Americans for Intelligence Reform

Brad Johnson, President, and retired CIA Senior Officer and Chief of Staff. Insight into current events from an intelligence angle.

Iraq attempts to limit Iranian influence

Iran’s growing influence in Iraq will trigger potentially deadly conflicts, perhaps even civil war. Prime Minister al-Kadhimi, former head of Iranian intelligence, rooted out a dozen anit-Iraq leaders from Iraq’s militia to forestall Iranian influence. Does the Iraqi militia have more power than the government? Al-Kadhimi’s aggressive move may be pragmatic but where will it […]