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"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...
"Haspel Is A Professional, Painted Unfairly: CIA Veteran Devine," Jack Devine on Bloomberg Radio, March 2018
Bloomberg Markets AM host Lisa Abramowicz spoke with TAG President Jack Devine about Trump’s nominee for the CIA, Gina Haspel, and the recent expulsion of 60 Russian diplomats. Jack commented that Haspel is a professional and a careerist who has been painted unfairly. He noted that the hearings will be useful to bring the facts...
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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...
