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Author & journalist. THE MISSION: The CIA in the 21st Century coming July 15.

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Diana Bolsinger
21 days
Can't wait for this discussion with @Folly_and_Glory . Please join us! @ChekistMonitor @luca_trenta @UTEPCJDept @SocIntelHist
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tim weiner
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CODEWORD is my new newsletter on the continuing crisis in American intelligence, national security, foreign policy, and democracy. Subscribe! It's free. Here are the first six issues:
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4 months
"Any serious student of U.S. national security should immediately pick up a copy of “The Mission”.... History-making details uncovered through on-the-record interviews with former senior CIA officials." -- Jack Poulson, All-Source Intelligence https://t.co/mlgEg56EKc
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Jane Fleming
4 months
The Mission by Tim Weiner review – unmasking the CIA This impeccably sourced account of the secretive agency during a period of global turmoil deserves a Pulitzer John Simpson https://t.co/j74UaqZGRH
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This impeccably sourced account of the secretive agency during a period of global turmoil deserves a Pulitzer
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tim weiner
6 months
THE MISSION: The CIA in the 21st Century book launch: Powerhouse Arena, Brooklyn, July 14, 6 p.m. Steve Engelberg, presiding eminence at ProPublica, moderates. More to come. https://t.co/bM3YHpcSuR
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From Pulitzer Prize winner Tim Weiner, The Mission tells the gripping, high-stakes story of the CIA through the first quarter of the twenty-first century, revealing how the agency fought to rebuild...
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I.S. Berry | THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW
6 months
Thrilled to get an advance copy of @Folly_and_Glory's THE MISSION, a deep-dive exploration of the 21st century #CIA. This is the book everyone's talking about. Already getting raves. (& bonus if u can spot a brief mention of yours truly!) Can't wait to read - hits shelves 7/15/25
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7 months
In this triumphant follow-up to 'Legacy of Ashes,' National Book Award winner Tim Weiner continues his history of the CIA. It’s a crucial document of the present times. @MarinerBooks
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7 months
Would Trump Plot Coups in Greenland? Panama? Really?, by @SpyTalker with Tim Weiner @Folly_and_Glory https://t.co/74fKSCYEUy
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tim weiner
8 months
A few galleys have been spotted in the wild. Pub date in US and UK is July 15.
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tim weiner
8 months
Trump's America, a toxic cocktail of cruelty and incompetence.
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Yoni Appelbaum
8 months
NEW: In a court filing this evening, the Trump administration said that it had mistakenly deported a Maryland father to a notorious Salvadoran prison due to an "administrative error."
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tim weiner
9 months
Ladies and gentlemen, the FBI director.
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Kash Patel
9 months
Only thing better than coming home to Vegas… is fight night #UFC 313 @ufc @danawhite @AliAbdelaziz00 @RichardGrenell
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tim weiner
9 months
How will Trump use and abuse the CIA? Will he order it to stand down in Ukraine? Mount a coup to take the Panama Canal? Support Putin as he sabotages Europe? What's to stop him? Only CIA officers who say no. https://t.co/nWbKeeYDrq
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tim weiner
10 months
And with the Democrats leaderless and supine, the last lines of defense are federal judges and a handful of stand-up FBI agents. Not unlike Watergate!
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Brian Stelter
10 months
>> @kaitlancollins: "We are three weeks into the second Trump presidency, three weeks, and tonight, there are warnings that the U.S. is dangerously close to a constitutional crisis."
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