Journalist, author, podcaster
Washington, DC
Joined July 2011
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Tulsi Gabbard and I were in Damascus to meet with Bashar al-Assad within a couple of weeks of each other in 2017. We came away with very different takes.
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Interesting who gets @AGToddBlanche’s attention
Laura, you should be transparent with your followers, and you are dead wrong about Stanley. He is a patriot who is fighting for POTUS and the American people every day. Decisions in cases like Camp Lejeune are made by me, ODAG, Stanley’s team, the civil division and the trial team, consulting with and keeping the White House counsel’s office and DOW updated along the way. We love our veterans and we want to get these cases right. Find a different obsession other than going after one of DOJ’s best fighters.
Former Acting FBI director Brian Driscoll unloads on @FBIDirectorKash in new @talk_spy interview; says his firing of 5 veteran agents who worked Iranian threats on eve of Iran War was an “abomination” open.substack.com/pub/spytal…
How far we've come. In Florida on Thursday, @JDVance said Dem Senate candidate Angie Nixon, a DSA member, should "get the hell out of here. You don't belong in America if those are your views." Quite the contrast with another former Republican senator from Ohio who rose to higher office (1) truthout.org/articles/vance-…
In 1921, President Warren G. Harding Harding granted clemency to Eugene Debs, the former Socialist candidate for President who had been imprisoned by the Wilson admin on Espionage Act violations. He then invited him to the White House. "I've heard so much about you, Mr. Debs, that I am now glad to meet you personally," he told him. Different era, very different man. washingtonpost.com/history/2…
In our @talk_spy interview, @weinbergersa pours cold water on AI alarmism
Sharon Weinberger @weinbergersa on how Big Tech is fueling the future of war.
New @talk_spy 🕵🏼♀️ podcast with hosts @SpyTalker, @KarenGreenberg3 & @Isikoff #SpyTalk #MSWMedia
Listen: redcircle.com/shows/d7fabfc8…
A sobering analysis by @hoffman_bruce on the @talk_spy podcast of the very much ongoing terror threat 25 years after 9/11.
Terrorism and insurgency expert @hoffman_bruce joins the podcast to discuss the current state of Al-Qaeda and its affiliates in the world
@talk_spy 🕵🏼♀️ podcast with hosts @SpyTalker, @KarenGreenberg3 & @Isikoff #SpyTalk #MSWMedia
Listen: redcircle.com/shows/d7fabfc8…
And here's the backup
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In 24 years of watching 9/11 memorials and the reading of the names of the dead, I have never heard applause.
This morning the crowd did — because one brave widow, @TerrySStrada, looked at the leaders in front of her and refused to let the day pass in silence.
She called out Saudi Arabia’s role, the broken promises, and a string of administrations that protected the Kingdom instead of helping to deliver justice for the families.
A stunning, must-watch minute. Stand with the families.
Extraordinary blunt talk by @SenBlumenthal @TheSoufanCenter summit calling on Saudis to "come clean" about 9/11
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Thanks @jobywarrick for a very cool interview-- and a great book!
My old WaPo buddy Jeff Stein and his friends at SpyTalk have one of the best podcasts around on national security matters. Thanks @SpyTalker @KarenGreenberg3 @Isikoff for a great conversation about my new book "The Jackal" and how Carlos's generation shaped modern terrorism!
And well done it is!
I did a column! My hiatus is expiatus. This time, for @MSNOWNews. I watched RFK Jr’s YouTube “cooking show” so you don’t have to. ms.now/opinion/rfk-jr-cookin…
"The Nord Stream Conspiracy" is quite the doozy of a spy story. spytalk.co/p/revealed-amazin…
Very interesting that The Beatles’ Revolution is on there. It was quite controversial in leftist circles back in the day. Is there a message (the DSA?) in there?
It’s not like Lennon was a slacker on The White Album: “Happiness is a Warm Gun” (anticipating the medley on Abbey Road), “I’m So Tired,” “Dear Prudence” and “Julia” (the opening line a classic) are all kickass songs.
Le White Album est peut-être l'album le plus révélateur de la variété du génie créatif de Paul McCartney.
Vous voulez du rock, du blues, de la pop, du heavy metal, de la ballade, de la country, de la folk, du music-hall ?... Paul vous offre tout ça dans un seul et même album. Et si cela ne suffisait pas, à la même période, ce sera aussi Hey Jude et Lady Madonna en single, deux standards universels et intemporels de la musique.
On ne le dira jamais assez : Paul McCartney 1966-1969, c'est l'Everest de la musique. Imbattable, inégalable.
"The White Album Paul McCartney's Medley", The Beatles, 1968.
Among the declassified nuggets in the IC docs released by the WH Thursday night (which went entirely unmentioned by Trump): the Chinese hacked the Biden campaign in 2020 and the Russians-once again-sought to influence the election in his favor. spytalk.co/p/a-few-intellige…
Michael Isikoff retweeted
Don't just do insider trading, monetize it
Truth Social will sell Wall Street firms quicker access to market-moving posts from President Donald Trump, the company said on Thursday.
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Not to mention @dcsandbrook who is right about almost everything except the Beatles
