SpyTalk

SpyTalk

Home
Notes
Archive
About
EXCLUSIVE: World Court Weighs New War Crimes Charges Against Putin Over Child Abductions
The ICC is reviewing a State Department funded report—based in part on satellite imagery from U.S. intelligence—documenting the mass abduction of…
 • 
Michael Isikoff
2
50 Years On: The Last Great Spy Story of the Vietnam War
Frank Snepp, a top CIA analyst in Saigon in the war’s chaotic final weeks, tells how officials fatally ignored the warnings of two top spies in the…
 • 
Jeff Stein
4
New in SpyWeek: Signalgate—Still, Worse
Welcome to SpyWeek, our weekly newsletter, where we look at news from the intersection of intelligence, foreign policy, and military operations.
 • 
Seth Hettena
7
Most Popular
View all
CIA Ops Veteran Calls Signal Scandal “the tip of the iceberg”
 • Michael Isikoff
8
Exclusive: Top Justice Department Official in Trump Classified Documents Case Resigns
 • Michael Isikoff
7
Breaking: Top Intelligence IG's Resign
 • Jeff Stein
3
Nightmare
 • Jeff Stein
31
My Battle with Tulsi Gabbard’s Cult Followers in Hawaii
 • Christine Gralow
16
Inside the US War Plans to Invade Canada
 • Peter Carlson
4
CIA Man Came Under Suspicion for Stealing Documents Years Ago
Former CIA senior ops official Dale Bendler confessed only to violation of Foreign Agents Registration Act in plea deal with Justice Department.
 • 
Jeff Stein
2
CIA Veterans Alarmed by Rubio Plan to Close US Embassies in Africa
Rubio calls draft executive order 'fake news' but the New York Times got a copy
 • 
Jeff Stein
 and 
Jonathan Broder
10
New in SpyWeek: CIA Leaks, Peeks, Sneaks
Welcome to SpyWeek, our weekly newsletter, where we look at news from the intersection of intelligence, foreign policy, and military operations.
 • 
Seth Hettena
3
Espionage Under Fire: Trump, Russia, and the IC in Turmoil
Jeff Stein and Michael Isikoff unpack the power struggles shaking the U.S. intelligence community
 • 
Jeff Stein
 and 
Michael Isikoff
3
25:18
A Spy for All Reasons
The CIA’s Frank Wisner was a master of the dark arts—until he became a burnt out case, an intriguing new biography shows
 • 
Michael Isikoff
4
Hey, What're You Thinking?
Time for an attitude check.
 • 
Jeff Stein
50
Would Trump Plot Coups in Greenland? Panama? Really?
We've reached peak insanity, intelligence journalist extraordinaire Tim Weiner says. Don't be surprised by more new shocks.
 • 
Jeff Stein
6
SpyTalk
SpyTalk
Intelligence for Thinking People
Recommendations
View all 51
The Weekly Dish
The Weekly Dish
Andrew Sullivan
Tom Griffin on intelligence history
Tom Griffin on intelligence history
Tom Griffin
Hopefully Yours
Hopefully Yours
Connie Schultz
On Substack
On Substack
Substack Team
Iowa Writers Collaborative Roundup
Iowa Writers Collaborative Roundup
Julie Gammack
© 2025 Jeff Stein
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture