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New in SpyWeek: China, Cuba, Iran and an Air Force Defector
Also: Spy agencies undermine Trump claims on Iran, CIA hit squads in Mexico, Tulsi tumult, Kash crash, big terrorism bust
May 18
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Jeff Stein
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Spy Agencies Gave Trump Ample Warning of Iran Missiles, But He Evidently Ignored Them
Previously unreported damage from Iranian missiles and drones underscores accuracy of strikes, volume of arsenal, as Tehran reloads its launchers
May 17
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Jonathan Broder
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Trump On China's Spying on the US: Meh
Both sides do it, Trump said, so he and Xi didn’t linger on the subject in Beijing
May 15
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Jeff Stein
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The Spies and Professors Who Saved Ancient Athens from Nazi Plunder
“The American School of Spies” is an engaging tale of how anti-fascist Greeks hid their antiquities with help from Allied agents
May 14
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Peter Eisner
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New in SpyWeek: “We’re not a stupid country,” Rubio says, but CIA, DNI Might Disagree
FBI pursues Ka$h tattlers, Gorka’s counter-terror plan, Russian defectors, Chinese spies, a secret Israeli base in Iraq
May 10
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Jeff Stein
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Is Putin Really in Danger of Being Overthrown?
Former CIA Russia hand Sean Wiswesser and others see coup rumors as overblown
May 8
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Michael Isikoff
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A CIA Officer Returns to Iraq and Uncovers Embarrassing Details of the Spy Agency’s WMD Debacle
Jerry Watson is suing the CIA to admit its coverup of intelligence misjudgments that led to the 2003 invasion of Iraq
May 5
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Bob Drogin
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New in SpyWeek: Dire Strait, Tulsi in Flight, Secret Service Woes
Also: Surveillance law hiccup, Starlinks for Iran, UK-Russia spy spat, Texas man crashes CIA
May 4
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Jeff Stein
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Is the CIA Still Hiding Embarrassing Details of its Iraq WMD Debacle?
A former CIA officer is suing his former employer over its bungling on Iraq’s phantom nuclear, biological and chemical weapons
May 3
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Bob Drogin
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JFK’s Fatal Mistake
A veteran journalist takes another look at President Kennedy’s ambivalent role in the overthrow and assassination of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh…
May 1
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Michael Isikoff
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April 2026
SpyWeek: Accused Trump Assassin Roamed at Will with Guns, Mocked Hotel Security
Also: Tulsi's absence, Patel's capers, alarm over Iranian & Chinese hacks of US infrastructure amid cyber defense cuts, Bill Burns tutors Trump on Iran…
Apr 27
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Jeff Stein
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Israel’s New Top Spy is a Former Rules-Breaking Army General
The Russian-born military adviser to Netanyahu was reprimanded for hiring a teen in a rogue intelligence operation
Apr 24
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Yossi Melman
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