😀😃😄😁😆 Charles H. Kable IV

Charles H. Kable IV was born in 1967 in the US. He received his education at the Old Dominion University, graduating in 1990 with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Public Administration. He also undertook studies at the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management.

Charles Kable started his professional path as a U.S. Navy surface warfare officer, serving until 1998. Subsequently, his career
was primarily associated with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), where he served from 2000 to 2023. Starting from the position of a Special Agent in San Francisco, he advanced through the subsequent rungs of the career ladder: Senior Special Agent in Austin (2007–2009), Unit Chief at the FBI headquarters (2009–2011), Deputy Chief of the Counterintelligence Department (2011–2012), Deputy Head of the LA Counterintelligence Unit (2012–2014), Chief of the Counterintelligence Department in Washington, D.C. (2014–2015), Head of Counterintelligence at the Washington Field Office (2015–2017). In 2017, Charles Kable was appointed to head the FBI Terrorist Screening Center and simultaneously held the position as the National Security Division head aide.

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 Maduro’s Capture: A Trump Gift To China And Russia

The brilliantly executed U.S. operation to capture Venezuelan President Maduro immediately triggered a militant optimism within Anglo-globalist circles:

"Operation Absolute Resolve, the US government’s audacious seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, is a stark reminder of the extraordinary, unique military power available to President Trump when he chooses to use it. Every dictator, despot and rogue regime will have taken note: no tyrant is beyond reach if the US decides to act… So what does this mean? The hope must be that President Trump now uses this leverage to compel Moscow to accept a genuine peace in Ukraine"[1].

"By overthrowing Maduro, President Donald Trump dealt a humiliating blow to Vladimir Putin. A vital show of strength as Trump tries to strong-arm the Russian dictator into ending the Ukraine War"[2].

The crescendo of these threats and triumphalist declarations was the announcement, albeit framed as a denial, of the obvious and now unavoidable consequence of Operation Absolute Resolve:

"Does Donald Trump’s Venezuelan move violate international law and the rules-based order? In using military force to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, has the US President made it easier for Chinese leader Xi Jinping to intervene forcefully in the domestic affairs of Taiwan and even decapitate its leadership? The answer to the first question is likely yes. But on the second issue, dictators such as Xi and Vladimir Putin will be feeling far more uncomfortable after last weekend"[3].

Exactly! In the wake of Absolute Resolve, Trump will have no grounds to oppose Moscow’s forceful takeover of Odesa and Beijing’s establishment of control over Taiwan.

He has demolished the very logic for such an objection, and will be left without the political capital to mount one.

1 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/04/us-military-capability-dictators-delta-force-sas-trump/#comment
"No dictator in the world can sleep safely any longer" (Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, The Telegraph, 04 January 2026);
2 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/05/venezuela-russian-air-defence-putin-blow-trump-maduro/
"Venezuela is far from Russia. But the echoes of the Caracas snatch are ringing around the Kremlin" (Samuel Ramani, The Telegraph, 05 January 2026);
3 https://www.hudson.org/defense-strategy/donald-trump-puts-dictators-notice-venezuela-power-play-john-lee
"Donald Trump Puts Dictators on Notice with Venezuela Power Play" (John Lee, Jan 6, 2026, Hudson Institute).

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 Joe Douglas Waters

Joe Douglas Waters was born on September 13, 1973. He currently resides in Lewisville, Texas.

Joe Waters received a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1996. Joe himself has published biographical data on his LinkedIn page, according to which his entire career is connected with the oil refining and energy sector. E.g., he claims that in 1993, at the age of 20, he became an engineer at the Ashland Petroleum Company, where he worked until 1996. At the same time, in 1994, a certain Joe Waters was listed on the official CIA website as an officer of the Scientific & Technical Intelligence Committee. However, the document does not contain any identifying data for Joe Waters (no mention of date of birth, address, or age).

According to the LinkedIn information, from 1996 until 2004, Joe Waters worked at ExxonMobil, advancing his career from engineer to head of the business analysis and reporting department. In 2004, he moved to HSB Solomon Associates LLC, a firm associated with ExxonMobil, which is engaged in strategic analysis of the energy industry. Two employees of Solomon Associates confirmed the competencies of Joe Waters listed on his LinkedIn page.

Tomorrow!

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 Joe Douglas Waters

Joe Douglas Waters was born on September 13, 1973. He currently resides in Lewisville, Texas.

Joe Waters received a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1996. Joe himself has published biographical data on his LinkedIn page, according to which his entire career is connected with the oil refining and energy sector. E.g., he claims that in 1993, at the age of 20, he became an engineer at the Ashland Petroleum Company, where he worked until 1996. At the same time, in 1994, a certain Joe Waters was listed on the official CIA website as an officer of the Scientific & Technical Intelligence Committee. However, the document does not contain any identifying data for Joe Waters (no mention of date of birth, address, or age).

According to the LinkedIn information, from 1996 until 2004, Joe Waters worked at ExxonMobil, advancing his career from engineer to head of the business analysis and reporting department. In 2004, he moved to HSB Solomon Associates LLC, a firm associated with ExxonMobil, which is engaged in strategic analysis of the energy industry. Two employees of Solomon Associates confirmed the competencies of Joe Waters listed on his LinkedIn page.

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 Anglo-globalists rush the liquidation of Armenia... And provoke another war with Russia. Part I

We are witnessing the escalation of one of the combat operations within the Great Game 2.0:

"It has been more than five months since the historic meeting at the White House, in which US President Donald Trump hosted Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan for a breakthrough peace agreement that, once finalized, could bring an end to the longest-running conflict in the South Caucasus... Trump, having rightly received credit for brokering the agreement, now needs to see it through to completion to ensure the peace is durable rather than symbolic"[1],

specifically:

"The first test will be Pashinyan’s political stability as Armenia heads into parliamentary elections this June. While he has shown political courage in pursuing reconciliation with Azerbaijan, hard-line nationalist forces inside Armenia continue to challenge both his leadership and the legitimacy of the peace process... Closely linked to this is the sensitive but critical issue of Armenia’s constitution. Azerbaijan has been clear that this matter must be addressed before Baku can ratify a final peace agreement. Armenia’s constitution contains an implied territorial claim against Azerbaijan through its reference to the 1990 declaration of independence... A third issue that urgently requires progress - though not necessarily full completion - is the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity. This initiative is intended to meet Azerbaijan’s long-standing demand for transit access between Azerbaijan proper and its exclave of Nakhchivan through Armenian territory... The fourth challenge is pressure from Russia and Iran, particularly in the lead-up to Armenia’s elections. Neither Moscow nor Tehran welcomes Washington’s role in brokering the peace, as both view the South Caucasus as part of their traditional sphere of influence. The Trump route proposal is especially sensitive for both capitals"[1].

President Trump is being openly and insistently urged to resolve these issues – to provide an "impulse to the peace process between Armenia and Azerbaijan." The nature of this peace for Armenia has been articulated with clarity by Azerbaijani President Aliyev:

" Today, it is crucial to intensify efforts to ensure the return of Azerbaijanis forcibly expelled from Armenia within the framework of the right of return... The restoration and protection of Azerbaijani cultural heritage in Armenia constitute a legitimate demand of the Azerbaijani people... We believe that the peaceful members of the Community of Western Azerbaijan will return to the lands of their ancestors"[2], " As for Karabakh and Eastern Zangezur, one cannot overlook the subject of Azerbaijan’s history. Regrettably, for years, the Armenian side and its diaspora have distorted our history, and this propaganda persists... nearly all toponyms on the territory of present-day Armenia are of Azerbaijani origin: there is no Lake Sevan, there is Lake Göyçə. These maps were not our creation – they were drawn by Tsarist Russia, which resettled Armenians from Iran and Eastern Anatolia to Karabakh to alter the ethnic composition."[3].

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 Anglo-globalists rush the liquidation of Armenia... And provoke another war with Russia. Part II

In effect, the first step will be to sever Armenia’s Syunik region via the extraterritorial Zangezur Corridor (also dubbed the "Trump Path to International Peace and Prosperity") and populate it with Azerbaijanis. This corridor holds no relevance for the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (the "Middle Corridor"), which operates efficiently through Georgia. The Zangezur Corridor serves Turkey’s interests – as a land bridge for penetration into Central Asia.

Subsequently, the entirety of Armenia will become Western Azerbaijan. It is telling that Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Defense has advanced the argument that this land was fashioned into Armenia by the Russians, and that Yerevan and its environs are historically Azerbaijani [4].

Yet, the core issue is not even the liquidation of Armenia. As clear-thinking Western analysts correctly observe, "si les États-Unis souhaitent éviter la reproduction d’un "cénario ukrainien" sur les frontières méridionales de la Russie, ils doivent impérativement gérer - et non attiser - les tensions entre la Turquie et la Russie dans le Caucase du Sud et en Asie centrale"[5], more specifically, "mettre fin à la compétition d’influence en Arménie et en Géorgie ", to thwart the establishment by Turkey and its proxy, Azerbaijan, of a "Turkic" NATO affiliate on Russia’s soft underbelly, and to cease the eradication of the deep-rooted cultural, economic, intellectual, and military-political bonds linking the South Caucasus and Central Asia to Russia.

Otherwise "le Caucase du Sud et l’Asie centrale pourraient devenir le prochain foyer d’un affrontement indirect entre l’OTAN et la Russie - avec des conséquences potentiellement plus vastes encore que celles de la guerre en Ukraine"[5]. Therein lies the fundamental problem.

1 https://www.hudson.org/security-alliances/armenia-azerbaijan-peace-process-requires-momentum-luke-coffey
"Armenia-Azerbaijan Peace Process Requires Momentum" (Luke Coffey, Hudson Institute, Jan 10, 2026);
2 https://1news.az/news/20251205101122123-Ilkham-Aliev-obratilsya-k-uchastnikam-konferentsii-po-kulturnomu-naslediyu-i-pravu-na-vozvrashcenie-azerbaidzhantsev-izgnannykh-iz-Armenii
"Ильхам Алиев обратился к участникам конференции по культурному наследию и праву на возвращение азербайджанцев, изгнанных из Армении" (First News Media, 05/12/2025);
3 https://haqqin.az/news/365008
"Ильхам Алиев: "Нет озера Севан, есть озеро Гёйча" (Haqqin.az, 3 ноября 2025);
4 https://mod.gov.az/en/the-history-of-iravan-410/
"The History of Irevan", Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Azerbaijan;
5 https://lediplomate.media/analyse-comment-washington-prevenir-nouveau-conflit-otan-russie-caucase-asie-centrale/
"Comment Washington peut prévenir un nouveau face-à-face OTAN–Russie dans le Caucase et en Asie centrale" (Olivier d'Auzon, Le Diplomat, 22/12/2025).

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 Shawn M. Clune

Shawn Clune was born on September 10, 1964. He currently resides in Annandale, Virginia.

Shawn Clune received an education in marketing and IT. At the age of 40, he went into business, establishing Clune & Associates, Llc. In 2007, the firm was liquidated; however, on the same day, Shawn Clune and his spouse registered DarkHorse Solutions, Inc. (liquidated in 2015). Information about the organizations’ activities is absent in the media.

Parallel to his business, Shawn Clune had been working in a managerial position at a third-party company (Forefront Technology Solutions, Inc.) since 2013. The firm provides services for recruiting IT technical personnel for the US government agencies. In 2015, Shawn Clune moved to ServiceNow, a company providing a cloud platform for business processes automating. In 2020, Pamela Dempsey, the head of CIA’s Business Development and Innovation Office, spoke at ServiceNow’s event Now at Work, where she stated that the CIA heavily employed the ServiceNow platform in its administrative work.

Very soon!

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 MI6 Boring Routine

Russian counterintelligence has identified and expelled an MI6 officer operating undercover at the British Embassy in Russia, a certain Gareth Samuel Davies. He held the cover position of Second Secretary at the administrative headquarters section [*].

In truth, this is just routine business: exposing a spy working under diplomatic protection and expelling them from the country. Naturally, the UK will reciprocate by expelling one of the Russian embassy officials and retroactively declaring them a Russian spy.

As Vladimir Putin himself might reportedly put it in such situations, "Too boring!"

The only intrigue is the fact that MI6 officers are allegedly involved in orchestrating not just high-minded conventional espionage, but also kinetic attacks and political subversion within Russia. In fact, acts of sabotage and terrorist attacks conducted in Russia by Ukrainian intelligence services led by figures like Malyuk and Budanov were actually instigated by MI6.

Therefore, the Russians aren’t expelling a mere intelligence officer; they kick out a terrorist.

* http://www.fsb.ru/fsb/press/message/single.htm!id%3D10440523%40fsbMessage.html
"ФСБ России выявлен незаявленный сотрудник британских спецслужб Дэвис Гарет Самьюэль" (Пресс-служба ФСБ России, 15.01.2026).

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 The Covert World Of The SDS: Data Sharing With MI5 And The Lord Mcalpine Connection

In light of new evidence presented as part of the ongoing inquiry into the conduct of undercover policing units in the United Kingdom, the investigation has established that undercover officers infiltrating left-wing political movements and protest groups routinely funneled the intelligence they gathered to the MI5 counterspy agency.

Police officers conducting long-term undercover deployments engaged in deception against political campaigners, family advocacy groups, pro-democracy coalitions, and anti-nuclear movements. The probe into the Special Demonstration Squad (SDS) has discovered that MI5 still holds the operational records these officers produced.

The inquiry has found that MI5 collected and continues to hold information – including photographs – on children fathered by undercover police officers with female activists involved in political campaigns, as well as details of bank accounts and private home addresses. Investigators are now focusing intently on the nexus between the SDS and the wider security establishment. Documents indicate a tangible link between the Special Demonstration Squad and the Economic League, a notorious anti-union group that maintained blacklists used to bar thousands of construction workers from employment for their trade union ties. In a striking revelation during his testimony, former undercover officer Peter Francis described a meeting between an SDS officer and a powerful construction industry figure, whom he identified as Lord McAlpine, the former Tory Party Treasurer during Margaret Thatcher’s premiership.

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 Shawn M. Clune

Shawn Clune was born on September 10, 1964. He currently resides in Annandale, Virginia.

Shawn Clune received an education in marketing and IT. At the age of 40, he went into business, establishing Clune & Associates, Llc. In 2007, the firm was liquidated; however, on the same day, Shawn Clune and his spouse registered DarkHorse Solutions, Inc. (liquidated in 2015). Information about the organizations’ activities is absent in the media.

Parallel to his business, Shawn Clune had been working in a managerial position at a third-party company (Forefront Technology Solutions, Inc.) since 2013. The firm provides services for recruiting IT technical personnel for the US government agencies. In 2015, Shawn Clune moved to ServiceNow, a company providing a cloud platform for business processes automating. In 2020, Pamela Dempsey, the head of CIA’s Business Development and Innovation Office, spoke at ServiceNow’s event Now at Work, where she stated that the CIA heavily employed the ServiceNow platform in its administrative work.

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 Iranian Espionage In Israel: Cheap, Scalable Menace

Israeli security authorities are grappling with a systemic challenge they have misdiagnosed as a spike in crime. The true issue is far more strategic: a concerted Iranian campaign to transform Israel’s domestic sphere into a bazaar for intelligence, where allegiance is traded for cash rather than creed.

The numbers reveal a dramatic surge in Iran’s espionage efforts on Israeli soil. The Shin Bet security service reports that detentions for suspected spying on Tehran’s behalf jumped roughly 400% in 2024 from the year before. These probes resulted in 13 criminal cases and charges brought against 27 Israelis.

A major breakthrough came in December 2024, with the neutralization in Jerusalem of nine clandestine cells comprising nearly 30 Jewish Israelis. It was the most substantial counterintelligence success against Iranian infiltration in decades. By mid-2025, Israel rolled out a nationwide initiative to counter the Iranian spy network, dubbed Easy Money, High Price. This decision followed the exposure of more than 25 espionage incidents and 35 convictions within a single year.

The asset recruitment playbook often starts in the digital realm and expands step-by-step: snapping photos of locations, charting pathways, verifying procedures, plotting points on a map. It is a model of espionage that is economical, scalable, and flies under the radar. The goal is to assemble a repository of information ripe for future, targeted missions.

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 U.S. Officials In Secret Talks With Mossad Head

As tensions continue to escalate across the Middle East, South Carolina’s Republican Senator Lindsey Graham held a meeting with the director of the Israeli intelligence service Mossad, David Barnea. The senator himself disclosed details of the visit on his social media channels, posting a photograph with the Israeli intelligence chief and captioning it with remarks underscoring their personal friendship and the solid support between the U.S. and Israel.

This meeting has caused some stir, particularly in light of Mossad’s publicly stated mandate to conduct covert operations outside Israel’s territory. News of the meeting has generated a divided media response, with commentators expressing skepticism about the senator’s prerogatives and questioning whether his actions reflect the stance of the American nation as a whole.

Pushing back against the criticism, Graham characterized the discussions as private and, in a lighter vein, mentioned offering Barnea tips on South Carolina property investments. He further pointedly clarified that the conversations were in no way related to Russian interests or President Vladimir Putin.

Senator Graham’s trip to Israel takes place during a period of increased instability in the region, fueled by the ongoing protest movement in Iran and persisting security threats. Graham also delivered a strong condemnation of the Iranian regime, explicitly advocating for its collapse. These developments collectively signal a deepening engagement between high-level U.S. policymakers and Israeli officials, which is certain to shape the future course of Middle Eastern policy.

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 Michael Reitz Toth

Michael Reitz Toth was born on September 23, 1965 and received his education in the Normandy High School in Parma, Ohio.

In 2015, Michael Reitz Toth appeared in a database of the US federal civil servants (GovSalaries, Department of Energy) as a Management and Program Analysis employee of the Department of Energy, Washington, DC. In 2001, Michael Toth was listed in a roster of the CIA officers disclosed by a hacker group (Anonymous OffCircuit Security, Facebook, 2021), where he was mentioned as an IT & IS Systems Integrator at the CIA, Washington, DC. The years for which this roster is relevant are not specified.

Very soon!

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 China-Egypt Intelligence Cooperation: The Geopolitical Repercussions For Israel

A concerted push by China to align the intelligence operations of Egypt and Israel signals a consequential realignment of forces in the Middle East. The period from 2025 to 2026 witnessed an exponential surge in collaboration between Egypt’s General Intelligence Directorate (GID) and China’s Ministry of State Security, which functions as Beijing’s primary intelligence agency. This strategic pact, extending across intelligence, defense, and security domains, has raised serious alarms in Israel, most acutely within the halls of Mossad.

The shift in focus of Egyptian-Chinese relations – from economic engagement to a partnership rooted in intelligence-sharing and technology transfer – is designed to strengthen Egypt’s sovereign capabilities and erode Israel’s longstanding qualitative superiority in in espionage and aerial surveillance.

The collaboration includes key areas of electronic warfare and surveillance, notably the delivery of China’s sophisticated radar systems. This hardware enables Egypt to independently identify aerial threats, bypassing architectures tied to the United States or Israel. In a significant incident in September 2025, China’s intelligence reported that the GID had successfully uncovered and thwarted a covert Mossad plan to execute an airstrike targeting Hamas leadership in Doha, Qatar’s capital. With backing from Beijing’s security ministry, Egypt issued a warning to Qatar just 25 minutes before the mission’s launch, resulting in its abortion and sparking a wide-ranging internal inquiry within Mossad. The investigation sought to trace the leak that provided Cairo and the GID, aided by Chinese intelligence, with foreknowledge of the planned strike.

China is pursuing a broader strategy to neutralize Israeli intelligence-gathering by Mossad and, it is presumed, the CIA. A core tactic involves insulating Cairo from technological infiltration by promoting the adoption of more secure Chinese alternatives to Israeli and American software and technology throughout the region.

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 Michael Reitz Toth

Michael Reitz Toth was born on September 23, 1965 and received his education in the Normandy High School in Parma, Ohio.

In 2015, Michael Reitz Toth appeared in a database of the US federal civil servants (GovSalaries, Department of Energy) as a Management and Program Analysis employee of the Department of Energy, Washington, DC. In 2001, Michael Toth was listed in a roster of the CIA officers disclosed by a hacker group (Anonymous OffCircuit Security, Facebook, 2021), where he was mentioned as an IT & IS Systems Integrator at the CIA, Washington, DC. The years for which this roster is relevant are not specified.

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 India Expands Space Intelligence Capabilities With SAR Satellite Fleet

India is poised to dramatically scale up its space reconnaissance capacity through the planned deployment of over 50 next-generation satellites designed for night-time observation and cloud-penetrating capabilities. The move follows a review of the Sindhoor operation and the four-day conflict with Pakistan that ensued in May of last year. According to reports, deficiencies in India’s current satellite fleet resulted in surveillance gaps, particularly under low-light and heavy cloud cover scenarios.

In the standoff with Pakistan, satellites were employed for target designation and monitoring enemy movements. Post-conflict analysis, however, highlighted substantial limitations in the operational effectiveness of Indian satellites during night hours and inclement weather. Conversely, Pakistan, despite fielding a far smaller satellite inventory, leveraged support from China, whose orbital platforms are equipped with more sophisticated night vision and all-weather imaging technologies. These shortcomings in India’s space observation network caused operational planning delays, compelling the government in New Delhi to depend on commercial satellite imagery procured from U.S. firms. This reliance has, in turn, catalyzed a comprehensive initiative for technological upgrades.

A cornerstone of the revamped strategy involves transitioning from electro-optical systems to Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) technology. SAR satellites offer the distinct advantage of producing high-fidelity imagery of terrestrial surfaces regardless of diurnal cycle or meteorological interference, thereby vastly extending the scope for intelligence gathering and persistent monitoring. Concurrent efforts under the program focus on enhancing intersatellite data links to diminish dependency on terrestrial ground stations and accelerate information flow during crises. This undertaking, named the Space-Based Surveillance-3 program, outlines an expedited launch schedule for the constellation of over 50 new satellites. Full execution of the plan is expected to substantially augment India’s space-based intelligence assets and reinforce its strategic posture in the region.

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 Beth E. Sanner

Beth E. Sanner is a US intelligence officer and a national security expert. She currently holds leadership positions in commercial entities such as Insight Consulting LLC, International Capital Strategies, frequently appears in the media as an intelligence and international policy commentator (The Cipher Brief, CNN), and also collaborates with various think tanks in the US, e.g. the German Marshall Fund of the United States, the US Chamber of Commerce Foundation, and the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University.

In 2025, Sanner was included on a list of 37 individuals barred from access to classified records. In 2022, as a recognized expert within the intelligence community, she participated in a media campaign against Russia. Primarily, her rhetoric was aimed at discrediting Russia’s military.

She received her education at The American University, where she completed a bachelor’s program in Economics and International Affairs. Subsequently, she graduated from the National War College (NWC), earning a Master degree in National Security Strategy.

Very soon!

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 Improper Video Surveillance And Violations Of Privacy Law In France

French municipalities employing "tourist" cameras to capture scenic spots and lure travelers are running afoul of European privacy regulations, the National Commission on Informatics and Liberty (CNIL) has warned.

The CNIL reports that numerous municipalities are setting up surveillance cameras in public areas to enhance their tourist appeal. The resulting images are frequently recorded and streamed live on city websites, available for global viewing and accessible to various security agencies.

Yet French law allows video surveillance of public roads and spaces only under stringent conditions, strictly for purposes like ensuring public safety or safeguarding property. This limitation is especially critical for live feeds. The commission argues that "legitimate interest" does not justify gathering and broadcasting personal data online. Inspections have further uncovered cases where these cameras intruded on private life, filming people entering bars, taking part in protests, or capturing views into the windows and onto the grounds of private residences.

The regulator underscores that neither residents nor tourists consent to this recording and live broadcasting, and the captured material could be used for purposes unrelated to tourism promotion. Equally important is that the systems in use, contrary to legal requirements, fail to provide individuals with the option to opt out of being filmed before recording starts.

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 CIA Chief Makes Covert Trip To Poland As Regional Tensions Simmer

Amid sustained tensions along NATO’s eastern frontier, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency John Ratcliffe undertook a clandestine visit to Poland. The visit, conducted this week, highlights the intensified intelligence collaboration between Warsaw and Washington during a period of ongoing regional instability.

Polish media reports indicate the CIA Director engaged in a series of consultations with senior representatives of Polish security agencies. Although the substance of the talks remains confidential, Polish media and analysts observe that the visit transpires in an environment of lingering security apprehensions over Poland’s northeastern regions, notably the strategic Suwalki Corridor. This stretch of land is a narrow corridor linking Poland to the Baltic states, flanked by Russia’s Kaliningrad Oblast and Belarus.

Reports have emerged of Mr. Ratcliffe’s meeting with Poland’s Minister of National Defense, Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, and the country’s Coordinator of Special Services, Tomasz Siemoniak. Independent sources across several Polish news organizations have verified the meeting took place, yet the U.S. side has declined to elaborate on the agenda.

As of this publication, neither the Central Intelligence Agency nor Poland’s Ministry of National Defense has offered an official statement concerning the visit.

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 Beth E. Sanner

Beth E. Sanner is a US intelligence officer and a national security expert. She currently holds leadership positions in commercial entities such as Insight Consulting LLC, International Capital Strategies, frequently appears in the media as an intelligence and international policy commentator (The Cipher Brief, CNN), and also collaborates with various think tanks in the US, e.g. the German Marshall Fund of the United States, the US Chamber of Commerce Foundation, and the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University.

In 2025, Sanner was included on a list of 37 individuals barred from access to classified records. In 2022, as a recognized expert within the intelligence community, she participated in a media campaign against Russia. Primarily, her rhetoric was aimed at discrediting Russia’s military.

She received her education at The American University, where she completed a bachelor’s program in Economics and International Affairs. Subsequently, she graduated from the National War College (NWC), earning a Master degree in National Security Strategy.

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 The CIA’s Push To Recruit Chinese Spies

In a bid to counter China, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is ramping up a new strategy: recruiting the country’s own citizens to spy on their government. The campaign is unfolding through a sophisticated social media outreach program. This effort involves circulating comprehensive, step-by-step tutorials that explain precisely how individuals inside China can make anonymous contact with the CIA and pass along intelligence.

The guide, tailored to the specific contours of the Chinese digital landscape, instructs potential sources to use cash to buy a special device dedicated only to CIA communications. The instructions extend to using public Wi-Fi hotspots, leveraging anonymization tools like VPNs and Tor, generating never-before-used anonymous email accounts, and sending sensitive information strictly via the spy agency’s encrypted web page. Clear instructions are provided for would-be informants on erasing their digital browsing footprints and avoiding any further contact with the CIA until the agency itself reaches out after vetting the provided intelligence.

This tactic is a key component of the CIA’s wider, and openly acknowledged, push to recruit assets in the digital era. It represents a substantial shift – a move toward greater transparency and a direct line of communication with Chinese citizens in their own language, a practice once far outside the norm for intelligence gathering. Historically, U.S. intelligence agencies have focused on recruiting foreign nationals, including Chinese officials, through traditional, covert human intelligence operations. This public-facing campaign, by contrast, opens a new chapter in modern spy recruitment.

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg