Douglas London

@douglaslondon5

Ret’d CIA, Georgetown SFS, Non-Resident Scholar . Author of THE RECRUITER: Spying and the Lost Art of American Intelligence, Hachette Books 9/28/2021.

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Joined September 2019

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    Jul 10

    A shameless plug for my forthcoming book which is available now from at most booksellers for presale.

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    5 hours ago

    Recent US airstrike that killed Afghan civilians “really illustrates our handicap by having no presence on the ground to collect the best quality and most timely intelligence,” says MEI's to .

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    11 hours ago

    Looks like 's new book would pair nicely with this piece I wrote for a few years back: How the CIA Forgot the Art of Spying

    Having been the State Department’s Lebanon analyst 1982-1985, the default position in wake of US failures is blame intel community. But on to something else: a CIA consumed with ops over intel collection.
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    11 hours ago

    Check out 's "The Recruiter," out next month.

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    Sep 2

    New: US intelligence chief intervenes to block state secrets in Saudi Crown Prince's feud with former Saudi official.

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  6. Sep 2

    Never enough to account for the horrors they inflicted, but the remaining “Beatles” face justice and his testimony reminds us why we must remain vigilant.

    A Man Pleads Guilty In Islamic State Beheadings Of U.S. Hostages
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  7. Sep 2

    "Not having U.S. or long-trained Afghan partner forces on the ground also foreclosed other possibilities, like potentially stopping the car before it entered a crowded residential area..A strike in a congested area would have been the last choice.."

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    Sep 2

    Now, for the Accountability: The CIA and FBI also need a reckoning now that Kabul is gone. Two new startling insider accounts offer a roadmap. By for

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  9. Sep 2

    The original title was “What the CIA Learned the Military Hasn’t” but changed by the editors

    Headline a bit bolder than the well-qualified assessment. From fmr ⁦⁩ ops officer and leader ⁩ ⬇️ The CIA Is Better Than the U.S. Military at Creating Foreign Armies
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    Sep 2

    Headline a bit bolder than the well-qualified assessment. From fmr ⁦⁩ ops officer and leader ⁩ ⬇️ The CIA Is Better Than the U.S. Military at Creating Foreign Armies

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    Sep 2

    "Unlike the Pentagon’s enormous, overly bureaucratic, and inflexible security cooperation enterprise, the CIA doesn’t have a one-size-fits-all blueprint," write MEI's and Bilal Saab in .

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  12. Sep 1

    “the Kabul airport attack and the hasty U.S. evacuation effort have given ISIS-K the kind of once-in-a-generation recruiting and fundraising tool that most terrorist groups can only dream of” via and

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    Sep 1

    The CIA Is Better Than the U.S. Military at Creating Foreign Armies | In their latest, MEI's Bilal Saab and outline the strengths of the CIA's methods in collaborating and training foreign partners.

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  14. Sep 1

    “The persistence of ISIS-K threatens other terrorist groups. Al Qaeda, in particular, will feel the pressure because ISIS-K killed Americans-something it has not managed to do this year. The TTP, which lost cadres to ISIS-K some years ago & could do so again..” via

    In , I write about the Islamic State Khorasan, or ISIS-K — and how its competition with the Taliban and other jihadists increases the stakes of the terrorism threat from Afghanistan.
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  15. Aug 31

    Great to be back on campus ⁦⁩ for the Fall Semester teaching in-person ⁦⁩ studies . Go Hoyas!

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  16. Aug 31

    Given painful experiences now in Afghanistan and Iraq, collaborated with colleague Bilal Saab in exploring why CIA has better luck in providing training and capacity building to foreign partners.

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    Aug 31

    Great new piece featuring a stellar pair of colleagues/friends: & -- whose words on this matter a great deal more than most others. Short story: our intel capabilities in have taken a BIG hit & that has consequences.

    New: As the withdrawal from Afghanistan comes to a close, the US intelligence community’s ability to run spies & gather/trust intel is massively deteriorated, which could have implications for USG keeping tabs on terrorism, I’m told. Latest
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    Aug 31

    Espionage operations also just got a lot more dangerous. Spies on the ground will have fewer options to escape and be rescued by the cavalry to safety if their cover is blown, adds.

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    Aug 31

    It’s not impossible to run espionage operations in Afghanistan, but it makes it so that whatever intel spies are able to collect that much muddier and more suspect, as the gov will be less able to assess source motivations & agendas for sharing information, says

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  20. Aug 31

    “The intel won’t be as good as it was, it won’t be as reliable as it was, and we really don’t have a local partner to act on that intelligence…There’s going to be consequences..” via

    Former CIA directors for the region warn that the U.S. intelligence community’s ability to run espionage operations in Afghanistan will crumble following the withdrawal.
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    Aug 31

    With Gerald Feierstein, , , , , , Michael Nagata, , Bilal Saab, , Joseph Votel, and as featured scholars.

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