Jeff Stein

Veteran natsec reporter. Pvsly Newsweek, WaPo, founding editor CQ/Homeland Security, dep foreign news editor UPI. Tips welcome via text at Signal 202-812-3034, email via spytalk@me.com and Twitter @talk_spy and @spytalker

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A new medical advisory board will oversee the CIA’s medical office, which has been criticized by agency veterans.

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An internal U.S. intelligence messaging system became a "dumpster fire" of hate speech during the Trump administration, an...

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