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Is Putin Trying to Burn US in Iran nuclear talks? Jack Devine on Fox News, July 2015
TAG President Jack Devine spoke about Moscow’s strategy in talks over Tehran’s controversial nuclear program on Fox News, July 13, 2015. Is Putin Trying to Burn US in Iran nuclear talks?
..."Conventional Wisdom & the Next Unknown," Jack Devine and Amanda Mattingly, World Policy Journal, Spring 2015
In the Spring 2015 issue of the World Policy Journal, TAG President Jack Devine and Senior Director Amanda Mattingly write that while the landscape of Unknowns spreads dangerously before us, there are precautions we can take if we are wise in our approaches, both strategic and imaginative in our thinking. Conventional Wisdom & the Next...
Jack Devine on an Anti-Assad strategy
In the Houston Chronicle, Jack Devine discusses how an Anti-Assad strategy is necessary if the U.S. hopes to fight ISIS indirectly.
...Jack Devine appears on Fox News to discuss tracking jihadist terror cells
Jack Devine appears on Fox News to weigh in on the difficult task tracking jihadist terror cells
...Foreign Affairs Focus: Jack Devine on Pinochet's Coup
Jack Devine discusses Pinochet’s Coup
...Jack Devine Contributes to the show Homeland
Jack Devine contributes to Homeland and discusses being a spy.
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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...
