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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 13d

We'll start at 2:30, done before 4 pm Friday.

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Luca Trenta @lucatrenta.bsky.social · 15d

Last week I had the pleasure of interviewing @tim-weiner.bsky.social for his new book The Mission: the CIA in the 21st century for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. You can listen to the episode here:

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Tim Weiner,

Podcast Episode · New Books Network · 22/09/2025 · 52m

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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 19d

Can't cancel this, Mr. President!

Dave Lee @davelee.me · 19d

Dutch late night TV has its take

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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 19d

Tickets are going fast for the Wit Literary Festival -- with the legendary CIA officer Jim "Mad Dog" Lawler, the great author and journalist @vermontgmg.bsky.social Garrett Graff, and yours truly -- Friday 9/26 in Lenox, MA. Pick up a pair right here!

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WIT 2025: Tim Weiner and James Lawler in Conversation with Garrett M. Graff - The Authors Guild

Intelligence fails because it is human. What role does the CIA play in U.S. foreign policy and in keeping Americans safe at home and abroad? Acclaimed journalist Tim Weiner, whose Legacy of Ashes is t...

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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 19d

I'm off on a book tour! If you can't join, please buy THE MISSION right here. Northshire Bookstore, Manchester VT, 9/20. NextStage, Putney VT 9/21. WiT Festival, Lenox MA, 9/25, Thalia Bookstore, Hamburg, Germany, 10/1, American Library, Paris, France, 10/7. www.harpercollins.com/products/the...

The Mission

New York Times Bestseller * A New Yorker Best Book of 2025 * A New York Times Editors' Choice \"No one has opened up the CIA to us like Weiner has...

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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 19d

Straight-up Kremlin propaganda.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19d

Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Russia's war on Ukraine: "This war started because of bad energy policy. The Biden administration was slow-walking natural gas exports to the rest of the world."

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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 20d

Excellent interview on the crisis at CIA.
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Has the CIA lost its way? - ABC listen

Founded in 1947, the CIA was established under the mission 'know thine enemy'. Now, under US President Donald Trump, the agency is being gutted. Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Tim Weiner, argues t...

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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 20d

In which Trump is indicted in the court of history.
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Trump ACCIDENTALLY EXPOSES Himself in FAILED STUNT

YouTube video by Legal AF

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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 26d

When future historians chronicle the Second Civil War, they may see this story as a harbinger of what was to come. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...

A False Report of a Shooter Prompts a Shooting at the U.S. Naval Academy

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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 26d

People of Montana! I'll be keynoting the Free Press Fest on September 16, followed by a talk about the state of the nation with former Senator John Tester, at Montana State in Bozeman. Be there or be square!
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Montana Free Press Fest 2025

Join us Sept. 16-18 in Bozeman, MT for Free Press Fest, a dynamic 3-day journalism conference presenting keynotes, panels, and workshops.

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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 29d

CODEWORD is my new newsletter on the continuing crisis in American intelligence, national security, foreign policy, and democracy. Subscribe! It's free. Here are the first six issues:
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CODEWORD.

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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · Sep 8

Highly recommend.

Hayden Center @haydencenter.bsky.social · Sep 2

What’s the CIA really been up to since 9/11? 🤔

Find out Tue, Sept 9, 7pm ET with Tim Weiner & NPR’s Greg Myre. In Arlington or on YouTube livestream.

Stick around for the reception + book signing!

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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · Sep 7

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The Mission

New York Times Bestseller * A New Yorker Best Book of 2025 * A New York Times Editors' Choice \"No one has opened up the CIA to us like Weiner has...

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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · Sep 7

The president is a war criminal. Read all about it in CODEWORD, my new newsletter. Subscribe! It's free.
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The Department of War

The President as Assassin-in-Chief

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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · Sep 6

Not to mention everything about inteligence, foreign policy, and national security.

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