SpyTalk Intelligence for Thinking People
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The CIA, David Rush, and a Tale for Our Time
by Jeff Stein on June 10, 2026
The gold bars scam Rush allegedly pulled off tracks perfectly with so much else going on
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New in SpyWeek: Bill Pulte's License to Kill, More Kash Cuts, CIA's Gold Theft Headache
by Jeff Stein on June 7, 2026
Also this week: a Jan6 rioter takes up DoD intel post, Intel allies fret, Iran and the Kurds, anger over a Greek terrorist's release
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Should We Be Shocked by Reports of Israel Spying on Trump Officials?
by Jeff Stein on June 6, 2026
Israeli intelligence has continued espionage operations in the U.S. for decades, despite its promises to cut it out after the 1985 arrest of Jonathan Pollard
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Inside the Nuclear Terror Plot that Never Happened
by Michael Isikoff on June 5, 2026
Former Guantanamo prosecutor Michael Lebovitz takes readers inside an al-Qaeda terrorism case that never got to trial.
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Trump Goes for Broke with MAGA Fanatic Bill Pulte to Run U.S. Intelligence
by Jeff Stein on June 3, 2026
The Federal Housing Finance Agency director is notorious for going out of the way to demean, smear and investigate officials on Trump's enemies list
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New in SpyWeek: CIA Gold Heist, More Kash Cuts at FBI, Trump’s Gushy Tulsi Goodbye
by Jeff Stein on May 31, 2026
Also, Prominent Texan name in espionage case, intel confusion about Hormuz, Chinese hackers exploit Iran war, more
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Exclusive: Iran Missile Damaged Sensitive Israeli Intelligence Site
by Jonathan Broder on May 29, 2026
The Feb. 28 strike landed only feet from Israel’s super-secret spy satellite agency in the heart of old Tel Aviv
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Now the Day is Over
by Jeff Stein on May 26, 2026
Every Memorial Day, I mourn the death of my Army intelligence buddy Ed Sonnichsen
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New in SpyWeek: Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
by Jeff Stein on May 25, 2026
Also this week: Tulsi’s Exit, Ratcliffe’s Cuba stunt, Kash's latest caper, Trump's Iran fantasies, Israel's kill list, more cyber debacles
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Who is DNI Gabbard's Successor Aaron Lukas?
by Jeff Stein on May 22, 2026
The ODNI's new acting director is a product of Cato and the CIA who had an early interest in Eastern Europe
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More on Israel’s Wild Regime-Change Scheme for Iran
by Yossi Melman on May 21, 2026
Israeli intelligence reporter Yossi Melman explores the Mossad’s bizarre plot to replace Iran's leadership with former extremist President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the opening weeks of the war.
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Was Ahmadinejad an Israeli Agent?
by Jeff Stein on May 21, 2026
The New York Times reveals a bizarre US-Israeli regime-change scheme to return former hardline Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, rumored to be a secret Israeli agent, to power.
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New in SpyWeek: China, Cuba, Iran and an Air Force Defector
by Jeff Stein on May 18, 2026
Also: Spy agencies undermine Trump claims on Iran, CIA hit squads in Mexico, Tulsi tumult, Kash crash, big terrorism bust
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Spy Agencies Gave Trump Ample Warning of Iran Missiles, But He Evidently Ignored Them
by Jonathan Broder on May 17, 2026
Previously unreported damage from Iranian missiles and drones underscores accuracy of strikes, volume of arsenal, as Tehran reloads its launchers
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Trump On China's Spying on the US: Meh
by Jeff Stein on May 15, 2026
Both sides do it, Trump said, so he and Xi didn’t linger on the subject in Beijing
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The Spies and Professors Who Saved Ancient Athens from Nazi Plunder
by Peter Eisner on May 14, 2026
“The American School of Spies” is an engaging tale of how anti-fascist Greeks hid their antiquities with help from Allied agents
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New in SpyWeek: “We’re not a stupid country,” Rubio says, but CIA, DNI Might Disagree
by Jeff Stein on May 10, 2026
FBI pursues Ka$h tattlers, Gorka’s counter-terror plan, Russian defectors, Chinese spies, a secret Israeli base in Iraq
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Is Putin Really in Danger of Being Overthrown?
by Michael Isikoff on May 8, 2026
Former CIA Russia hand Sean Wiswesser and others see coup rumors as overblown
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A CIA Officer Returns to Iraq and Uncovers Embarrassing Details of the Spy Agency’s WMD Debacle
by Bob Drogin on May 5, 2026
Jerry Watson is suing the CIA to admit its coverup of intelligence misjudgments that led to the 2003 invasion of Iraq
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New in SpyWeek: Dire Strait, Tulsi in Flight, Secret Service Woes
by Jeff Stein on May 4, 2026
Also: Surveillance law hiccup, Starlinks for Iran, UK-Russia spy spat, Texas man crashes CIA






