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Investigative and enterprise national security news you won't find elsewhere, found at TheHighSide.substack.com and run by @SeanDNaylor.bsky.social and @JackMurphyRGR.bsky.social.
“Probably since the creation of the CIFs there have been the haters that have been trying to shut them down,” said former acting defense secretary and retired Special Forces officer Chris Miller. thehighside.substack.com/p/revenge-of...
Revenge on the CIF - How “The Haters” Cut Special Forces’ Last Link To JSOC
The past, and maybe future, of the Special Forces' in-extremis response team
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The High Side@thehighside.bsky.social · last wk.Another great endorsement by a paid subscriber to The High Side. A short thread of Amazon Associates links to books by @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social and @seandnaylor.bsky.social follows. (In other words, buy them here and you help The High Side.) Thanks for your support, Jim.
Another great endorsement by a paid subscriber to The High Side. A short thread of Amazon Associates links to books by @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social and @seandnaylor.bsky.social follows. (In other words, buy them here and you help The High Side.) Thanks for your support, Jim.
Yesterday's @nypost.com "exclusive" article about a possible raid to grab Iran's nuclear material nypost.com/2026/07/25/w... cited, but didn't link to, "a report from a report from plugged-in independent outlet The High Side." Our story is here: thehighside.substack.com/p/iran-wmd-r....
Exclusive | US mulls plan to snatch enriched uranium from Iran’s nuclear facilities: ‘most sophisticated op in history’
Special Operations Forces are waiting in the wings near Iran ready to launch the “most sophisticated operation in military history,” which could see thousands of troops on the ground storming nucle…
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At the Focal Point Operations Center, the word came down, according to the former military intelligence official, “Bearded weirdos were on the way.” thehighside.substack.com/p/wildcat-to...
Wildcat Torrent: inside a SEAL Team 6 hostage rescue in West Africa
The Sahel is keeping U.S. special operators busy
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New on @thehighside.bsky.social -Op Wildcat Torrent, new details about the missionary DEVGRU rescued in 2020 -Green Berets in the Sahel who worked to free a nun being held hostage -Previously unreported details about the DEVGRU raid in Nigeria in May that got buried under all the Iran news.
The High Side@thehighside.bsky.social · 2w ago@jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social takes you inside hostage rescue and counterterrorism operations in the Sahel over the past several years, exclusively in The High Side: thehighside.substack.com/p/wildcat-to...
@jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social takes you inside hostage rescue and counterterrorism operations in the Sahel over the past several years, exclusively in The High Side: thehighside.substack.com/p/wildcat-to...
Wildcat Torrent: inside a SEAL Team 6 hostage rescue in West Africa
The Sahel is keeping U.S. special operators busy
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I write stuff like this story about a CIA proxy coming off the rails and people totally just shrug it off while raging about MK Ultra or what the fuck ever else as if that even matters at this point. Serious case of vapor lock. thehighside.substack.com/p/extrajudic...
Extrajudicial killing in Kenya reveals CIA's covert role in global counterterrorism operations
Kenya’s Rapid Response Team commandos were sure they had got their man, shooting suspected terrorist Fuad Abubakar Manswab dead as he tried to flee the apartment they had just broken into.
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Jack Murphy@jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social · 3w agoWhen people think about the CIA, they exclusively think of the pre-Church Committee CIA as if that is the same agency sixty years later. It's impossible to talk them out of the Oliver Stone shit they were raised on.
Back to reading Tragedy and Hope. Today I felt stuck on my novel so I wrote a draft about special ops hostage rescue missions in West Africa over the last five years for @thehighside.bsky.social
Another terrific endorsement for our work at TheHighSide.substack.com from a new paying subscriber. Thank you, Patrick! cc @seandnaylor.bsky.social and @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social
New Eyes On ep today discussing the article I wrote about the Iran WMD mission with @seandnaylor.bsky.social youtu.be/tiO6bgkEHnM?...
Inside JSOC’s Most Dangerous Mission Ever
YouTube video by EYES ON GEOPOLITICS
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“I don’t think this operation has been done before, even in a training environment,” said the former defense contractor, adding that if the facility itself was buried in rubble, JSOC would probably just completely destroy what remained with explosives rather than try to dig out the fissile material.
Silver Squadron was selected because it had already been preparing for a similar mission in North Korea... thehighside.substack.com/p/iran-wmd-r...
Iran WMD Raid: Inside JSOC's Most Challenging Mission Yet
For more than three months, a Joint Special Operations Command task force has been standing by in the Middle East, prepared to execute what some insiders say would likely be the most dangerous mission...
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Good @thehighside.bsky.social report on the “HEU raid” bandied about on TV this spring as if it would be a quick, easy thing. Key: JSOC has trained for versions of this for years—but *not* for a version where the target facilities have been pulverized first. Yet JSOC generals still pushed for it.
Jack Murphy@jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social · last mo.New High Side article out today about the JSOC 0400 counter-WMD mission, and the proposed plan to snatch highly enriched Uranium out of Iran. thehighside.substack.com/p/iran-wmd-r...
New High Side article out today about the JSOC 0400 counter-WMD mission, and the proposed plan to snatch highly enriched Uranium out of Iran. thehighside.substack.com/p/iran-wmd-r...
New @thehighside.bsky.social article coming Monday. Liable to blow out some o-rings.
Somehow I missed this very thorough @alexhollings52.bsky.social/Sandboxx News report on the F-15E shootdown when it dropped, but Alex credits @thehighside.bsky.social for being first to report that it was the second time the pilot had been shot down in a few weeks. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsW7...
How did ONE F-15E pilot get SHOT DOWN TWICE against IRAN?
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The F-15E pilot shot down over Iran had already been shot down during the Iran war - by a Kuwaiti F/A-18 just a few weeks previously. And the weapon systems officer shot down with him over Iran survived a parachute failure. By @seandnaylor.bsky.social: thehighside.substack.com/p/pilot-of-f...
F-15E pilot downed over Iran had been shot down a month prior
F-15E weapon systems officer suffered a parachute “malfunction” when he punched out
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That article is here: thehighside.substack.com/p/the-school...
Jack Murphy@jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social · 2mo agoNew Eyes On episode out with myself, @seandnaylor.bsky.social and @zachsdorfman.bsky.social discussing our recent article about JSOC spies. Also, a nice preview of Zach's upcoming book about CIA NOCs. youtu.be/BrO44uu-WBw?...
"In the end, American consumers paid $159b in nat'l sales taxes for which most will never be reimbursed a penny. And rather than those taxes being used by the federal govt to, say, repave roads or build bridges, most of the money will instead provide corporate windfalls." — @schaller67.bsky.social
The triple toll of Trump’s terrible tariffs
Ultimately, American workers and consumers suffer three different ways.
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Brace yourself for my interview with Danny Jones. Discussed Havana Syndrome, the gov's relationship w/ the press, JSOC spies, tapping undersea fiber optics, Iran rescue, Meduro capture, theft of agricultural drones, and oh lord the Epstein files. youtu.be/uS_i7ZhVGLY?...
Explosive NEW Evidence Ends CIA Directed Energy Weapons Debate | Jack Murphy
YouTube video by Danny Jones
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The High Side@thehighside.bsky.social · 3mo agoGreat praise for our story w/ @zachsdorfman.bsky.social on JSOC's non-official cover program from Doug Stanton, bestselling author of "Horse Soldiers" amzn.to/4eVYgVL and In Harm's Way" amzn.to/49fluCF (Amazon Associates links). ICYMI, our story is here: thehighside.substack.com/p/the-school...
Great praise for our story w/ @zachsdorfman.bsky.social on JSOC's non-official cover program from Doug Stanton, bestselling author of "Horse Soldiers" amzn.to/4eVYgVL and In Harm's Way" amzn.to/49fluCF (Amazon Associates links). ICYMI, our story is here: thehighside.substack.com/p/the-school...
