THE WIRE TAP
Chris Sampson, Egberto Willies, Olga Lautman, Thomas Mutch, April Ajoy, Craig Unger, Frank Figliuzzi, Moe Davis, Shaun Pinner, Simon OstrovskyLooking at a world in crisis and possible solutions
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Journalist-Photographer - Videographer -Musician- Based in Ukraine - Writing about people and the war. I've been in country the entire full scale invasion and I'm not giving up on our people.
A political activist, author, blogger, radio show host, business owner, software developer, web designer, and mechanical engineer. He's a Progressive whose favorite phrase is “political involvement should be a requirement for citizenship.”
Researcher & Analyst: Russian Intelligence & Influence Operations | Senior Fellow: CEPA | Senior Investigative Researcher: Institute for European Integrity. For investigative tips: [email protected] https://linktr.ee/olgalautman
Kiwi Journalist with a passion for writing about conflict, crime and human rights. Author of The Dogs of Mariupol. I want to know how people become heroes and villains under the most extreme and extraordinary circumstances.
Author of Star-Spangled Jesus. Humorously detoxing \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8Christianity. I left Christian Nationalism and America should too.
Craig is the NYT bestselling author of six books on the GOP's assault on democracy including American Kompromat, House of Trump, House of Putin and, most recently, Den of Spies. He has written for Vanity Fair, New York, and other publications.
FBI Assistant Director (retired); 25 year veteran Special Agent; Author of national bestseller The FBI Way; and, Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers; speaker; democracy defender
Retired attorney and Air Force Colonel who quit rather than use tortured evidence in the Guantanamo terrorism trials. Former law professor and Dept of Labor judge. 2020 Western NC Dem congressional candidate. Bike rider and enthusiastic beer drinker.
\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 Former British Soldier & \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 Ukrainian Marine | Author of Live.Fight.Survive | Defender of Mariupol | Writer & Independent Journalist ✍️ | Proud Husband & Father
Simon is a PBS NewsHour Special Correspondent and former Senior Foreign Correspondent for VICE News.
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