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 01, 2025

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East Wing Mystery: What happened to the White House bunker when President Trump impetuously tore down the East Wing? SpyTalk’s Michael Isikoff was curious about the fate of the officially named Presidential Emergency Operations Center, which was first built for FDR during World War II and used at least twice since, by Vice President Dick Cheney, First Lady Laura Bush and others during the 9/11 attacks, and then in 2020 by Trump, who retreated there during the George Floyd protests. Did Trump’s mechanized excavators pulverize the underground PEOC, too? If so, where is it now? If not, where would you get the elevator?

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