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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.

## Posts

- [Rare Earth Minerals, Strategic Leverage, and the Fragility of U.S. Supply Chains](https://www.babelstreet.com/blog/rare-earth-supply-chain-risk-china-dominance)
- [Contested Telecommunications as Contested Logistics - When Your Cargo is Data](https://www.babelstreet.com/blog/contested-telecommunications-as-contested-logistics-when-your-cargo-is-data)
- [Contested Logistics: Hezbollah in the Americas](https://www.babelstreet.com/blog/contested-logistics-hezbollah-in-the-americas)
- [Reframing Signals Intelligence: China’s Graphite Bomb](https://www.babelstreet.com/blog/reframing-signals-intelligence-context-over-technology)
- [Takeaways from Fordow: Hypersonics, Concrete, and the Rare Earth Elements Chessboard](https://www.babelstreet.com/blog/global-defense-trends-hypersonics-bunker-busters-rare-earths)
- [Bombs over Fordow – What Not to Miss](https://www.babelstreet.com/blog/osint-and-the-israel-iran-conflict-strategic-insights)
- [Israel, Iran, and the Collapse of Old Norms](https://www.babelstreet.com/blog/israel-iran-and-the-collapse-of-old-norms-with-osint-insights)