I knew and interviewed him, a great character.

The FBI Director Is MIA Kash Patel has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.

Truly remarkable reporting by Sarah Fitzpatrick in the Atlantic.
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Quick check on the American national-security establishment at war. The SecDef is a Christofascist. The DNI a crackpot. The FBI director is...Kash Patel. The CIA's back in the coup business.

And Trump is a power-drunk warlord.

What could go wrong?

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The FBI Director Is MIA Kash Patel has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.

Patel is a dangerous drunk who's pillaged the FBI's national security and intelligence directorates on Trump's orders. Good thing the US hasn't any enemies out there. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Prosecutor Withdraws From Trump Team’s Investigation of Ex-C.I.A. Chief

The president wants a sham prosecution of the former CIA chief John Brennan. I'm not sure the American intelligence establishment can survive this regime much longer. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/u...

When the Bush administration tried to monkeywrench the 4th Amendment in the name of national security, the FBI director, Bob Mueller, told Bush he'd quit in protest. Trump's Justice Department shouldn't get away with this.

July 21 1935: The Führer orders a new reception hall and ballroom to "entertain foreign diplomats" at the Chancellery. Underneath the dance floor is an air raid shelter. A 2nd deeper bunker is built next to this in 1944, where he would spend his last days as the Reich collapsed.

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Utter insanity from the titular leader of the American intelligence community.
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I honestly can't say, I left the paper sixteen years ago.

Nothing better than a project where you get to collaborate with smart friends. This roundtable was fun! Thank you, @lucatrenta.bsky.social, Michael J. Ard, @cindystorer.bsky.social, @paulmcgarr.bsky.social, and the one-and-only @tim-weiner.bsky.social

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All true, but for the paper to declare that the president's crazy in its own voice is something. It's a heavy lift to get the verb "lie" in a story, as in "the president lied." Not defending it, just stating the realities.

You have to imagine how hard it is to get the phrase "a deranged autocrat mad with power" into the paper.

You have to imagine how hard it is to get the phrase "a deranged autocrat mad with power" into the paper.

An educated guess.

That's a long story, longer than 300 characters.

Trump’s Erratic Behavior and Extreme Comments Revive Mental Health Debate

A devastating piece. It's about time The Times published it. Hats off to @peterbakernyt.bsky.social for writing it. I worked at the paper for 16 years, and you have no idea how hard it is to get a story like this past the desk. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/u...

This story, brilliantly reported, will send shivers down the spine of anyone who knows anything about the cold-war history of the CIA, the FBI, and the State Department.

The High Side covers the dark side. Great reporting. Well-deserved recognition for @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social and @seandnaylor.bsky.social

Deeply alarming to anyone who knows anything about the cold-war history of the CIA and the FBI.

And Trump took Mossad's word over CIA's, which is saying something.

Trump took Mossad's word over CIA's, which is saying something.

Trump Revels in Threats to Commit War Crimes in Iran

American military and intelligence officers are duty-bound to refuse illegal orders. They must throw down their stars rather than comply. Will a single one resist if Trump commands them to commit war crimes? We live in hope.

Trump Revels in Threats to Commit War Crimes in Iran

American military and intelligence officers are duty-bound to refuse illegal orders. They must throw down their stars rather than comply. Will a single one resist if Trump commands them to commit war crimes? We live in hope.

It rings false.

This gave me pause.

The Israelis pitched me in 1988, in our nation's capital. I told the guy to go fuck himself. I always wondered if they got to Judy Miller.

A page from the book 1984

Brown University is home to George Orwell's original manuscript of 1984. Most of it is marked up heavily in Orwell's hand-writing but this untouched page caught my eye.

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Actually section 9, clause 7.

He says the same, pithily, in THE MISSION.