’s...
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Intelligence journalist. Host of SpyCast, the International Spy Museum's podcast. Expert on History's Secrets Declassified with David Duchovny. Previously with NPR, Nat Geo, and Smithsonian, after debunking Russian disinfo at the State Department.
Analyst, author, and investigative journalist working at the intersection of global power, risk, and structural change. Founder of frontlineatlas.io
Gail Helt is a former CIA analyst on East Asia, and provided support to the Obama Administration’s effort to transfer Guantanamo detainees. All views expressed here are mine alone.
Former Senior Intelligence Service officer at CIA. Defense & GovTech Expert | Board Member Educator. Quoted in the New York Times, Bloomberg, etc.. Listen to my pod, “Intel @ the Edge”!
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