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Iran’s Mighty Missile Threat Falls Flat
Tehran’s surviving leaders are betting they can wait out U.S. and Israeli air attacks
Mar 6
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Jonathan Broder
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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…
Mar 2
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Yossi Melman
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New in SpyWeek: CIA & Khamenei, Heat Over Surveillance, NSA Vacancy, More FBI Revenge
Also:: China spied on Alysa Liu and her dad, Tulsi stiffs Gang of Eight, former Air Force pilot turns coat, new Skripal documentary.
Mar 2
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Jeff Stein
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An 'Imminent' Iranian Threat? Really?
How an Orwellian Obama-era memo set a precedent for Trump’s Iran attack
Mar 1
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Michael Isikoff
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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
Feb 28
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Jonathan Broder
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Jeff Stein
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Trump and Iran at a Potential World-Changing Crossroads
U.S., British lies about Iraq WMD haunt Trump claims on Iran’s nuclear, missiles programs
Feb 28
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Michael Isikoff
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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 Trump’s state of mind is the wild card.
Feb 24
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Jeff Stein
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Update: Pakistan in “Open War” with Taliban, Launches Airstrikes on Kabul and More
Taliban’s India alliance, bold cross-border attacks in Pakistan, inflamed Islamabad.
Feb 24
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Jeff Stein
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Kathy Gannon
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New in SpyWeek: Trump Weighs Killing Iran Leader & Son, New Greenland Move as CIA Flunks Analysts
Also: Kash in Rome, the CIA's forecast on Russia invasion, profiles of Ukraine's HUR, North Korea's RGB, defectors, Havana Syndrome
Feb 23
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Jeff Stein
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Why the CIA Came Late to the Palestinian Revolution
A veteran British foreign correspondent captures the years when Palestinian terrorists captured the world's attention, only to burn out and cede ground…
Feb 21
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Yossi Melman
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Pennsylvania Democrat Takes on Pam Bondi’s Secret ‘Domestic Terrorist’ 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.
Feb 20
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Michael Isikoff
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New in SpyWeek: Frog Poison Killed Navalny, More Gabbard-Russia, Havana Syndrome test, Covert Action in Iran
Also: Bondi on domestic terrorism, Russian and Chinese agents jailed, AI in the Maduro raid, more
Feb 15
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Jeff Stein
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