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How OSINT Helps Intel Agents Fight Counterespionage (opens the original)
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Open source intelligence has become one of the most powerful tools for enhancing counterespionage threats. This is because the sheer volume of data on digital platforms like social media makes it significantly harder for intelligence agencies to “backstop” — or build plausible cover stories for — undercover operatives, according to an industry expert. Jason Lee, Moody’s senior director and chief intelligence officer, gave GovCon Wire an exclusive interview ahead of his appearance on the The Powe
CIA Executive Director to Keynote 2026 Intel Summit (opens the original)
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Potomac Officers Club, the nation’s premier GovCon events and networking organization, is excited to announce that Dustin Gard-Weiss, CIA executive director, will deliver a keynote address at the 2026 Intel Summit on Sept. 24 at the Falls Church Marriott Fairview Park in northern Virginia. Gard-Weiss joins a thrilling lineup of top leaders from throughout the intelligence and national security communities at the 2026 Intel Summit, POC’s elite forum for examining business opportunities in intelli
4 Ways Tim Kosiba & the NSA Are Countering Chinese Intel (opens the original)
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Tim Kosiba, deputy director of the National Security Agency, is sounding the alarm about Chinese intelligence capabilities. He recently told an industry gathering how Chinese threats have infiltrated almost every technical domain while Chinese companies are working with Iranian forces during combat in the Middle East. “China has its hands in most every national security priority we are dealing with today, and it’s a hot competition,” said Kosiba, according to Breaking Defense. “For example, it’s
Unpacking Golden Fleet In the Navy’s FY 2027 Budget Request (opens the original)
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The U.S. Navy’s Golden Fleet program is more than just a presidential priority. It’s the service’s answer to a shrinking, aging surface fleet. Golden Fleet is designed as a deliberate high-low mix. It will pair the new BBG(X) guided missile battleship, built for long-range fires, directed energy and survivable command-and-control, with the FF(X) frigate, a producible, lower-cost hull designed to absorb routine missions and direct unmanned systems. There is big money behind Golden Fleet. The Navy
The USAF is Emphasizing 3 Priorities, Gen. Lamontagne Says (opens the original)
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The U.S. Air Force has a trio of priorities for its expected increase in funding in fiscal year 2027, covering defense industrial base, modernization and aircraft readiness initiatives, according to its No. 2 officer. Gen. John Lamontagne, USAF vice chief of staff, told a packed ballroom during his keynote at Potomac Officers Club’s 2026 Air and Space Summit on Thursday that the proposed Pentagon budget of $1.5 trillion, including $350 billion in separate reconciliation funding, would help the s
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