About Dr Waller & his work
J Michael Waller / Center for Security Policy / February 16, 2021 – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi finds herself in a tight spot as more lawmakers question why she has not information about her apparent refusal to permit requested security to defend the US Capitol on January 6. Those questions parallel observations that the Center … Read more
Denial and deception are part and parcel of nuclear arms control processes and negotiations, the Center’s J. Michael Waller said on a Harvard panel January 14. Denial and deception, or D&D, is a Western term to describe concealment (denial) and the spectrum of efforts to mislead other about capabilities, strategies, and intentions (deception). Waller addressed … Read more
J Michael Waller / Center for Security Policy / January 26, 2021 – Congresswoman Barbara Lee was the sole Member of Congress to vote against using military force against terrorists after the September 11, 2001 al Qaeda attack. This week the 12-term Lee assumed chairmanship of the House subcommittee in charge of the State Department … Read more
J Michael Waller / The Federalist / January 14, 2021 – The deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol bore the markings of an organized operation planned well in advance of the Jan. 6 joint session of Congress. A small number of cadre appeared to use the cover of a huge rally to stage its attack. … Read more
Dr Waller was the first to make public comment about personal observation of the operational cells that exploited crowd cover to launch the deadly January 6 attack on the US Capitol. Jack Posobiec of One America News had him on the show to describe what he saw. The crowd was not incited and the attackers … Read more
In a new documentary about violent political extremism in the United States, Center for Security Policy Senior Analyst for Strategy describes crowd mentality and how normally nonviolent people can be induced to commit vandalism and acts of violence. Crossfire, produced by Lauren Southern and Scooter Downey, documents some of the worst violence plaguing the U.S. … Read more
I wrote this as a tribute to one of my best friends who just died. In another age and place, Paul Behrends would have been straight out of Rudyard Kipling. The extraordinary life of the retired US Marine Corps reserve lieutenant colonel and longtime congressional staffer ended December 12 when Paul died from injuries near … Read more
By J Michael Waller / Center for Security Policy / December 3, 2020 – Without announcement or public directive, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper shut down the intelligence community’s entity that monitored and combated foreign concealment, deception, and disinformation. At a time when disinformation became a major public concern, it is surprising to know … Read more
By J Michael Waller / American Greatness / November 23, 2020 – Foreign manipulation of America’s 2020 vote count to help Joe Biden is crazy talk. At least that’s what a lot of people believe, with even supporters of President Trump attacking the initial evidence and the messengers. After the debunked Russian collusion narrative, the … Read more
J Michael Waller / American Greatness / November 17, 2020 – Former President Jimmy Carter’s foundation is an official monitor of the presidential vote recount in Georgia. The Atlanta-based Carter Center is notorious for its validation of the fraudulent election to keep Venezuela’s late dictator Hugo Chavez in power. It still has good things to … Read more