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The Quiet Detail

Jul 14, 2026

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6 min read

The Quiet Detail

A prominent murder that changed shape in a week, open war at Hormuz, and a network charged across three continents.

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Circuit Magazine
Safe By Reputation

Jul 7, 2026

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5 min read

Safe By Reputation

A Monaco bombing, an update on the White House plot, and Russia's pressure campaign on UK soil.

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Circuit Magazine
Through the Front Door

Jun 30, 2026

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6 min read

Through the Front Door

Fake IT staff walk into offices, a Gulf truce collapses in nine days, and an ambush opens with one call.

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Circuit Magazine
Hired Hands

Jun 23, 2026

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6 min read

Hired Hands

When states outsource violence, the contractor is younger than you think

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Terms and Conditions

Jun 16, 2026

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6 min read

Terms and Conditions

Plus how a maritime militia started picking targets by who owns them, and what hostile surveillance looks like up close.

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Circuit Magazine
The Long Approach

Jun 9, 2026

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6 min read

The Long Approach

Plus: how a government counternarcotics operation drove cartel violence to its highest level in seven years — weeks before the World Cup opens in Guadalajara.

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Circuit Magazine
Within Range

Jun 2, 2026

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6 min read

Within Range

Plus: An IRGC operative had floor plans of Trump's Florida home — and what PSG's Champions League title cost Paris.

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Circuit Magazine
Point of Contact

May 26, 2026

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6 min read

Point of Contact

Plus: Iranian factional violence reaches London — and what a stay-away order cannot guarantee.

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Circuit Magazine
The Insider Blind Spot

May 26, 2026

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5 min read

The Insider Blind Spot

Insider threat programs built around cybersecurity are leaving physical security teams exposed. OSINT is the detection layer most organizations haven't deployed yet.

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Circuit Magazine
Inside the Proxy War

May 19, 2026

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7 min read

Inside the Proxy War

Plus: a drone strike on a nuclear plant on the Arabian Peninsula, Ukraine's largest attack of the war, and covert Israeli bases in the Iraqi desert.

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Circuit Magazine
The Liability Gap

May 15, 2026

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5 min read

The Liability Gap

Why courts are pushing security agencies away from Tasers and toward a restraint device with zero lawsuits on record

Kevin R. Madison
Kevin R. Madison
Two Fronts: Iranian Intelligence Loses its Head

May 12, 2026

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6 min read

Two Fronts: Iranian Intelligence Loses its Head

Plus: the legal challenge that could sideline the WHCD case, and a Mayfair conviction that explains how organized theft crews identify targets before they strike.

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Circuit Magazine
The Outer Ring: How Criminals Exploit Security Blind Spots

May 5, 2026

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6 min read

The Outer Ring: How Criminals Exploit Security Blind Spots

Plus: two men with assault rifles take $1.8 million from a Brinks truck in Philadelphia, and Wyoming rebuilds how states protect their politicians.

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Circuit Magazine
Inside the Perimeter: Anatomy of an Assassination Attempt

Apr 28, 2026

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7 min read

Inside the Perimeter: Anatomy of an Assassination Attempt

Plus: London's parallel arson and espionage cases close in on a single proxy model, and a week of dispute-to-gunfire incidents in US civilian spaces.

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Circuit Magazine
What Jack Reacher Gets Wrong

Apr 27, 2026

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7 min read

What Jack Reacher Gets Wrong

The mass-market thriller industry has trained civilians to expect security work that doesn't exist, and why practitioners are reading something entirely different

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Circuit Magazine
System Override

Apr 21, 2026

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6 min read

System Override

Plus: France becomes global epicenter of crypto kidnappings, Hormuz reopens for a day, and four intelligence updates worth your attention.

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Circuit Magazine
Talks failed. Blockade begun. What next?

Apr 14, 2026

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13 min read

Talks failed. Blockade begun. What next?

Plus: machete attack at Grand Central, a targeted shooting inside a New Jersey Chick-fil-A, and four global incidents worth tracking.

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Circuit Magazine
The Planning Gap: When Everything That Can Go Wrong Does

Apr 7, 2026

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16 min read

The Planning Gap: When Everything That Can Go Wrong Does

Plus: a US journalist kidnapped in Baghdad, a stalker attacks Lindsey Buckingham in a transition zone, and four intelligence updates worth your attention.

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Circuit Magazine
Iran Conflict: Week Three and Still No Off-Ramp

Mar 31, 2026

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12 min read

Iran Conflict: Week Three and Still No Off-Ramp

Plus: what the Taliban hostage release teaches about extraction strategy, armed attack on Rihanna's LA estate, and four international incidents worth tracking

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Circuit Magazine
The Thompson effect: How One Assassination Reshaped Corporate Security

Mar 24, 2026

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16 min read

The Thompson effect: How One Assassination Reshaped Corporate Security

Plus: a landmark court ruling on workplace violence liability, event security conduct under the spotlight, and four global incidents worth tracking.

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Circuit Magazine
Getting Strait to the Point

Mar 17, 2026

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14 min read

Getting Strait to the Point

Plus: domestic terror and perimeter failures, the Companies House data breach, and what the SIA overhaul means for your contracts.

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Circuit Magazine
Cascading Conflict

Mar 10, 2026

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16 min read

Cascading Conflict

Plus: The IRGC assassination plot, embassy sieges, and the UAE social media trap.

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Circuit Magazine
The Numbers That Should End the Single-Agent Debate

Mar 10, 2026

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7 min read

The Numbers That Should End the Single-Agent Debate

ASIS International's 2025 data shows executive attacks doubled, 85% were physical, and most involved more than one assailant. The staffing models haven't caught up.

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Circuit Magazine
Your Gulf Risk Assessment is Already Out of Date

Mar 3, 2026

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14 min read

Your Gulf Risk Assessment is Already Out of Date

Plus: Red Sea transit risks, the "Day of Rage" OSINT warning, and retail violence surges in the UK

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Circuit Magazine
Your Operational Platform Just Became Your Insurance Broker

Feb 27, 2026

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7 min read

Your Operational Platform Just Became Your Insurance Broker

The Belfry, Willis, and Kayna partnership is a small announcement with bigger implications for how security businesses are run

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Circuit Magazine
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