What a 1960s CIA Journal Taught Us About Espionage and Cognitive Error
In a quietly powerful internal volume titled Studies in Intelligence, CIA analysts and case officers in the 1960s turned their gaze inward. This particular issue - declassified decades later - explores not just field operations or global espionage, but something far...
Minds in the Shadows: How the CIA Studied Its Own Failures in the 1960s
A rare, declassified edition of the CIA’s internal journal, Studies in Intelligence, offers a unique window into how the Agency processed - and tried to learn from - its operational missteps during the Cold War. Though marked “For Official Use Only,” this issue,...
Inside the CIA’s First 24 Hours After JFK Was Shot
Newly released communications show confusion, cover-your-ass tactics, and an immediate effort to manage the narrative. 🚪 Before the Public Knew, the CIA Was Already Moving At 12:30 p.m. CST on November 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy was assassinated. By 1:00 p.m., the...