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"Episode #1 Boardrooms' Best," Jack Devine in discussion with Nancy May, January 1, 2018
“Boardrooms’ Best” featured TAG President Jack Devine as their guest on the very first episode of the podcast hosted by Nancy May, CEO of The BoardBench Companies, LLC. Drawing upon his experience serving on a number of boards as well as his work in the private business intelligence industry, Jack discussed the importance of companies...
"Episode 309: Jack Devine on his three decade career in the CIA," interview with Ian Scotto on SOFREP Radio, December 14, 2017
TAG President Jack Devine went on SOFREP Radio in December 2017 to talk about his long career in the CIA. SOFREP Radio focuses on special operations military and intelligence news, hosted by Army Ranger/Green Beret Jack Murphy and New York Festivals award winning radio producer Ian Scotto. In his conversation with Ian Scotto, Jack talked...
"CIA Vet Devine: Korea Still Number One Existential Threat to US," Jack Devine on Bloomberg Markets AM, October 2017
Speaking on Bloomberg Markets AM with Pimm Fox and Lisa Abramowicz on October 25, 2017, TAG President Jack Devine noted that North Korea remains “the number one existential threat to all of us” as Kim Jong-Un gets closer and closer every day to being able to deliver a nuclear weapon to the United States. He...
Jack's Fall 2017 Intelligence Report
TAG President Jack Devine provides his Fall 2017 Intelligence Report covering Trump, the Russia probe, the Iran Nuclear Deal, the threat of North Korea, and more. Jack’s Fall 2017 Intelligence Report Trump Normalcy Despite President Trump’s lackluster congressional record to date, his administration is getting stronger. The White House staff, cabinet members and the government...
"Former CIA Acting Director Devine: 'Very Concerned' About Korea" Jack Devine on Bloomberg Markets AM, August 2017
In an interview with Bloomberg Markets AM with Pimm Fox and Lisa Abramowicz on August 14, 2017, TAG President Jack Devine talks about why it’s time for negotiation – not military action – with North Korea. Devine said, “It’s been a long, long time since I thought we were in a situation where it’s conceivable...
"It's time for negotiation with North Korea, not military action," Jack Devine & Yoshi Yamamoto, Houston Chronicle, August 10, 2017
Neither President Donald Trump’s “Fire and Fury” nor Kim Jong-Un’s most recent threat about Guam provide a path to sensibly resolve the growing North Korea nuclear crisis, according to TAG President Jack Devine and Japanese policy analyst Yoshi Yamamoto. In an article published August 10, 2017 in the Houston Chronicle, Devine and Yamamoto argue that...
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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...
