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Daniel N. Hoffman

Daniel N. Hoffman is a retired clandestine services officer and former chief of station with the Central Intelligence Agency. His combined 30 years of government service included high-level overseas and domestic positions at the CIA. He has been a Fox News contributor since May 2018. He can be reached at danielhoffman@yahoo.com.

Columns by Daniel N. Hoffman

One year in, is America safe under Biden?

It's time to take stock just over one year into the Biden administration of how well U.S. foreign policy is dealing with the array of wickedly complex threats to our national security.

January 27, 2022

Meeting China’s hypersonic challenge

Chinese President and Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping has declared his country will have the world's strongest military by mid-century.

January 13, 2022

Democrats and Republicans enduring need to work together in a world transformed

When I moved to Washington in the late 1980s to begin a 30-year career in the U.S. government, it was a different world.

January 1, 2022

U.S., allies challenged by China and Russia on the march

Dictatorships are on the march, at a level of intensity unprecedented since the Second World War.

December 16, 2021

The intelligence challenge behind Putin’s Ukraine bullying

The CIA has long been on the hook to decipher the "riddle wrapped inside an enigma" posed by the Kremlin's multifaceted threats to the national security of the U.S. and its allies.

December 2, 2021

Honoring Mike Spann: New book shines a light on a CIA officer’s heroism

I never met Marine Corps officer and CIA paramilitary Case Officer Mike Spann, the first American killed in combat in Afghanistan. But I was deeply knowledgeable of Mr. Spann's sacred mission.

November 18, 2021

Celebrating a hero on Veterans Day

Veteran's Day is a sacred opportunity for remembering and honoring our nation's military personnel and their families.

November 4, 2021

Biden admin. must do better protecting those left behind in Afghanistan

A few years back I was serving in a Middle East war zone when one of our sources, a valuable asset who had penetrated al Qaeda's Baghdad network, came within a hair's breadth of losing his life.

October 21, 2021

U.S. action needed as Libya’s fate hangs in the balance

Last month, the Libyan parliament passed a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah's transitional government, which risked derailing elections scheduled for late December.

October 7, 2021

Nothing threatens Putin’s regime more than Ukraine

During a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House earlier this month, President Biden "firmly committed" to supporting Ukraine's sovereignty.

September 22, 2021

In the post 9/11 world, good intelligence has proven more vital than ever

On the morning of September 11, 2001, my then-CIA colleague Rob was in Manhattan on the subway, headed to a 9 a.m. meeting in the World Trade Center. At 8:46 a.m., moments before he exited the subway, American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the Center's North Tower.

September 8, 2021

Why Afghanistan is more dangerous

How ironic that as the 20th anniversary of 9/11 approaches Afghanistan is more of a clear and present danger to our nation than ever before.

August 24, 2021

A 21st century digital Cold War with China and Russia

At their Geneva summit in June, President Biden confronted Russian President Vladimir Putin over the Kremlin's nefarious cyberattacks against the U.S.

August 12, 2021

Another reason to revile Christopher Steele’s disastrous Trump dossier

Court filings released last month revealed new details about how Christopher Steele horrifically mismanaged a network of Russian contacts in compiling his infamous anti-Trump "dossier."

July 29, 2021

Kim’s health only complicates the North Korean conundrum

Reappearing last month at a Politburo meeting after months out of the public spotlight, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un lambasted party officials for their failure to counter the coronavirus pandemic.

July 15, 2021

At the CIA, Dave Marlowe is an inspired choice for a critical job

There is nothing more consequential for the director than promoting the best officers to the positions of greatest seniority and impact.

July 1, 2021

‘Havana Syndrome’ and holding Russia accountable

Havana Syndrome was detected as early as 2016, when officials serving at the U.S. Embassy in Cuba fell ill with vertigo, headaches, fatigue and hearing loss.

June 17, 2021

Biden must stand firm in date with wily Putin

At the tail end of his first international trip after meetings with G-7 leaders and NATO members, President Biden will hold a one-day summit June 16 with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

June 3, 2021

A fallen colleague’s legacy lives on each Memorial Day

I'll never forget the spring day 14 years ago when my CIA colleague who was serving as our chief of air operations greeted me at the airport landing zone upon my return from leave to a Middle East war zone.

May 30, 2021