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Security Clearance Limbo
The United States is facing a national security crisis that few in Washington seem willing to acknowledge—the dwindling number of...

Rick de la Torre
Feb 164 min read


Trump’s ODNI Pick Deserves Scrutiny
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) was supposed to fix things. Created in 2005 in the wake of 9/11, it was meant...

Rick de la Torre
Jan 303 min read
The Illusion of Security: Why Governments and Corporations Must Rethink Their Reliance on Commercial Apps
The message is clear: complacency is not an option.

Rick de la Torre
Aug 29, 20242 min read
Revisiting the “September 10th Mindset”: A Dangerous Complacency in the Face of Modern Threats
A small, daily reminder that complacency is the enemy, and that the resolve we showed then must guide us now.

Rick de la Torre
Aug 26, 20243 min read
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