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Mossad Falls Victim to Netanyahu’s Desperation A scandal-riven former general will run Israel’s leading spy agency, obliterating a tradition of nonpartisan professionals in the job

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POLITICO: You pardoned the former president of Honduras even though he was convicted in a massive intl drug trafficking scheme. How is that 0 tolerance on drug trafficking?

TRUMP: Well I don't know him and I know very little about him other than people said it was like an Obama-Biden type set up

New in SpyWeek: Putin Named in UK Hit, Russia Targets Germany, Pipe Bomber Nabbed, Hegseth Creamed, "Americans" Star Resurfaces Welcome to Spy Week, a curated compilation of important news from the intersection of intelligence, foreign relations and military operations.

New in SpyWeek: Putin Named in UK Hit, Russia Targets Germany, Pipe Bomber Nabbed, Hegseth Creamed, "Americans" Star Resurfaces
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Watch @carolleonnig.bsky.social chat with @spytalker.bsky.social & @misikoff.bsky.social #KarenGreenberg #SpyTalk #MSWMedia

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The Fate of the Nation and Donald Trump's Brain Flinging insults, up all night, xenophobic rages, zig-zag policies, crazy pardons. What should we think about Trump's mental state? The fate of Kaiser Wilhelm II offers clues.

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A Life Amid Spies: The KGB In part three of her series, former State Department official and human rights advocate Roberta Cohen recalls her run-ins with Soviet agents

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Final Special IG report on Afghan War: From 2002 through mid-2021, Congress appropriated approximately $144.7 billion** for Afghanistan reconstruction—far more than it spent on the post World-War-II Marshall Plan in inflation adjusted terms. www.sigar.mil/Portals/147/...

The Afghan Shooter and the Limits of Vetting For former CIA soldier Rahmanullah Lakanwal, life just got too hard

The Afghan Shooter and the Limits of Vetting
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Putin couldn’t even conquer Ukraine.

President Vladimir Putin said Russia was ready to fight a war with Europe if attacked and accused the continent’s leaders of trying to sabotage peace efforts

The Gift of Giving Do keep SpyTalk in your thoughts on this special day of limitless generosity

The Gift of Giving
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New in SpyWeek: CIA Vetting, Ukraine Intel, Private Russia Deals, Kash in a Barrel Welcome to Spy Week, a curated compilation of important news from the intersection of intelligence, foreign relations and military operations.

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New in SpyWeek: CIA Vetting, Ukraine Intel, Private Russia Deals, Kash in a Barrel Welcome to Spy Week, a curated compilation of important news from the intersection of intelligence, foreign relations and military operations.

New in SpyWeek: CIA Vetting, Ukraine Intel, Private Russia Deals, Kash in a Barrel
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The details in this excellently reported WSJ story are absolutely breathtaking: The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.

SpyFaces in the Crowd: Maggie Goodlander The high-flying congresswoman and former Navy Intelligence officer is targeted by Trump as one of the Seditious Six

SpyFaces in the Crowd: Maggie Goodlander
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Ben Bradlee just banged his head on his coffin lid.

Two West Virginia National Guard members shot in DC have died, the state's governor says Two West Virginia National Guard members shot Wednesday near the White House have died, the state’s governor said.

I’ve long been worried that someone would inevitably make a violent statement about the widely despised deployment of troops in DC. apnews.com/article/nati...

Kash Patel “is more interested in going to Las Vegas and having wonderful dinners in New York with his girlfriend“ than investigating Antifa, “which doesn’t exist” as an organization, @RonaldKessler told the SpyTalk podcast.

Was he paid off? Georgia prosecutor said “reasonable minds could differ” in interpreting Trump’s call with Raffensperger and questioned the value of continuing to prosecute Trump now that he is back in the White House.

In regard to Trump’s “investigation” of Sen. Mark Kelly, my 1992 book, “A Murder in Wartime,” was all about the perils to soldiers of carrying out an
illegal order. Just saying. a.co/d/1Kw0mL6

Market Volatility Underscores Epic Buildup of Global Risk

Maybe it’s time to get out of the market? This is a truly scary piece. Market Volatility Underscores Epic Buildup of Global Risk www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...

The Life and Times of a Ruthless Mossad Chief A new biography of Meir Dagan covers his career from decorated soldier to death dealing Israeli spy boss, to his open disgust for Netanyahu

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Influential ‘U.S.’ X Accounts Spread False Claims from Abroad NewsGuard finds that pro-MAGA X accounts operating secretly from abroad have spread 31 significant false claims in the last 15 months

Reliable factchecker NewsGuard finds that pro-MAGA X accounts operating secretly from abroad have spread 31 significant false claims in the last 15 months www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/influentia...

A Life Amid Spies In part two of her series, former State Department official and human rights advocate Roberta Cohen recalls her effort to stop a CIA op in Ethiopia that risked the life of a friendly local official

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SpyWeek: Top Dems Accept Trump Intel on Drug Boats But Knock 'Politicisation' of Spy Agencies Welcome to Spy Week, a curated compilation of important news from the intersection of intelligence, foreign relations and military operations.

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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.

SpyTalk’s @misikoff.bsky.social was the first to report weeks ago that Patel used the FBI executive jet to fly himself and his buddies to Scotland on a golfing jaunt. #unacceptable
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And Trump wants to reward such atrocious ongoing Russian behavior with a peace plan written in Moscow.

SpyWeek: Top Dems Accept Trump Intel on Drug Boats But Knock 'Politicisation' of Spy Agencies Welcome to Spy Week, a curated compilation of important news from the intersection of intelligence, foreign relations and military operations.

SpyWeek: Top Dems Accept Trump Intel on Drug Boats But Knock 'Politicisation' of Spy Agencies
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BREAKING:

Sen. Elissa Slotkin says police responded to her home tonight in response to a bomb threat. Slotkin wasn't at home at the time.

This is two days after Trump said Slotkin and other Democrats committed "seditious conspiracy, punishable by death."