For more than 50 years as a military officer and in the U.S. government, James R. Clapper has been getting up early each day to look for the breadcrumbs that the nation’s adversaries and enemies leave behind. 

James Bond has had some badass tech over the years—wristwatch lasers, passenger ejector seats. But real life has caught up to many of the franchise’s gee-whiz gadgets. Here are some innovations that give Q’s tech a run for its money.

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper is pressing forward with a drive many in the intelligence community have long resisted: trying to make the world of intelligence-gathering more open.

Last month an advocate-general of the European Court of Justice issued an opinion in a case of exceptional significance for commercial relations between the US and the EU. Washington, which is not a party to the proceedings, has no opportunity to make a direct submission to the court.

The U.S. intelligence community wants feedback from the innovative car-sharing company and other commercial start-ups on its 5-year data-analysis road map.