Jessica McFate
VP of Intelligence Operations
7 articles
Jessica Lewis McFate is a career intelligence professional specializing in OSINT for national security. She joined Babel Street from Vertical Knowledge where she managed solutions design and effects for strategic government accounts. At the Institute for the Study of War, her research won acclaim for forecasting the rise of ISIS. She has authored over 50 publications, briefed across U.S. government agencies, appeared in print and broadcast media, and testified before Congress. A West Point graduate, she served as a U.S. Army officer with 34 months deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan in signals intelligence, human intelligence, and counter-corruption roles.
Articles by Jessica McFate
Rare Earth Minerals, Strategic Leverage, and the Fragility of U.S. Supply Chains
Contested Telecommunications as Contested Logistics - When Your Cargo is Data
Strategic Signals SeriesThe following reflects insights one could draw from recent global developments, based on open-source intelligence and expert framing by ...
Contested Logistics: Hezbollah in the Americas
Strategic Signals SeriesThe following reflects insights one could draw from recent global military developments, based on open-source intelligence and expert fr...
Reframing Signals Intelligence: China’s Graphite Bomb
Strategic Signals Series: Decoding the world through OSINTThe following reflects insights one could draw from recent global military developments, based on open...
Takeaways from Fordow: Hypersonics, Concrete, and the Rare Earth Elements Chessboard
Strategic Signals Series: Decoding the world through OSINTThe following reflects insights one could draw from recent global military developments, based on open...
Bombs over Fordow – What Not to Miss
Strategic Signals Series: Decoding the world through OSINTThe following reflects insights one could draw from the evolving Israel-Iran conflict, based on open-s...
Israel, Iran, and the Collapse of Old Norms
Strategic Signals Series: Decoding the world through OSINTThe following reflects insights one could draw from the current Israel-Iran conflict, based on open-so...