By Grant Barratt, CIB Middle East Desk* United States Special Operations forces captured the Islamic State’s (IS) chemical engineer in Iraq last month. It is stated with moderate confidence that the detainment of this individual will delay and heavily impact IS’s ability to pursue the deployment of a large-scale chemical attack. According to both Iraqi … Continue reading
The Oath Keepers, a right-wing patriot group has denounced the Bundy militia, known as Citizens for Constitutional Freedom, and opposed the occupation of the Malheur Refuge. This development shows that the so-called Sovereign Citizens movement is broad in scope, and that individual groups such as the Citizens for Constitutional Freedom and the Oath Keepers do not share the same level of extremism. Continue reading
Recently, a CIB veteran had the opportunity to exhibit on a high level the abilities she gained through participation in the Chanticleer Intelligence Brief. Amanda Corona, a senior Intelligence and National Security Studies Major here at Coastal Carolina University, recently demonstrated her CIB skills during an internship at the Embassy of the Republic of Iraq in Washington DC. The duration of the internship was from May to August 2015. Continue reading
On Wednesday, February 10, the National Security Club at Coastal Carolina University held a meeting focused on students in the Intelligence and National Security Studies (INSS) program who have recently completed internships. Internships are the new staple of the Intelligence program, offering an opportunity for INSS students to apply the knowledge acquired in the classroom, but also to establish important contacts outside of Coastal Carolina University. Three of the speakers at Wednesday’s forum, Samuel Gordon, Amanda Corona, and Diana Evans, are members of the Chanticleer Intelligence Brief. Continue reading
If passed by Congress, a potential increase in US military spending has the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) planning its biggest military build-up in Eastern Europe since the Cold War, aimed at deterring Russia. This has arisen with no offensive movement in the Baltic States from Moscow and may undermine the security and peace of the region if Moscow reacts to the build-up. Continue reading
Mexico’s Attorney General Arely Gómez was recently reported stating that the extradition of Sinaloa leader Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán could take up to a year to materialize due to numerous injunctions made by Guzmán’s lawyers. This additional time could help the Sinaloa Cartel maintain their cartel alliances and reduce the decline in power from losing one of their leaders. Continue reading
Three members of CIB are among four students from Coastal Carolina University’s Intelligence and National Security Studies program whose paper abstracts were accepted this week to the NCUR conference in Asheville, North Carolina. NCUR, which stands for National Conferences on Undergraduate Research, is a project of the Council on Undergraduate Research, an organization established in … Continue reading
By Sarah Harvey, CIB Analyst | New to Coastal Carolina University, the Chanticleer Intelligence Brief (CIB) is one of the fastest growing student-led organizations on campus. Pursuing the advancement of intelligence analysis, students of the CIB aspire to apply the knowledge they acquired in the classroom. In addition, students get the opportunity to specialize in … Continue reading
Have you been paying attention to world events in the past week? That was the question asked of CIB members by the organization’s Executive Director, Blake Gutberlet, at the beginning of the group’s second membership meeting of the semester. Continue reading
A team of CIB delegates traveled to the University of North Carolina Wilmington on January 26, to attend a talk about the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. The talk, which was part of the United States Foreign Policy Association’s Great Decisions series, was given by Dr. Joseph Fitsanakis, who is CIB’s faculty mentor at … Continue reading
Nearly 30 people gathered in WALL 322 on the campus of Coastal Carolina University on Wednesday, January 20, for the CIB’s first official membership meeting of the semester. The group included representatives from all four years of studies at Coastal Carolina University, and we also had with us a member of the Scholars Academy, the … Continue reading
Two members of CIB were among four Coastal Carolina University students who presented papers at the “9/11 and the Academy” conference. The conference, held at Emory & Henry College in Virginia, was the first academic gathering of its kind, which examined the impact of 9/11 on a variety of academic subjects and disciplines. Two CIB … Continue reading
On October 16, 2015, Chanticleer Intelligence Brief (CIB) analysts had the opportunity to brief Dr. Tim Shaw, a former FBI Special Agent with 22 years’ experience in intelligence and counterintelligence.Dr. Shaw is today a member of faculty at the Advanced Technical Information Center in Ohio. Briefing topics included Russia’s relations with Israel, the Taliban takeover … Continue reading
Members of the CIB participated in the second biannual Intelligence and Homeland Security Enterprise Conference in Charleston, South Carolina. Held at the Citadel, the conference was titled “Achieving a Higher Degree of National Security“, and took place from September 16 to 18, 2015. The gathering, like the first one in 2013, featured presentations by practicing … Continue reading
A group of nearly 30 new CIB members and officers met on the first floor of Brittain Hall on Friday, August 21, for the first official CIB meeting of the 2015-2016 academic year. Having started from a core group of a handful of students in January 2015, CIB now has over 30 members, and holds … Continue reading
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