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Founding editor, SpyTalk.co. Longtime DC-based natsec journalist. Pvsly Newsweek, WaPo, CQ/Homeland Security, books, magazine freelance
In regard to Trump’s “investigation” of Sen. Mark Kelly, my 1992 book, “A Murder in Wartime,” was all about the perils to soldiers of carrying out an
illegal order. Just saying. a.co/d/1Kw0mL6
illegal order. Just saying. a.co/d/1Kw0mL6
A Murder in Wartime: The Untold Spy Story That Changed the Course of the Vietnam War: Stein, Jeff: 9780312929190: Amazon.com: Books
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November 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
In regard to Trump’s “investigation” of Sen. Mark Kelly, my 1992 book, “A Murder in Wartime,” was all about the perils to soldiers of carrying out an
illegal order. Just saying. a.co/d/1Kw0mL6
illegal order. Just saying. a.co/d/1Kw0mL6
Maybe it’s time to get out of the market? This is a truly scary piece. Market Volatility Underscores Epic Buildup of Global Risk www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
Market Volatility Underscores Epic Buildup of Global Risk
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November 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Maybe it’s time to get out of the market? This is a truly scary piece. Market Volatility Underscores Epic Buildup of Global Risk www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
Reliable factchecker NewsGuard finds that pro-MAGA X accounts operating secretly from abroad have spread 31 significant false claims in the last 15 months www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/influentia...
Influential ‘U.S.’ X Accounts Spread False Claims from Abroad
NewsGuard finds that pro-MAGA X accounts operating secretly from abroad have spread 31 significant false claims in the last 15 months
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November 24, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Reliable factchecker NewsGuard finds that pro-MAGA X accounts operating secretly from abroad have spread 31 significant false claims in the last 15 months www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/influentia...
Don’t let the week slip away without catching up on top headlines in the intelligence world www.spytalk.co/p/spyweek-to...
SpyWeek: Top Dems Accept Trump Intel on Drug Boats But Knock 'Politicisation' of Spy Agencies
Welcome to Spy Week, a curated compilation of important news from the intersection of intelligence, foreign relations and military operations.
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November 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Don’t let the week slip away without catching up on top headlines in the intelligence world www.spytalk.co/p/spyweek-to...
SpyTalk’s @misikoff.bsky.social was the first to report weeks ago that Patel used the FBI executive jet to fly himself and his buddies to Scotland on a golfing jaunt. #unacceptable
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Kash Patel Wouldn't Be the First FBI Boss to Go Down By Turning His Official Plane Into a Private Jet
Investigative reporter Ron Kessler recounts how another FBI boss's term was short circuited by his personal use of the bureau's executive jet.
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November 23, 2025 at 10:43 PM
SpyTalk’s @misikoff.bsky.social was the first to report weeks ago that Patel used the FBI executive jet to fly himself and his buddies to Scotland on a golfing jaunt. #unacceptable
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SpyWeek: Top Dems Accept Trump Intel on Drug Boats But Knock 'Politicisation' of Spy Agencies
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SpyWeek: Top Dems Accept Trump Intel on Drug Boats But Knock 'Politicisation' of Spy Agencies
Welcome to Spy Week, a curated compilation of important news from the intersection of intelligence, foreign relations and military operations.
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November 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
SpyWeek: Top Dems Accept Trump Intel on Drug Boats But Knock 'Politicisation' of Spy Agencies
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November 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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BREAKING:
Sen. Elissa Slotkin says police responded to her home tonight in response to a bomb threat. Slotkin wasn't at home at the time.
This is two days after Trump said Slotkin and other Democrats committed "seditious conspiracy, punishable by death."
Sen. Elissa Slotkin says police responded to her home tonight in response to a bomb threat. Slotkin wasn't at home at the time.
This is two days after Trump said Slotkin and other Democrats committed "seditious conspiracy, punishable by death."
November 22, 2025 at 2:30 AM
BREAKING:
Sen. Elissa Slotkin says police responded to her home tonight in response to a bomb threat. Slotkin wasn't at home at the time.
This is two days after Trump said Slotkin and other Democrats committed "seditious conspiracy, punishable by death."
Sen. Elissa Slotkin says police responded to her home tonight in response to a bomb threat. Slotkin wasn't at home at the time.
This is two days after Trump said Slotkin and other Democrats committed "seditious conspiracy, punishable by death."
“Mr. Farah first spoke about his participation in the war games in an interview earlier this month with the SpyTalk podcast.”
U.S. Ran a War Game on Ousting Maduro. Venezuela Fell Into Chaos. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
U.S. Ran a War Game on Ousting Maduro. Venezuela Fell Into Chaos. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
U.S. Ran a War Game on Ousting Maduro. Venezuela Fell Into Chaos.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
“Mr. Farah first spoke about his participation in the war games in an interview earlier this month with the SpyTalk podcast.”
U.S. Ran a War Game on Ousting Maduro. Venezuela Fell Into Chaos. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
U.S. Ran a War Game on Ousting Maduro. Venezuela Fell Into Chaos. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Top U.S. Senator Calls Trump’s “Traitor” Posts Extremely Dangerous
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Top U.S. Senator Calls Trump’s “Traitor” Posts Extremely Dangerous
Sen. Jack Reed, ranking Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, worries that Trump’s “preposterous” attacks could lead to “lethal action” against his colleagues
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November 21, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Top U.S. Senator Calls Trump’s “Traitor” Posts Extremely Dangerous
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The BBC picked up on an old Newsweek story of mine and gave it great new color and context.
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A Chinese firm bought an insurer for CIA agents - part of Beijing's trillion dollar spending spree - BBC News
When an insurer for FBI and CIA agents was sold to a Chinese entity, it led the US to tighten investment laws.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The BBC picked up on an old Newsweek story of mine and gave it great new color and context.
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A great read: Former State Department official and human rights advocate Roberta Cohen recalls her brushes with U.S. and foreign intelligence agents through the decades. open.substack.com/pub/spytalk/...
A Life Amid Spies
Former State Department official and human rights advocate Roberta Cohen recalls her brushes with U.S. and foreign intelligence agents through the decades
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November 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
A great read: Former State Department official and human rights advocate Roberta Cohen recalls her brushes with U.S. and foreign intelligence agents through the decades. open.substack.com/pub/spytalk/...
Federal judge blasts potential ‘government misconduct’ in Comey case, citing “a “disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps.”
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Federal judge blasts potential ‘government misconduct’ in Comey case, citing “a “disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps.”
Risking a National Security Disaster
Longtime FBI watcher Ron Kessler says stripping counterintelligence primacy from the bureau is a terrible idea
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Longtime FBI watcher Ron Kessler says stripping counterintelligence primacy from the bureau is a terrible idea
www.spytalk.co/p/risking-a-...
Risking a National Security Disaster
Longtime FBI watcher Ron Kessler says stripping counterintelligence primacy from the bureau is a terrible idea
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November 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Risking a National Security Disaster
Longtime FBI watcher Ron Kessler says stripping counterintelligence primacy from the bureau is a terrible idea
www.spytalk.co/p/risking-a-...
Longtime FBI watcher Ron Kessler says stripping counterintelligence primacy from the bureau is a terrible idea
www.spytalk.co/p/risking-a-...
Don’t let the new week start before seeing the most important events reported in the intel world from last week. www.spytalk.co/p/spyweek-ri...
SpyWeek: Rifts with Spy Allies Over Venezuela, Kash Slights MI5, Rubio Targets Foreign Antifa
Also: China spy flies, Russia spy ship off Hawaii, Clapper subpoenaed, Bongino poly nixed, MK Ultra hospital sued
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November 17, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Don’t let the new week start before seeing the most important events reported in the intel world from last week. www.spytalk.co/p/spyweek-ri...
Don’t let the new week start before seeing the most important events reported in the intel world from last week. www.spytalk.co/p/spyweek-ri...
SpyWeek: Rifts with Spy Allies Over Venezuela, Kash Slights MI5, Rubio Targets Foreign Antifa
Also: China spy flies, Russia spy ship off Hawaii, Clapper subpoenaed, Bongino poly nixed, MK Ultra hospital sued
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November 17, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Don’t let the new week start before seeing the most important events reported in the intel world from last week. www.spytalk.co/p/spyweek-ri...
SpyWeek: Rifts with Spy Allies Over Venezuela, Kash Slights MI5, Rubio Targets Foreign Antifa
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SpyWeek: Rifts with Spy Allies Over Venezuela, Kash Slights MI5, Rubio Targets Foreign Antifa
Also: China spy flies, Russia spy ship off Hawaii, Clapper subpoenaed, Bongino poly nixed, MK Ultra hospital sued
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November 16, 2025 at 2:27 AM
SpyWeek: Rifts with Spy Allies Over Venezuela, Kash Slights MI5, Rubio Targets Foreign Antifa
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Guests: @jamesrisen.bsky.social & #PeterKornbluh
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November 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
New #SpyTalk 🕵🏼♀️ podcast with hosts @spytalker.bsky.social, #karengreenberg3 & @misikoff.bsky.social #SpyTalk #MSWMedia
Guests: @jamesrisen.bsky.social & #PeterKornbluh
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Clapper Subpoenaed in DOJ Probe of Obama-era Review of 2016 Russian Election Interference
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Clapper Subpoenaed in DOJ Probe of Obama-era Review of 2016 Russian Election Interference
Former intelligence chief is among more than a dozen Obama0era officials ensnared in widening Florida-based investigation
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November 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Clapper Subpoenaed in DOJ Probe of Obama-era Review of 2016 Russian Election Interference
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Icymi: The Arkansas Tea Party Republican’s loyalty to Trump has paid off big time by being awarded with chairmanship of the House Intelligence Committee. Now he’s trying to help Tulsi Gabbard and other Trump minions take counterintelligence primacy away from the FBI. www.spytalk.co/p/new-in-spy...
New in SpyFaces in the Crowd: Rick Crawford, from Bomb Tech to Intelligence Committee Chair
The Arkansas Tea Party Republican’s loyalty to Trump has paid off big time
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November 14, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Icymi: The Arkansas Tea Party Republican’s loyalty to Trump has paid off big time by being awarded with chairmanship of the House Intelligence Committee. Now he’s trying to help Tulsi Gabbard and other Trump minions take counterintelligence primacy away from the FBI. www.spytalk.co/p/new-in-spy...
Attention on deck: Trump's “Department of War” cosplay name change could cost up to $2 billion www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat... via @nbcnews
Trump's Pentagon name change could cost up to $2 billion
Officially changing the Department of Defense to the Department of War can only be done by Congress and would require updating thousands of signs, rewriting digital code and creating new letterheads,...
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November 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Attention on deck: Trump's “Department of War” cosplay name change could cost up to $2 billion www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat... via @nbcnews
New in SpyFaces in the Crowd: Rick Crawford, from Bomb Tech to Intelligence Committee Chair
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New in SpyFaces in the Crowd: Rick Crawford, from Bomb Tech to Intelligence Committee Chair
The Arkansas Tea Party Republican’s loyalty to Trump has paid off big time
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November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
New in SpyFaces in the Crowd: Rick Crawford, from Bomb Tech to Intelligence Committee Chair
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