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Ghosts of Coups Past Haunt Trump CIA's Venezuela Ops
From Iran to Chile to Iraq, even the most 'successful' regime change ops came with huge risks, unexpected consequences and downsides. Venezuela is no…
Nov 5
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Jonathan Broder
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Kash Patel Wouldn't Be the First FBI Boss to Go Down By Turning His Official Plane Into a Private Jet
Investigative reporter Ron Kessler recounts how another FBI boss's term was short circuited by his personal use of the bureau's executive jet.
Nov 4
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Michael Isikoff
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SpyWeek Halloween Edition: Where’s the East Wing Bunker? Plus, Venezuela and a Kash & Tulsi Clash
Also: Maduro spooked, FBI agents spooked, Warner spooked by war clouds, Trump spooked by new Russian nuke
Nov 1
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Jeff Stein
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October 2025
Can a Former Spy Make a Good Governor?
Abigail Spanberger's CIA spycraft skills—from working under pressure to sizing up enemies to bending people to her will—equip her well to lead Virginia…
Oct 29
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Jeff Stein
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Page Turners: How Academics Played Key Roles in the Defeat of Fascism
A new book describes the largely forgotten roles of scholars in the victories of World War II—and how the Nazis' racist fanaticism doomed Germany
Oct 27
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Peter Eisner
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New in SpyWeek: CIA & Venezuela, Russian Subs, Bolton, Putin ‘Handling’ Trump, FBI Visits
Welcome to Spy Week, a curated compilation of important events at the intersection of intelligence, foreign relations and military operations.
Oct 25
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Jeff Stein
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How Secret Agents Work to Hijack U.S. Foreign Policy
“Devils’ Advocates,” a new book by New York Times reporter Kenneth Vogel, reveals how foreign potentates recruit connected Americans to promote their…
Oct 25
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Michael Isikoff
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"A House of Dynamite" Replicates Stage Fright in the Sit Room
Katherine Bigelow's much praised nuclear thriller, debuting tonite on Netflix, closely replicates tensions in the White House Situation Room, one of its…
Oct 24
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Michael Isikoff
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SpyFaces in the Crowd: Lt. Gen. Michelle Bredenkamp, Military Intelligence Star
Trump’s nominee to run the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is a career MI officer who won awards for valor in Afghanistan
Oct 23
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Tomás Dinges
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Alarm Raised Over “An American KGB” Run Out of Gabbard’s National Intelligence Office
Group representing hundreds of former national security officials denounces ‘weaponization’ working group
Oct 21
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Jeff Stein
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New in SpyWeek: Overt-Covert Venezuela Op, KGB Files on JFK, Bolton Busted, Nobel Spy?
Also: More Chinese Subversion, Russians rolled up, Giuliani in the Balkans, Orban intrigue
Oct 18
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Jeff Stein
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Stage Fright in the Sit Room
A House of Dynamite exposes many weaknesses in US nuclear defenses—including psychological pressures that could cause defense professionals to crack up.
Oct 17
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Michael Isikoff
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