Atlantic staff writer @shaneharris.bsky.social drills down on the changes roiling the ODNI and CIA. New #SpyTalk 🕵🏼♀️ podcast with hosts @spytalker.bsky.social & @misikoff.bsky.social #KarenGreenberg #MSWMedia Listen: redcircle.com/shows/d7fabf...
Shane Harris
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Scoop: In an internal survey, CIA analysts report that politicization of intelligence is on the rise and affecting the objectivity of analysis. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
CIA Analysts Say Political Pressure Is on the Rise
A survey reveals concern among the rank and file that Trump-administration meddling is undermining intelligence work.
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Secrets & Spies Podcast: Global Affairs | Intelligence@secretsandspies.bsky.social · last mo.Did politics break America's intelligence leadership? @mattfulton.net speaks with @shaneharris.bsky.social about Tulsi Gabbard, Bill Pulte, the DNI, and why many now believe the office created after 9/11 should be radically reformed or abolished. Links to episode in comments below 👇👇👇
Ukraine’s Strategic Place: From Frontline to Foundation - @sebastianhartmann.bsky.social - @jekavanagh.bsky.social - Mark Montgomery - @tsahkna.bsky.social - Mariana Betsa Moderated by @shaneharris.bsky.social 🎦 www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVuU... 📸 flic.kr/s/aHBqjCTQR6 #LennartMeriConference
New: What the Pentagon Didn't Say About a Deadly Crash The military claimed the skies were “friendly" when a KC-135 tanker went down over Iraq. But initial intelligence reports suggested otherwise. W/ Missy Ryan and @nancyayoussef.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
What the Pentagon Didn’t Say About a Deadly Crash
The military claimed the skies were “friendly,” but initial reports suggested otherwise.
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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...
I Found It: The Best Free Restaurant Bread in America
Thirteen thousand miles. Infinite contenders. One beautiful loaf.
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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 Found It: The Best Free Restaurant Bread in America
Thirteen thousand miles. Infinite contenders. One beautiful loaf.
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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...
AI at War – with Shane Harris
The Anthropic-case shows how interlinked tech companies and intelligence agencies are. With national security journalist Shane Harris we explore mass surveillance, cyberwarfare and the shifting balanc...
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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 www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Building Tanks While the Ukrainians Master Drones
Ukrainian drones have made artillery and armored vehicles look obsolete. Why is the world still buying them?
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Kristi Noem Is Gone. Now Mass Deportations Can Really Begin. New from @nickmiroff.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Kristi Noem Is Gone. Now Mass Deportations Can Really Begin.
DHS has a new leader and a big pot of money to deliver on Trump’s campaign promise.
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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.
Shane Harris@shaneharris.bsky.social · 4mo agoNew 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. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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.
The Reason Trump May Pull Back From the Brink
The president is discovering the high stakes of an escalation that damages energy facilities.
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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. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
The Reason Trump May Pull Back From the Brink
The president is discovering the high stakes of an escalation that damages energy facilities.
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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.
The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 4mo agoIn 2016, a man claiming to be an Iranian intelligence officer promised Shane Harris that he’d reveal his country’s secrets. Now on Reddit, Harris will answer questions about their correspondence and about his decades as a national-security reporter: www.reddit.com/r/Intelligen...
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 U.S. and Iran Are Fighting a Massively Asymmetrical War
The Strait of Hormuz presents a classic war theater for an insurgency to bog down superior forces.
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The First Big Administration Defection Over Iran Joe Kent has quit. Will Tulsi Gabbard be next? 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
max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 5mo agoAs we first reported in last night's @semafor.com media newsletter, NOTUS is rebranding/dramatically expanding. In a memo to staff this morning, the organization said it plans to "launch this new version of NOTUS under a new name" and double staff from 50 to 100.
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? www.theatlantic.com/national-sec... 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.
A Mysterious Code Is Being Broadcast on Shortwave Radio. Is It Iran?
The regime is overmatched militarily, but still has tools for returning fire.
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Somehow we keep coming back to Iran… Always great to talk to Mary even when the subject is grim.
Mary Harris@maryharris.bsky.social · 5mo agoI've had two other occasions to ask -- are we at war with Iran? (Soleimani's assasination, the targeted nuclear strikes -- all Trump.) I don't want to say 3rd time's the charm, but 3rd time is definitely a different answer. With @shaneharris.bsky.social slate.com/podcasts/wha...
Significant new reporting from Warren Strobel and @ellenwapo.bsky.social on a secret “Havana Syndrome” device in Norway. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
CIA, Pentagon investigated secret ‘Havana syndrome’ device in Norway
The CIA investigated a Norwegian government experiment with a pulsed-energy machine in which a researcher built and tested a “Havana syndrome” device on himself.
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I spent 7 years at the @washingtonpost.com. Did some of the best work of my career. Had some of the best times of my life. The people responsible for the misery that is about to unfold will probably fail up, which is a damn shame. There will be a time for recriminations. But today...
Tim Walz tells @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social he fears a Ft. Sumter moment in Minneapolis. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Tim Walz Fears a Fort Sumter Moment in Minneapolis
The Minnesota governor warns of a national unraveling.
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“.. U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard speaks on the phone while standing inside a vehicle loaded with boxes outside the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center after the FBI executed a search warrant there.” @reuters.com
“Americans who support liberal democracy need to recognize what we’re dealing with in order to cope with it, and to recognize something, one must name it. Trump has revealed himself, and we must name what we see.” — @jonrauch.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Yes, It’s Fascism
Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny.
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Back on the pod!
Lawfare@lawfaremedia.org · 6mo agoOn this week's Rational Security @sranderson.bsky.social sat down with @annabower.bsky.social, @shaneharris.bsky.social, and Loren Voss to discuss DOJ issuing subpoenas to state Democratic officials in Minnesota, a criminal inquiry into Fed Chair Jerome Powell, and more. youtu.be/Quq3EkFrUOg