Americans for Intelligence Reform

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

Give us back our funny Super Bowl commercials!

Remember looking forward to Super Bowl commercials? They were half the reason you watched. The day after, people talked about which was best or worse, often more than the game itself. For Brad Johnson, this is yet another good thing lost to wokeness and hypersensitivity. Drab, folks. Very drab.  

RNC must oust McConnell, Cheney, and Kinzinger

Republican National Committee Chair, Ronna McDaniel, needs to push for removal of Republican turncoats on The Hill. Brad Johnson gives his opinion on the direction needed for the GOP to stay true to its base by putting up good people – now. Brad Johnson retired as a Senior Operations Officer and Chief of Station with […]

Sunday Coffee with Jeemes: A dinner with Alger Hiss

                                     A DINNER WITH ALGER HISS   “There are chance meetings with strangers that interest us from the first moment, before a word is spoken.”                                                                      Fyodor Dostoyeysky                                                                                                                      Some of you have correctly observed that these missives are my attempt to leave a written record of my life for my children and grandchildren. For […]

Mis-, dis-, and mal-information is the new domestic terrorism

Department of Homeland Security now considers you a terror threat if you make “misleading” comments about COVID-19. Think about that. The memo below declares it “undermines public trust in U.S. government institutions.” Does that mean criticizing your government makes you a violent threat? Be alarmed. Link to the bulletin: https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/ntas/alerts/22_0207_ntas-bulletin.pdf Brad Johnson retired as a […]

Putin wins and no, Biden did not save the world from war

Brad Johnson predicts no war over Ukraine; Putin already has what he wanted – Crimea. Expect a frenzy from the Press calling Biden the hero of the world for averting world war. Guess what? Don’t buy it. Biden gets no credit and here’s why. Brad Johnson retired as a Senior Operations Officer and Chief of […]

Sunday Coffee with Jeemes: Ah, those places

                                                    AH, THOSE PLACES   “What does it actually mean to be in a place? We all move here and there at various times during our lives. Some of these locations, overlapping as they do with particular events or moments, assume extraordinary significance for us. We feel that we would be different people if we had […]