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New in SpyWeek: Intel Chaos Over Iran War as Russia Helps Target U.S. Warplanes, Ships Puzzle over war aims; Little hope for Iranian democracy, NIC said before strikes; CIA-Kurds plan dumped; White House buries warning on Iran-linked terror in U.S.

New in SpyWeek: Intel Chaos Over Iran War as Russia Helps Target U.S. Warplanes, Ships
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Post Mortem | Robert G. Kaiser When Jeff Bezos bought The Washington Post in 2013 and promised to find inventive ways to make journalism profitable in the digital age, he seemed like a godsend. He wasn’t.

Somebody out there could certainly spare $1 billion for the Washington Post and win themselves a shiny new reputation as a hero. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

Russian agents, all of them.

DOJ releases Epstein files with accusations against Trump Over the course of four interviews in 2019, a woman told the FBI that Epstein and Trump sexually abused her in the 1980s.

Meanwhile, lest we lose the plot: www.yahoo.com/news/article...

The U.S., Iran and China: Where is it Going? Top former U.S. intelligence official David Shedd says Xi may move on Taiwan next year, but "certainly by the end of the decade"

The U.S., Iran and China: Where is it Going?
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Iran’s Mighty Missile Threat Falls Flat Tehran’s surviving leaders are betting they can wait out U.S. and Israeli air attacks

Iran’s Mighty Missile Threat Falls Flat
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‘a pattern during the Trump administration, in which officials have at times taken extraordinary measures to defend and shield immigration officers who use deadly force from scrutiny.’

Ha, ha. Yeah, it may be time to do that again.

YouTube video by MSW Media Trump Admin Lacks Expertise on Iran

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Trump Administration Live Updates: President Ousts Noem as Homeland Security Secretary

How about a new season of ‘Orange is the New Black’ starring Kristi Noem?https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03/05/us/trump-news?smid=nytcore-ios-share

DHS Inspector General Says Kristi Noem’s DHS Has ‘Systematically Obstructed’ Its Work, including in the criminal investigation, which he said had national security implications, was “particularly egregious.”

U.S. Opens Military Action in Ecuador Against ‘Terrorist Organizations’

A war with Iran was not enough: U.S. Opens Military Action in Ecuador Against ‘Terrorist Organizations’ www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/u...

A Bitter Voice from Inside an Israeli Bomb Shelter Longtime national security reporter Yossi Melman hears missiles exploding overhead while watching Israeli TV pundits cheer on Netanyahu and the Iran war.

A Bitter Voice from Inside an Israeli Bomb Shelter
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Labor Secretary’s Top Aides Forced Out

Fresh hell: A whistleblower “claimed Ms. Chavez-DeRemer drank on the job, that she was having an affair with a subordinate — a member of her security detail — and that she used department resources for personal trips.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/u...

A Voice from Inside an Israeli Bomb Shelter Longtime national security reporter Yossi Melman hears missiles exploding overhead while watching Israeli TV pundits cheer on Netanyahu and the Iran war.

A Voice from Inside an Israeli Bomb Shelter
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New in SpyWeek: CIA & Khamenei, Heat Over Surveillance, NSA Vacancy, More FBI Revenge Also:: Tulsi stiffs Gang of Eight, former Air Force pilot turns coat, China spied on Alysa Liu and her dad, new Skripal documentary.

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New in SpyWeek: CIA & Khamenei, Heat Over Surveillance, NSA Vacancy, More FBI Revenge Also:: Tulsi stiffs Gang of Eight, former Air Force pilot turns coat, China spied on Alysa Liu and her dad, new Skripal documentary.

New in SpyWeek: CIA & Khamenei, Heat Over Surveillance, NSA Vacancy, More FBI Revenge
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An 'Imminent' Iranian Threat? Really? How an Orwellian Obama-era memo set a precedent for Trump’s Iran attack

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Tulsi Gabbard released a fundraising video in 2019 titled "Trump's Path To War With Iran"

"We've gotta stop Donald Trump from starting a war with Iran."

Iran Is Not Venezuela, Regime-Change Skeptics Warn With Khamenei dead, Trump implores surviving leaders to lay down arms, accept amnesty, or die

UPDATED with names of other senior Iranian officials killed, according to an IDF spokesman. open.substack.com/pub/spytalk/...

Iran Is Not Venezuela, Regime-Change Skeptics Warn With Khamenei dead, Trump implores surviving leaders to lay down arms, accept amnesty, or die

Iran Is Not Venezuela, Regime-Change Skeptics Warn
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Pennsylvania Democrat Takes on Pam Bondi’s Secret ‘Domestic Terrorist’ List Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon says the A.G.'s leftwing 'enemies list' is worse than previous 'Red Scares' because nobody knows who's on it.

Pennsylvania Democrat Takes on Pam Bondi’s Secret ‘Domestic Terrorist’ List

Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon says the A.G.'s leftwing 'enemies list' is worse than previous 'Red Scares' because nobody knows who's on it.

#USA #Trump #uspoli

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"Iran has a home-field advantage… And they understand us better than we understand us," Jon Alterman tells the SpyTalk podcast.

Trump and Iran at a Potential World-Changing Crossroads U.S., British lies about Iraq WMD haunt Trump claims on Iran’s nuclear, missiles programs

U.S., British lies about Iraq WMD haunt Trump claims on Iran’s nuclear, missiles programs
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Update: Pakistan in “Open War” with Taliban, Launches Airstrikes on Kabul and More Taliban’s India alliance, bold cross-border attacks in Pakistan, inflamed Islamabad.

Update: Pakistan in “Open War” with Taliban, Launches Airstrikes on Kabul and More
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Meanwhile: Afghan-Based Terrorists Stirring New India-Pakistan Tensions Taliban’s India alliance inflames Pakistan, raising fear of new war, threats to West

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Pakistan Declares ‘Open War’ With Afghanistan After Cross-Border Attacks

Meanwhile: Afghan-Based Terrorists Stirring New India-Pakistan Tensions Taliban’s India alliance inflames Pakistan, raising fear of new war, threats to West

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US hockey star claps back at doctored White House video One of the stars of the U.S. Olympic men's hockey team clapped back at the Trump White House on Thursday after it released a "clearly fake" video with his likeness. Brady Tkachuk, captain of the Ottaw...

In the White House doctored video, Brady Tkachuk was made to say, "They booed our national anthem, so I had to come out and teach those maple syrup eating f---- a lesson."
Totally fake, from the juvenile delinquents running White House comms.
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