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  • Sasha Ingber

    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.

  • Gail Helt

    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.

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    Analyst, author, and investigative journalist working at the intersection of global power, risk, and structural change. Founder of frontlineatlas.io

  • William Usher

    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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    Lawfare Public Service Fellow, former CIA officer and NSC Director, current citizen.

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