"'A fighting war with the main enemy': How the CIA helped land a mortal blow to the Soviets in Afghanistan 32 years ago," Business Insider, October 2018
CIA veteran and TAG President Jack Devine is quoted in Christopher Woody’s article published in Business Insider on the CIA’s successful effort to drive the Soviets out of Afghanistan in the 1980s. Jack said, “The Stinger changed the course of the war.” Within two years of that first successful Stinger strike, Russian forces began to […]
"US-Mexico trade deal marks beginning of new friendship," Amanda Mattingly, CNN Opinion, August 2018
In an opinion piece for CNN, TAG Senior Director Amanda Mattingly comments on the preliminary trade deal reached between the United States and Mexico as an important step in the trilateral NAFTA negotiations. According to Amanda, “That the American and Mexican negotiators could agree to progress past the sticking point involving the automobile industry and […]
"Sex and schmoozing are common Russian spy tactics. Publicity makes Maria Butina different," USA Today, August 2018
CIA veteran and TAG President Jack Devine was quoted in Sean Rossman’s article on Russian spy Maria Butina published in the USA Today in August. Rossman writes, “Part of what differentiates Butina, Devine said, is how she blended covert political action, like cozying up to the NRA, and espionage, or gathering intelligence to send to […]
Jack Devine's Summer 2018 Intelligence Report
TAG President Jack Devine’s Summer 2018 Intelligence Report includes his current assessment on the U.S. mid-term elections, North Korea, Iran, Mexico & NAFTA negotiations, and Europe. Mid-term Elections While President Trump continues to confound critics and allies alike with his seemingly spontaneous policy comments and initiatives, the trajectory of his Administration is becoming clearer and […]
"Iran Is The Thing That Keeps Me Up At Night," Jack Devine on Bloomberg Radio, July 2018
TAG President Jack Devine gave his assessment of Iran, Russia, and Trump’s relationship with the intelligence community in an interview with Bloomberg Radio. Jack argued that President Trump came out of the Helsinki summit weakened and needing to push back on Russia’s Vladimir Putin to regain strength. Iran Is The Thing That Keeps Me Up […]
"Episode 360: Jack Devine Reacts to President Trump Meeting Kim Jong-un in Singapore," Jack Devine on SOFREP Radio, June 2018.
Jack Devine spoke with SOFREP Radio in June about President Trump’s meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Jack underscored the importance of the meeting and that it will be a process with North Korea, commenting on the differences of this meeting from past U.S. efforts to reach a deal toward denuclearization. Episode 360: Jack […]
"Gina Haspel Says CIA Won't Restart Its Torture Program. Congress Should Believe – and Confirm – Her," Jack Devine, NBC News Opinion, May 2018.
TAG President and 30+ year veteran of the CIA, Jack Devine, believes Gina Haspel is “the most qualified professional in the intelligence business” to lead the CIA. In a recent article in NBC News Opinion, Jack also considered the historic nature of Haspel’s appointment. “While women have held high-risk senior positions across a wide swath […]
"U.S.-Mexican Relations Could Get Worse," Amanda Mattingly, Truman National Security Project, April 2018
In a recent article published by the Truman Project, TAG Senior Director Amanda Mattingly warns that U.S.-Mexican relations could get worse if Andrés Manuel López Obrador is elected the next president of Mexico in July. According to Mattingly, “López Obrador’s election would have serious implications for the economic growth trajectory for Mexico and, in turn, […]
"Can Trump and Kim Jong-un Make A Deal to Reduce Tensions?" Jack Devine, Japan Forward, March 2018
“The coming historic meeting between United States President Donald Trump and North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un provides an extraordinary opportunity to reduce tensions in Asia, or it could push us forward towards a possible confrontation,” wrote TAG President Jack Devine in an Op-Ed published in Japan Forward on March 30, 2018. Can Trump and […]
Jack Devine on The Hugh Hewitt Show, March 2018
TAG President Jack Devine spoke with Hugh Hewitt on The Hugh Hewitt Show about Trump’s nominee for Director of the CIA, Gina Haspel, noting that she is a skilled professional with a great degree of operational experience in the field and policy level experience in Washington. Jack said Haspel has a “stellar reputation” at the […]
