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Jeff Stein, Michael Isikoff, John Dinges, Jonathan Broder, Arthur Kent, James Lockhart, Toby Harnden, Dolia Estévez, Yossi Melman, Peter EisnerIntelligence for Thinking People
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Founding editor of SpyTalk. Longtime natsec reporter. Pvsly Newsweek, WaPo, founding editor CQ/Homeland Security, dep foreign news editor UPI. Tips welcome via Signal 202-812-3034, or spytalk at me dot com and Twitter, @talk_spy and @spytalker.
Michael Isikoff is an award-winning investigative journalist and best-selling author who has reported for The Washington Post, Newsweek, NBC News and Yahoo News. He is now a contributing editor to SpyTalk.
Long time inland lake sailor. Favorite all time boat is the C Skow on Lake Okoboji.
A veteran reporter, editor and foreign correspondent, Broder writes about defense and foreign policy from Washington.
Arthur Kent began his journalism career in 1973. He has reported for The Observer, NBC News, the BBC, CBC News and CNN. His documentary Afghanistan: Captives of the Warlords was telecast by PBS three months prior to the 9/11 attacks.
Historian of American foreign relations and intelligence. Fan of literature, film, and music, and have traveled and lived extensively in southern South America, Europe, the Persian/Arabian Gulf, and East Asia.
Author posting about espionage and writing. My book, "The 39: Uncovering the Secret Heroes of the CIA" (Simon & Schuster), released on March 23, 2027, tells the amazing, undisclosed stories of the recipients of the Distinguished Intelligence Cross.
Senior Washington-based foreign correspondent for Mexican outlets. Latest book: Mexico, A Challenging Assignment (Woodrow Wilson Center).
Yossi Melman is an Israeli writer who specialised in security and intelligence affairs. He is co-author of Spies Against Armageddon.
Peter Eisner a, contributing editor to SpyTalk, is an award-winning reporter and author, formerly at The Washington Post, Newsday, and the Associated Press.
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