Tag Archives: Sam Faddis

Sad News

Posted on by

On July 29, The Center for Security Policy posted an article remembering Sam Faddis. I first became aware of Sam Faddis through an online course on the history of the American intelligence community posted by Hillsdale College. He was a true patriot.

The article reports:

Charles “Sam” Faddis, retired CIA operations officer, author, national security commentator, and senior editor of AND Magazine, passed away quietly on the evening of July 25, 2026, at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) in Philadelphia. He was 68 years old.

Born on May 23, 1958, at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland, Sam was the son of career U.S. Navy officer James Morris Faddis and Violet Knighton Tucker Faddis. He graduated from The Johns Hopkins University with a degree in political science and earned his law degree from the University of Maryland School of Law. He later served as a U.S. Army Armor and Judge Advocate General’s Corps officer, rising to the rank of Captain, and worked as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Washington before joining the Central Intelligence Agency.

Sam spent approximately twenty years as a clandestine operations officer with the CIA’s Directorate of Operations. His assignments took him across the Middle East, South Asia, and Europe. In 2002, he led the first CIA team into northern Iraq nearly nine months ahead of the 2003 invasion, working with Kurdish forces under extremely difficult conditions. He later served as chief of the Counterterrorism Center’s Weapons of Mass Destruction unit, responsible for tracking terrorist efforts to acquire nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. He ran sources, conducted covert action, and operated at the highest levels of the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense.

The article concludes:

Sam Faddis dedicated his life to the defense of the United States — first in uniform, then in the shadows of the clandestine service, and finally as a public advocate for truth and accountability. He will be deeply missed.

AND Magazine (which he was the senior editor of) posted:

In his post-government years, Sam continued to render invaluable service to America, notably through his intrepid and fearless reporting at AND Magazine, speeches and countless appearances on programs like “War Room” and “Securing America.”

He pulled no punches and lit the way for constructive-course corrections on national security policy, election integrity and accountability for those responsible for often treacherous deviations.

America needs Sam Faddis now more than ever, and the CPDC is resolved to carry on his legacy of steadfast love of country and resolute determination to defeat its enemies.

Sam Faddis wrote the book BEYOND REPAIR about the problems within the American intelligence community. I highly recommend reading it.

A Word Of Caution To The Republican Party

Posted on by

I describe myself as a reluctant Republican. I am a conservative who used to be a Democrat until that party went totally off the deep end. I don’t want to see the Democrats take the midterms–I don’t want to go back to the Biden economy and endless impeachment trials. There is a real danger of that happening if Republicans stay home in the midterms. Why would they do that? An article posted at Substack paints an interesting scenario.

The article is written by Sam Faddis (former intelligence) and is titled,”If The Republican Party Wants The MAGA Base To Show Up In 2026 They Better Show Up For The Base Right Now.” The establishment Republicans have expected the MAGA base to get them elected and then ignored the wishes of that base. I suspect many in the base are no longer willing to play.

The article states:

For years, the MAGA base of the Republican Party fought to push the America First Agenda and to return Donald Trump to the White House. Against all odds and in the face of weaponization of the justice system, manipulation of the electoral process, and the intense opposition of the so-called mainstream press, it succeeded. Americans voted for an end to the status quo, an end to the oligarchs, and a return of power to the people.

And, now, with President Trump back in the Oval Office, we find that the MAGA agenda seems increasingly blocked. The GOP establishment seems determined to prevent meaningful change and continue business as usual in the Swamp.

The article concludes:

We were promised an end to the replacement of American workers by foreigners brought here to take our jobs. H-1 B visas remain plentiful, and Americans continue to lose their livelihoods and pensions to workers imported from abroad.

The Democrats have not gone away. Their party is increasingly dominated by Marxists like Zohran Mamdani, who wish to destroy the republic. What just happened in Virginia with the inauguration of Abigail Spanberger as Governor ought to send chills up and down the spines of every right-thinking American. She was elected because vast numbers of voters who showed up for Donald Trump in 2024 elected to stay home and withhold their support from a Republican candidate who did not appear to support the MAGA agenda. From the moment she took office, Spanberger has moved with astonishing speed to pursue her radical agenda. The same will happen nationwide if there is no immediate action.

If the Republican Party wants the MAGA base to show up in 2026, they better show up for the base right now. We voted for action. We have not seen it.

That’s a stern warning. I hope Congress is listening.

When All Of The Team Is Not On The Same Side

Posted on by

On Monday, Sam Faddis posted an article at AND Magazine detailing some of the problems the Trump administration is dealing with concerning the deep state and the corruption in the intelligence community. Sam Faddis is a retired CIA operations officer and is one of the guest lecturers in the Hillsdale College course dealing with the problems in the current intelligence community.

The article begins with a quote from Devin Nunes:

“Imagine where we sit today, with all the things going on around the world, and the President has to have the DOJ, the FBI, the CIA, his own intelligence board, all making sure the intelligence is not weaponized. I mean, it’s rather incredible, this is something that is unprecedented in the United States of America.”

Devin Nunes, Chairman, President’s Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB)

The article reports:

According to CBS News, on July 20, 2025, DNI Tulsi Gabbard directed American intelligence agencies not to share intelligence on the Ukraine peace negotiations even with our closest allies, the other members of the so-called Five Eyes: Great Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. These English-speaking nations have historically had a unique relationship with the United States in the world of intelligence gathering.

It needs to be noted that most, if not all of these countries played a role in the Russia Collusion Hoax.

The article notes:

Gabbard took this action because she was concerned that our intelligence agencies might pass to these other nations sensitive intelligence on the ongoing negotiations that would be harmful to our national interests and negatively impact the President’s efforts to bring the Ukraine-Russia conflict to an end. In practice, what this means is that she directed that all such intelligence be marked NOFORN, a designator that means the intelligence product in question cannot be passed to any foreign entity.

That may seem like the kind of routine administrative action that happens every day, but if you think about it in the context of how the Intelligence Community (IC) works, the fact that Gabbard had to do this is very troubling. All intelligence products are categorized in some fashion in accordance with their sensitivity and their source. Intelligence concerning ongoing negotiations by the President of the United States with the heads of state of Ukraine and Russia and involving multiple European nations would, in the course of business, ALWAYS be categorized as NOFORN. It would be essentially unthinkable that any American intelligence agency would have intelligence on something of this sensitivity, directly involving the President, and then pass that information to a foreign power.

Please follow the link to read the entire article. The good news is that President Trump is protecting America from the corruption within its own intelligence community. The bad news is that he has to.