I’m very late to this, but Sam Tanenhaus’s William F. Buckley biography is absolutely astonishing. Just nonfiction of the highest literary order.

NARA quietly posted more declassified JFK files late last month. I spent some time looking through them and there’s interesting stuff on NSA‘s Minaret operation, a detailed breakdown of US military capabilities by McNamara, and more NSA tech cuts.

I have a super-interesting (I think) cold war counterintelligence story coming out soon on East Bloc illegals.

Tonight we have an interview with a Task Force Orange/ISA/Titan Zeus/etc tactical SIGINT dude. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6Hq...

Very simply, this man did not demonstrate any care toward the institution he was meant to be running.

I can't believe this is a real NYT headline. In addition to being the tech-bougie capital, SF has to have the most natural beauty of any major American city, right? The giant mountains and the lush forests and the drastic cliffs that overlook the Pacific.

In a statement, CIA calls @wyden.senate.gov's letter referring to deep concerns he has about unspecified CIA activities a "badge of honor."

The president just released a statement that, I believe interpreted fairly, explicitly threatens Mauritius if the country ever decides it does not want a giant GCHQ-NSA eavesdropping station there.

Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.

The Future of Media is a $250 million national newspaper devoted solely to the debate over cooking at home vs delivery.

Bezos’ cull at the Washington Post seems almost performative. He could run it at a loss indefinitely, he could run it as a nonprofit philanthropic effort, he could sell it. But no.

The mass layoffs at the Post really just make me feel a deep sadness for our industry. The severe weakening of the media ecosystem since 2017 has been catastrophic for American democracy. It has also, of course, come at great cost for journalists themselves.

“Activities” is, of course, incredibly vague. Abroad? Domestically? Regarding intelligence-gathering? Or covert action?