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Trump-Putin, Kash-Schiff, Sue Mi Terry, China's spying on campus and yet another security mishap lead the week
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Jeff Stein
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Trump’s Secret Weapon in the DC Police
Police Union boss Gregg Pemberton, lead detective in troubling 2017 protest prosecutions, has long been a Trump partisan
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Jeff Stein
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Exclusive: Justice Department Erases Domestic Terror Unit
FBI unit is also drained of personnel while domestic threat level has risen to “red,” former senior DOJ lawyer tells SpyTalk in an exclusive interview…
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Jeff Stein
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Michael Isikoff
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Karen J. Greenberg
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CIA Ops Veteran Calls Signal Scandal “the tip of the iceberg”
 • Michael Isikoff
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Warner, Top Democrat on Intel Panel, Calls for Gabbard Resignation
 • Michael Isikoff
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Exclusive: Top Justice Department Official in Trump Classified Documents Case Resigns
 • Michael Isikoff
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Breaking: Top Intelligence IG's Resign
 • Jeff Stein
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Nightmare
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My Battle with Tulsi Gabbard’s Cult Followers in Hawaii
 • Christine Gralow
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Is Trump’s CIA Telling Him the Truth about Putin?
If past is prologue, Trump is not really listening to anybody who really knows Putin and Russia
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Jeff Stein
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Postcard from Israel: Brain Drain
A surge in emigration is draining Israel of its best and brightest, including members of Unit 8200, its elite signals intelligence agency
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Jonathan Broder
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New in SpyWeek: The Perils of Espionage in Iran and Here, Plus More FBI Purges
Welcome to SpyWeek, our weekly intel news roundup, where we look at news from the intersection of intelligence, foreign policy, and military operations.
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Jeff Stein
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A Seat in a Spy Swap Drama
Michael Isikoff recalls his small part in a big U.S.-Cuba Cold War drama told in a new podcast series, "I Spy: The U,S,, Cuba and the Secret Deal that…
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Michael Isikoff
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Israeli Military and Intelligence Officials, Typically Outspoken, Silent on Gaza Atrocities
IDF officers have refused ‘illegal’ orders in past wars—not this time—despite loathing for Netanyahu
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Yossi Melman
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New in SpyWeek: Trump's Not So Civil War with Obama's CIA, FBI and DoJ
Key targets of Tulsi Gabbard's attack on the CIA-led 2017 report on Russian election interference fired back this week as purges of suspect CIA, ODNI…
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Jeff Stein
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Gabbard Release Threatens Sources and Methods, Top former Intel Official Says
Larry Pfeiffer discussed the ODNI’s attacks on the IC’s Russia 2016 elections report on the SpyTalk podcast
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Jeff Stein
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