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"Saudis Will Need To Find Someone To Take A Fall," Jack Devine on Bloomberg Radio, October 2018
Jack Devine, former chief of CIA’s worldwide operations, and founding partner and President of The Arkin Group, discusses the escalating crisis in Saudi Arabia. Saudis Will Need To Find Someone To Take A Fall
..."'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...
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The Oracle of Langley Returns: Jack Devine on Iran, Ukraine and the AI Arms Race
Former CIA acting director Jack Devine is back on Risk & Return, six months after he called the Iran conflict almost move for move. This week he tells Bob Sloan and Charlie Gasparino why there is still no deal on the table, why Tehran thinks it has the upper hand heading into the midterms, and...
‘The rules have changed’: has Russia begun to order assassinations on US soil?
Why would the Russians cross this red line? Jack Devine, a former associate director of operations at the CIA, said that the Kremlin had perhaps become blase about the potential repercussions – but that it could prove to be a misstep.
...Jack Devine: The Spymaster Who Goes to Mass
Speaking about life after the Central Intelligence Agency, Jack Devine became nostalgic. “I’m having a lot of fun,” he said, “but I’m not allowed to overthrow governments.” Mr. Devine, 73, who chronicles his 32 years at the C.I.A. in the memoir “Good Hunting: An American Spymaster’s Story,” had a role in the Iran-contra affair, the...
Trump deploying US military against drug cartels will drag us into a forever war | Opinion
Eliminating the narcotics threat to our nation is a rightful priority for the Trump administration, but using U.S. troops to prosecute the drug war is the wrong tact and with far-reaching consequences. This war will not end in a ceasefire. There will be no summits or working-level negotiations. It’s an insurgency, and the U.S. military must...
I was in the CIA. Here’s how helping Myanmar can pay off for US against China. | Opinion
The 7.7 earthquake that has killed thousands in Myanmar and Thailand has exacerbated vulnerabilities and resulted in a complex humanitarian crisis and an urgent need for international aid to provide emergency relief services. This natural disaster has also evoked debate on the value of international assistance, soft power, as a tool of foreign policy. The U.S.-led Marshall Plan in post-World War...
