Joby Warrick
@jobywarrick.bsky.social
Veteran Washington Post national security reporter, 1996-2025. Author, "Triple Agent," 2011; "Black Flags," 2015; "Red Line," 2021. Coming in 2026: "The Jackal"
I'm wrapping up a preview copy of "The Jackal" from Washington Post reporter @jobywarrick.bsky.social. It's deeply-researched and a page turner. I can't fathom what his research process must have been. I keep muttering "man, the 70s were something else." www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ja...
The Jackal
The spectacular rise and dramatic fall of super-assassin Carlos the Jackal—one of history’s most infamous terrorist masterminds and the inspiration...
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From today’s NTY op-ed page: My essay riffing on terrorism themes in my upcoming book ‘The Jackal,’ including why Carlos-style terrorism-for-hire is making a comeback. Free link. @scribnerbooks.bsky.social We Live With the Violent Mayhem Carlos the Jackal Unleashed www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/o...
Opinion | Carlos the Jackal’s Violent Chaos Endures
The type of terrorism that was his signature brand is having a remarkable resurgence, and Americans are nowhere near prepared to deal with it.
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The first press reviews for "The Jackal" are in, in advance of the Aug 18 release. Delighted to share "starred" reviews from both Kirkus Reviews and Publishers' Weekly. The keeper quotes: "un-put-downable" and "a true-crime saga that reads with the immediacy of a thriller."
Barnes & Nobles is offering a 25-percent discount on pre-orders of my new book "The Jackal," through June 26. The discount is for B&N rewards members (sign-up is free) and applies to all platforms, including e-books and audio. Please help the author by pre-ordering -- and save!
Excited to share news about UK publisher Swift Press acquiring British rights to my forthcoming book "The Jackal." Available to UK readers in late August! www.thebookseller.com/rights/swift...
Joby Warrick's history of the terrorist Carlos the Jackal signed by Swift Press
Swift Press has acquired The Jackal: The Rise and Fall of Carlos, the World’s First Super-Terrorist by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Joby Warrick.
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It's the two-month countdown to the launch of my new book "The Jackal," and there's lots of good stuff coming. Catching up belatedly with a wonderful mention of "Jackal" by the @nytimes book reviewers as one of their "most anticipated titles" for summer. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/p...
A Summer Book Recommendation Bonanza
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Some professional news, a long time coming! Watch this space for updates. @scribnerbooks.bsky.social
I was horrified recently to learn that an Italian student traveling in Iraq was detained because he happened to be carrying my book Black Flags. Happily @Marco_pic99 is back home & safe. W/ help from @lanavediteseoed @bettywrong he has a new signed copy of the Italian edition!
One would-be terrorist dreamed of bombing a Taylor Swift concert. Another concocted a plan to unleash mayhem in New Orleans. The common thread: ISIS provided inspiration and a “cause” for wanton violence. Our look at how radicalization works in the social-media age, w/ @smekhennet wapo.st/3Pj9SE6
Inspired by ISIS: From a Taylor Swift plot in Vienna to carnage in New Orleans
In the Bourbon Street rampage, a foiled attack on a European pop concert and other attacks, a pattern of self-radicalization breeds terrorists influenced by ISIS.
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More than 360 tons of mustard gas. A swimming pool of sarin precursors lost "due to traffic accidents." The race is on to find Syria's missing chemical weapons, and @jobywarrick.bsky.social tells you everything you need to know. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Assad’s collapse has triggered a race to find missing chemical weapons, including more than 360 tons of mustard gas and five tons of missing precursors for the nerve agent sarin. Securing whatever remains is now a top priority for Syria's neighbors & other countries. @jobywarrick.bsky.social
Assad’s collapse triggers race to find missing chemical weapons
The Assad regime hid some of its deadly nerve agents from inspectors. With Syria in chaos, finding out what happened to the arsenal is a top priority.
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This article follows up on, and adds more details, to the great piece by @jobywarrick.bsky.social that orignally broke the story that Russia was building a larger BSL-4 lab complex at Sergiev Posad www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Satellite images show major expansion at Russian site with secret bioweapons past
New construction at a military research site near Moscow reveals a specialized laboratory complex designed to research and handle deadly pathogens, experts say.
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Syria's brutal dictator is gone. Here's one reason why the road ahead may not be an easy one. Our take, with @nakashimae Amid Syria’s upheaval, a wariness over the rebels’ Islamist roots wapo.st/4g8VFWk
Amid Syria’s upheaval, a wariness over the rebels’ Islamist roots
A string of stunning victories has spurred White House worries about a “catastrophic success” in Syria if Islamist fighters gain control. But experts say the rebels have changed.
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A simply amazing story from @jobywarrick.bsky.social of the @washingtonpost.com that grabs you with four words — "The family was mine." — and never lets you go. wapo.st/4eEBuxE
A century later, a taped message solves the mystery of a WWI doughboy’s death
I wrote about my great-uncle Foster Stevens, who was killed nine days before the Nov. 11, 1918, armistice that ended World War I. Now we know about the man who was with him when he died.
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"'We’ll just soldier through this, me and you,' Stevens had said in his mild North Carolina drawl as he put an arm around Scarbrough... 'I’ll be right here.'" Lovely, sweet, sad story by @jobywarrick.bsky.social about friendship in war, and final moments revealed decades later. wapo.st/4eEBuxE
A century later, a taped message solves the mystery of a WWI doughboy’s death
I wrote about my great-uncle Foster Stevens, who was killed nine days before the Nov. 11, 1918, armistice that ended World War I. Now we know about the man who was with him when he died.
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Two Marines forged a friendship on the battlefields of World War I. One died in combat. A century later, the survivor’s recorded memories bring a long-delayed closure. A personal story for me and my family, new today. www.washingtonpost.com/history/2024...
A century later, a taped message solves the mystery of a WWI doughboy’s death
I wrote about my great-uncle Foster Stevens, who was killed nine days before the Nov. 11, 1918, armistice that ended World War I. Now we know about the man who was with him when he died.
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