Americans for Intelligence Reform

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

Turkey’s interference in Libya causing chaos

While the U.S. continues to back Turkey, Brad Johnson says Libya’s current leader, General Haftar, is the better leader. Turkey, meanwhile, holds on to Tripoli and the U.S. is backing Turkey.

G7 Summit: The Good Old Boys Club

Brad Johnson, retired CIA Station Chief, discussed the summit, Macron’s telling statement about Biden, and Biden’s conversation with Putin      

Sunday Morning Coffee with Jeemes: A ladybug on the Chapel pew

A LADYBUG ON THE CHAPEL PEW by Jeemes Akers, Senior Fellow, Americans for Intellligence Reform   “How brave a ladybug must be!   Each drop of rain is big as she.   Can you imagine what you’d do,   If raindrops fell as big as you?”                                                                                  Aileen Fischer   “A ladybug sighting has been […]

On Portland Riot Squad Quitting

Do elected officials in Portland and Oregon even care about their citizens? We know they don’t care about police suffering abuse from violent protests. Brad Johnson discusses this terrible failing. Brad Johnson retired as a Senior Operations Officer and Chief of Station with the Central Intelligence Agency’s Directorate of Operations. Having served domestically and abroad, […]

China’s 5G behemoth Huawei gets hit with espionage charges in Poland

Adding to Huawei’s recent blows, the Polish government has arrested both a Polish national intelligence officer and a Chinese national employee of Huawei on charges of espionage to benefit the Chinese Communist government. Brad Johnson speculates the damage may harm China’s 5G “spyware” technology as it seeks Western contracts. Brad Johnson retired as a Senior […]