Making Peace While the House Is Burning – Israel’s Impossible Choices
Obliterating the oppressed Palestinians of Gaza to punish them for the sins of their Hamas masters may finally accomplish one of…
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The “October Surprise” Surprises Us All Over Again
(Author’s note: This essay was written before the current Mideast crisis and my remarks about the Israelis in the Iran-Contra/October…
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Real Time Relevance of Pentagon Papers Leak
Author’s note: The passing of the incomparable Dan Ellsberg has prompted reams of rhapsodic prose about the importance of the…
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Ukraine, the Blitz, and the Christmas Bombing of Hanoi
Jeff Stein of the web site Spytalk recently compared Russian bombing of Ukraine to the London blitz of 1940 and…
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Stop Kvetching About Biden’s Afghan “Screw-Ups” – Kudos Are Owed
Author’s Note: I was never an eyewitness to the Afghan war. But as the CIA’s last intelligence analyst in Saigon,…
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What Vietnam Should Have Taught Us About Afghanistan
A lot of young reporters and budding military historians who wouldn’t know a Chinook from a Polish sausage are suddenly…
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Holding Trump Accountable for Abusing US Secrets: a Supreme Court Precedent Points the Way
The intelligence community and all sane citizens and allies of the United States are rightly freaking out about the implications…
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In Response To Readers’ Queries: Professional Background on Frank Snepp
Peabody-Award-winning investigative journalist, best-selling author, decorated CIA officer-turned-whistleblower, U.S. Supreme Court precedent-maker, university lecturer, documentary producer, screenwriter, podcaster on espionage,…
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Putin’s Plan B For Ukraine: The Trump Primer
(Author’s Note: Just when you thought you were safe from Donald Trump, Putin’s Plan B blitzkrieg into eastern Ukraine is…