Author

Samuel Okonkwo

Intelligence Correspondent

Samuel Okonkwo covers the intelligence community for Pentagon Times through documented budgets, reorganizations and public testimony. His coverage is institutional, never cinematic.

Articles by Samuel Okonkwo

A tidy analyst office in a federal building, two staff reviewing charts on monitors in cool window light, no screens legible.

Intelligence

Open-Source Intelligence Explained: How the IC Handles Public Data

Samuel Okonkwo

Research room in cool archival light, an archivist in white gloves sliding a declassified folder back into an open records shelf.

Intelligence

How Declassification Actually Works: Executive Order 13526 and Its Oversight

Samuel Okonkwo

A secure hearing room's closed bronze doors under cool downlights, a senator's empty chair waiting.

Intelligence

How Congress Oversees the Intelligence Community: Committees, Budgets and Briefings

Samuel Okonkwo

A dim institutional hallway of closed committee doors, one lamp burning over slate floors in the evening.

Intelligence

Intelligence Budget Process Explained: What the $81.9 Billion NIP Request Covers

Samuel Okonkwo