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Intel at the Edge

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Why America Stopped Thinking About the Future with Ari Wallach

July 06, 2026 9:00am 38 min

Futurist Ari Wallach joins Intel at the Edge to discuss why the U.S. government canceled its long-range forecasting program — and what it costs us. From scenario planning and megatrends to AI, loneliness, and narrative w...

Inside the US-UK Intelligence Partnership with Gen. Tim Haugh & Sir Jeremy Fleming

June 17, 2026 8:05am 39 min

In this episode of “Intel at the Edge”, former NSA Director General Tim Haugh and former GCHQ Director Sir Jeremy Fleming sit down for a rare, candid conversation about one of the most consequential intelligence relation...

Why Supply Chain Blind Spots Are a National Security Problem

June 03, 2026 8:30am 34 min

From rare earth minerals to nitrocellulose, Exiger CEO Brandon Daniels warns that invisible vulnerabilities in America's supply chains pose serious national security risks. He also makes the case for smarter public-priva...

How Israel uses AI for Intelligence & Why It's Not Enough with Amos Lahav

May 20, 2026 8:15am 29 min

In this episode of "Intel at the Edge", host Chip Usher is joined by Amos Lahav, founder of Airis Labs, to examine one of the most consequential questions in modern defense: what happens when AI becomes the backbone of i...

Is AI Actually Useful for Intelligence Analysis? with Wayne McCool & Bruce Frost

April 22, 2026 5:30am 32 min

Two senior CIA veterans — Wayne McCool, former Associate Deputy Director for Analysis, and Bruce Frost of "Rhombus Power" — cut through the hype. They discuss how AI is being used inside the intelligence community today,...

FISA Section 702 with Brett Freeman

April 08, 2026 6:00am 48 min

FISA Section 702 is one of the most powerful — and controversial — surveillance laws in the United States. It allows the U.S. intelligence community to collect electronic communications from foreign targets passing throu...

Inside Beijing's Strategy: The Trump-Xi Summit, Taiwan & the Tech War with Chris Johnson

March 25, 2026 5:30am 32 min

With the Trump-Xi summit approaching, former CIA senior China analyst Chris Johnson joins “Intel at the Edge” to give an unvarnished assessment of Beijing's priorities, Xi Jinping's mindset, and how China is navigating a...

China’s Greatest Heist: How Beijing Stole America’s Technology with Andrew Badger

March 11, 2026 5:30am 48 min

China didn’t just compete with the United States — it harvested America’s innovation. In this episode of “Intel at the Edge” Andrew Badger joins Chip Usher to discuss The Great Heist — the story of how China used industr...

How U.S. Intelligence Views China’s Military Power with Admiral Michael Studeman

February 25, 2026 6:00am 47 min

Admiral Michael Studeman joins "Intel at the Edge " to discuss the shifting landscape of Indo-Pacific security. Drawing from his decades of experience in the U.S. Intelligence Community, including as the Director of Inte...

Emergency Update on Iran with Norman Roule

February 24, 2026 9:30am 31 min

With two U.S. carrier strike groups converging on Iran and a presidential deadline looming, the clock is ticking. In this urgent episode of Intel at the Edge, host Chip Usher — Senior Director for Intelligence at the Spe...

The "High Ground" of the North Atlantic: Why Greenland is the Next Frontier of Global Competition with Heather Conley

February 11, 2026 8:30am 37 min

In this episode of Intel at the Edge, host Chip Usher is joined by Heather Conley, a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a leading expert on Arctic security. Together, they unpack the strat...

How the CIA Launched the Predator Program with Alec Bierbauer

January 28, 2026 5:30am 44 min

In this episode of Intel at the Edge, host Chip Usher sits down with retired CIA officer Alec Bierbauer, a core founder of the team that launched the agency’s revolutionary Predator drone program. Bierbauer recounts the ...

Emergency Update on the Iran Crisis with Jonathan Panikoff

January 16, 2026 2:40pm 29 min

In this emergency episode of Intelligence at the Edge, host Chip Usher is joined by Jonathan Panikoff, Director of the Near East Security Initiative at the Atlantic Council and former Deputy National Intelligence Officer...

Congressional Perspectives on Technology and Intelligence with Representative Pat Fallon of Texas

January 07, 2026 5:30am 22 min

On this episode of Intel at the Edge, host Chip Usher is joined by U.S. Congressman Pat Fallon (TX-04) to discuss the evolving landscape of national security and his first year on the House Permanent Select Committee on ...

Rethinking Intelligence with Dr. Shay Hershkovitz

December 17, 2025 6:30am 35 min

In this episode, Chip is joined by Dr. Shay Hershkovitz, professor at Georgetown University and a senior analyst at the RAND Corporation. They discuss the current intelligence landscape, key topics from Dr. Hershkovitz’s...

An Update on America's Cyberdefenses with Former FBI Cyber Director Cynthia Kaiser

December 04, 2025 9:30am 31 min

Joining Intel at the Edge is Cynthia Kaiser, a veteran at the Federal Bureau of Investigation for twenty years, most recently as Deputy Assistant Director at the FBI’s Cyber Division. Throughout her career, Kaiser specia...

Implementing Digital Transformation in US Intelligence with Former Director of NGA, Robert Cardillo

November 20, 2025 8:30am 49 min

In this episode of Intel at the Edge, host Chip Usher is joined by Robert Cardillo, the former Director of the NGA. They discuss the increasing role commercial companies play in imagery intelligence, how NGA is incorpora...

Understanding the Cyber Threat Environment with Rob Joyce & Leah Siskind

November 05, 2025 11:00am 26 min

In this episode of Intel at the Edge, taped during SCSP's AI Unlocked event, Chip is joined by Rob Joyce and Leah Siskind to explore how the PRC, Russia, and Iran are taking advantage of America's open society and econom...

Can AIs Be Good Spies?: A Conversation with Adam Leslie and Aaron Brown

October 29, 2025 1:00pm 42 min

In this episode of Intel at the Edge, Chip sits down with Adam Leslie, former Australian Army and intelligence community veteran, and Aaron Brown, former U.S. Army Ranger and CIA case officer, to discuss their recent rep...

Government at the Speed of Silicon Valley: Implementing AI Transformation Across the USIC with Garrett Berntsen

October 15, 2025 8:00am 44 min

In this episode, Chip is joined by Garrett Berntsen, the Defense & Intelligence Data and AI Lead at Accenture Federal Services (AFS). Prior to this role, Garrett was the Deputy Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence ...

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