Marc Johnson is a former intelligence officer who contributed articles to The Weekly Standard between 2016 and 2017. His writing for the magazine focused on national security topics including the Iran nuclear deal, North Korean cyber threats, and intelligence community perspectives.
North Korea isn’t much of an early adopter of technology. Compared to its neighbors, the Hermit Kingdom is the tech laggard of Asia. China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan have all been technology powerhouses for decades, while nighttime satellite images of North Korea still show the country as a…
Announcing the adoption of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, then-Secretary of State John Kerry said that the agreement marked a “measurable step away from the prospect of nuclear proliferation, towards transparency and cooperation.” The administration, though, was far from transparent or…
Not long ago, a slick, viral video appeared in my Facebook feed. Produced by Al Jazeera Plus, it featured a woman named Amaryllis Fox talking about what she had learned working for the CIA. I was frankly alarmed by a lot of what she said.