Take some time and treat yourself to this
@caity.bsky.social investigation. You will laugh (a lot), you might cry a little, you will get very, very hungry. Like the best bread, this story is nourishment for the soul. We could all use some of that right now. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Take some time and treat yourself to this
@caityweaver
investigation. You will laugh (a lot), you might cry a little, you will get very, very hungry. Like the best bread, this story is nourishment for the soul. We could all use some of that right now. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
I’ll be @debalie.bsky.social in Amsterdam tonight talking about AI at war. No shortage of material these days! Tickets here: debalie.nl/programma/ai...
The Real Intelligence Failure in Iran: A costly quagmire was predictable. Trump went to war anyway.
New from me.
Ukrainian drones have made artillery and armored vehicles look obsolete. Why is the world still buying them?
New from @shustry.bsky.social
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Kristi Noem Is Gone. Now Mass Deportations Can Really Begin.
New from @nickmiroff.bsky.social
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We published this story minutes before Trump extended his reprieve on striking Iranian energy facilities for 10 more days. Such attacks would prompt Iranian retaliation across the Gulf. If Trump hadn’t known this before, last week’s attack on Qatar offered a clear demonstration.
Thank you.
An Iranian missile attack on a major natural gas facility in Qatar last week offered a glimpse of the catastrophes that might follow a broader Iranian military campaign against energy facilities across the Persian Gulf, reports @shaneharris.bsky.social.
New from me: A turning point in the Iran War.
A costly Iranian attack on Qatar's main LNG plant shows us the catastrophes that might follow a broader campaign against energy facilities across the Persian Gulf.
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Indeed! Tammy must be part of the reunion or it ain't happening. She was our foreign policy practitioner and laughed the most at my jokes.
And usually, no, I don't miss the obvious ones. Well done. Teed up nicely.
HA! You got me there. :) And thank you.
I truly hope so.
Ask Me Anything. Or American Marketing Association, probably.
One of the great benefits of working at The Atlantic is I can spam @shaneharris.bsky.social with questions. Now you can do that too.
AMA, folks.
The Strait of Hormuz presents a classic war theater for an insurgency to bog down superior forces. @nancyayoussef.bsky.social and Missy Ryan, who covered the insurgency in Iraq, explain why. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
The First Big Administration Defection Over Iran
Joe Kent has quit. Will Tulsi Gabbard be next?
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Some personal news: This is my last week at The Washington Post.
I’ve loved so much of the last 9 years here, but my faith in the paper’s current leadership is broken beyond repair.
Incredibly excited to get to work w/ the newsroom below (I start in June)
Get in touch on Signal : 9178872891
Not an explanation I have heard, I'll give you that! How to explain the jamming of the transmission?
In any event, whether ABC is describing the numbers station or some other communication, the last part of their story is right: there are concerns in US and among allies that Iran has deployed agents for retaliatory operations. Read my story on all this here: www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
It's also strange to describe this message as having been "intercepted," as ABC does. Anyone with a shortwave radio can listen to V32. Interception suggests some clandestine intelligence method. Maybe this suggests the ABC story is not about a numbers station. Tho the story sure reads that way.
The evidence so far, collected by amateur shortwave trackers, suggests this broadcast is NOT a message from Iran to activate sleeper cells. Again, maybe the USG knows something they don't. Also possible that this alert was sent before the jamming began.
There are indications that the Iranian gov't is jamming this signal. That suggests the message is meant for someone acting against Iran's interest, not the other way around. The interference, known as a "bubble jammer," is very similar to what Iran has used to block the transmission of Radio Farda.
ABC reports: US officials alerted law enforcement to "communications believed to have originated in Iran that may serve as 'an operational trigger.'" The origin of the broadcast (aka V32) has been very hard to pin down. Possible US gov't has determined this, but... abcnews.com/US/iran-acti...
This ABC News story about Iran activating sleeper cells sure sounds like what I reported about a Persian-language numbers station today. But if so, there's something off. 🧵
New: A Mysterious Code Is Being Broadcast on Shortwave Radio. Is It Iran?
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I take a look at the "V32" Farsi numbers station that aired on Feb. 28. Also proxy and cyber attacks, as well as other asymmetric measures Iran might use.
