CIA Okays Release of the “Last” Vietnam Spy Story
Author’s Note: Last spring, just before the fiftieth anniversary of the fall of Saigon, I submitted a draft article, “The…
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Trump’s “Joe McCarthy” Act — And How to Fight Back
When I was a child in the Deep South, Joseph McCarthy’s voice floated through the dining room like smoke that…
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More Conspiracy Mongering About the JFK Assassination — As If We Need It
A thumbs-up to Michael Isikoff and Gus Russo for their recent SpyTalk piece, “More CIA-JFK Assassination Conspiracy Nonsense.” They rightly fault The Washington…
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Epstein, Maxwell, and the Intelligence Question We’re Not Asking
As the public continues to demand disclosure of a so-called “Epstein client list,” we may be asking the wrong question….
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LA’s Firestorms: Political Lessons for Our Survival
In early March, three months after wildfires tore through multiple Los Angeles-area communities, PBS aired a grim retrospective: Weathered: Inside…
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Damning Bibi Dangerously: When does criticism of his Gaza policies become antisemitism?
Author’s Note: This article was completed just before the outbreak of the Israel–Iran-US conflagration. How the crisis unfolds will inevitably…
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William F. Buckley admitted breaking CIA’s rules—three years too late
Playing favorites with national security makes a mockery of it. Author’s note: Sam Tanenhaus has just published a long-awaited biography…
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Kent State In Memoriam
Each year I update this post to remind myself to remember — all the more timely given the current campus…
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Glitter at the End of the Tunnel: Saigon’s 16 Tons of Gold, Lost, then Found
The BBC has just laid to rest one of the great urban legends left over from the Vietnam war, one…
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Ghosts Beckon From Old Saigon
With the 50th Anniversary of the fall of Saigon now upon us, friends and fair-weather facsimiles with some knowledge of my…