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Founding editor, SpyTalk.co. Longtime DC-based natsec journalist. Pvsly Newsweek, WaPo, CQ/Homeland Security, books, magazine freelance

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The U.S., Iran and China: Where is it Going? Top former U.S. intelligence official David Shedd says Xi may move on Taiwan next year, but "certainly by the end of the decade"

The U.S., Iran and China: Where is it Going?
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06.03.2026 21:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Iranโ€™s Mighty Missile Threat Falls Flat Tehranโ€™s surviving leaders are betting they can wait out U.S. and Israeli air attacks

Iranโ€™s Mighty Missile Threat Falls Flat
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06.03.2026 20:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€˜a pattern during the Trump administration, in which officials have at times taken extraordinary measures to defend and shield immigration officers who use deadly force from scrutiny.โ€™

06.03.2026 02:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ha, ha. Yeah, it may be time to do that again.

05.03.2026 20:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Trump Admin Lacks Expertise on Iran
Trump Admin Lacks Expertise on Iran YouTube video by MSW Media

Watch #SpyTalk ๐Ÿ•ต๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ #YouTube with hosts @spytalker.bsky.social & @misikoff.bsky.social #KarenGreenberg #MSWMedia

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05.03.2026 17:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump Administration Live Updates: President Ousts Noem as Homeland Security Secretary

How about a new season of โ€˜Orange is the New Blackโ€™ starring Kristi Noem?https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03/05/us/trump-news?smid=nytcore-ios-share

05.03.2026 19:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

DHS Inspector General Says Kristi Noemโ€™s DHS Has โ€˜Systematically Obstructedโ€™ Its Work, including in the criminal investigation, which he said had national security implications, was โ€œparticularly egregious.โ€

04.03.2026 05:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 72 ๐Ÿ” 32 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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U.S. Opens Military Action in Ecuador Against โ€˜Terrorist Organizationsโ€™

A war with Iran was not enough: U.S. Opens Military Action in Ecuador Against โ€˜Terrorist Organizationsโ€™ www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/u...

04.03.2026 05:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 10 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A Bitter Voice from Inside an Israeli Bomb Shelter Longtime national security reporter Yossi Melman hears missiles exploding overhead while watching Israeli TV pundits cheer on Netanyahu and the Iran war.

A Bitter Voice from Inside an Israeli Bomb Shelter
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03.03.2026 18:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Labor Secretaryโ€™s Top Aides Forced Out

Fresh hell: A whistleblower โ€œclaimed Ms. Chavez-DeRemer drank on the job, that she was having an affair with a subordinate โ€” a member of her security detail โ€” and that she used department resources for personal trips.โ€ www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/u...

03.03.2026 17:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 37 ๐Ÿ” 16 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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A Voice from Inside an Israeli Bomb Shelter Longtime national security reporter Yossi Melman hears missiles exploding overhead while watching Israeli TV pundits cheer on Netanyahu and the Iran war.

A Voice from Inside an Israeli Bomb Shelter
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02.03.2026 20:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New in SpyWeek: CIA & Khamenei, Heat Over Surveillance, NSA Vacancy, More FBI Revenge Also:: Tulsi stiffs Gang of Eight, former Air Force pilot turns coat, China spied on Alysa Liu and her dad, new Skripal documentary.

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02.03.2026 17:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New in SpyWeek: CIA & Khamenei, Heat Over Surveillance, NSA Vacancy, More FBI Revenge Also:: Tulsi stiffs Gang of Eight, former Air Force pilot turns coat, China spied on Alysa Liu and her dad, new Skripal documentary.

New in SpyWeek: CIA & Khamenei, Heat Over Surveillance, NSA Vacancy, More FBI Revenge
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02.03.2026 02:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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An 'Imminent' Iranian Threat? Really? How an Orwellian Obama-era memo set a precedent for Trumpโ€™s Iran attack

An 'Imminent' Iranian Threat? Really? How an Orwellian Obama-era memo set a precedent for Trumpโ€™s Iran attack open.substack.com/pub/spytalk/...

01.03.2026 19:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tulsi Gabbard released a fundraising video in 2019 titled "Trump's Path To War With Iran"

"We've gotta stop Donald Trump from starting a war with Iran."

01.03.2026 02:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 2984 ๐Ÿ” 1206 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 108 ๐Ÿ“Œ 101
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Iran Is Not Venezuela, Regime-Change Skeptics Warn With Khamenei dead, Trump implores surviving leaders to lay down arms, accept amnesty, or die

UPDATED with names of other senior Iranian officials killed, according to an IDF spokesman. open.substack.com/pub/spytalk/...

01.03.2026 01:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Iran Is Not Venezuela, Regime-Change Skeptics Warn With Khamenei dead, Trump implores surviving leaders to lay down arms, accept amnesty, or die

Iran Is Not Venezuela, Regime-Change Skeptics Warn
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28.02.2026 22:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Pennsylvania Democrat Takes on Pam Bondiโ€™s Secret โ€˜Domestic Terroristโ€™ List Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon says the A.G.'s leftwing 'enemies list' is worse than previous 'Red Scares' because nobody knows who's on it.

Pennsylvania Democrat Takes on Pam Bondiโ€™s Secret โ€˜Domestic Terroristโ€™ List

Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon says the A.G.'s leftwing 'enemies list' is worse than previous 'Red Scares' because nobody knows who's on it.

#USA #Trump #uspoli

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21.02.2026 11:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 26 ๐Ÿ” 18 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

"Iran has a home-field advantageโ€ฆ And they understand us better than we understand us," Jon Alterman tells the SpyTalk podcast.

28.02.2026 00:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump and Iran at a Potential World-Changing Crossroads U.S., British lies about Iraq WMD haunt Trump claims on Iranโ€™s nuclear, missiles programs

U.S., British lies about Iraq WMD haunt Trump claims on Iranโ€™s nuclear, missiles programs
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28.02.2026 00:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Update: Pakistan in โ€œOpen Warโ€ with Taliban, Launches Airstrikes on Kabul and More Talibanโ€™s India alliance, bold cross-border attacks in Pakistan, inflamed Islamabad.

Update: Pakistan in โ€œOpen Warโ€ with Taliban, Launches Airstrikes on Kabul and More
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27.02.2026 19:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Meanwhile: Afghan-Based Terrorists Stirring New India-Pakistan Tensions Talibanโ€™s India alliance inflames Pakistan, raising fear of new war, threats to West

We saw this coming: www.spytalk.co/p/meanwhile-...

27.02.2026 05:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Pakistan Declares โ€˜Open Warโ€™ With Afghanistan After Cross-Border Attacks

27.02.2026 05:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Meanwhile: Afghan-Based Terrorists Stirring New India-Pakistan Tensions Talibanโ€™s India alliance inflames Pakistan, raising fear of new war, threats to West

You might find this of interest: www.spytalk.co/p/meanwhile-...

27.02.2026 03:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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US hockey star claps back at doctored White House video One of the stars of the U.S. Olympic men's hockey team clapped back at the Trump White House on Thursday after it released a "clearly fake" video with his likeness. Brady Tkachuk, captain of the Ottaw...

In the White House doctored video, Brady Tkachuk was made to say, "They booed our national anthem, so I had to come out and teach those maple syrup eating f---- a lesson."
Totally fake, from the juvenile delinquents running White House comms.
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27.02.2026 00:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Steve Blank Revisionist History โ€“ Aliens, Secrets and Conspiracies And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you freeโ€ John 8:32 Every once in a while you learn something new that makes you completely rethink how/why an event actually happened.ย  And thโ€ฆ

Fascinating, disturbing and hilariousโ€”all at once in this tale of a Pentagon disinformation program and UFOs that got wildly out of hand.
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26.02.2026 02:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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At least 10 FBI agents who worked on Mar-a-Lago documents case are fired, sources say At least 10 FBI agents who worked on former Special Counsel Jack Smith's investigation into President Trump's retention of classified records were fired Wednesday, multiple sources said.

Seems to me itโ€™s not a good idea to fire people who have unreported derogatory information about you. Then again, โ€œthoughtfulโ€ is not a word that comes to mind with these guys. www.cbsnews.com/news/at-leas...

26.02.2026 01:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 39 ๐Ÿ” 14 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A real vote-getter, that. People beyond Minnesota will take note.

25.02.2026 22:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Meanwhile: Afghan Terrorists Stirring New India-Pakistan Tensions Talibanโ€™s India alliance inflames Pakistan, raising fear of new war, threats to West

Icymi: @KathyGannon โ€™s debut piece for SpyTalk, on the resurgence of Islamist terrorism across Southwest Asia. Kathy, seriously wounded in a 2014 terror attack in Kabul. has been the @AP bureau chief there and in Islamabad for 35+ years.
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25.02.2026 00:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Where AI Thinks the US-Iran Conflict is Going Some options are more probable than others, says Microsoft's Bing Copilot, but Trumpโ€™s state of mind is the wild card.

Where AI Thinks the US-Iran Conflict is Going
Some options are more probable than others, says Microsoft's Bing Copilot, but Trumpโ€™s state of mind is the wild card. open.substack.com/pub/spytalk/...

24.02.2026 22:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0