Here's the 1978 letter from notorious KGB spy/MI6 turncoat Kim Philby, wherein Philby wonders if "we shall all be gobbling each other up in an orgy of cannibalism" one day, and that he would opt for "Breast of Brigette Bardot." Found at the Hoover Archives at Stanford. Written to an ex-CIA officer.

Once upon a time, Hoekstra was House Intel Chair.

Crazy story from @thehighside.bsky.social. thehighside.substack.com/p/pilot-of-f...

The vibe in here

kim philby makes one hundred percent of the shots you take

philby still putting up the goods in Common Era Twenty Twenty-Six

Here's the 1978 letter from notorious KGB spy/MI6 turncoat Kim Philby, wherein Philby wonders if "we shall all be gobbling each other up in an orgy of cannibalism" one day, and that he would opt for "Breast of Brigette Bardot." Found at the Hoover Archives at Stanford. Written to an ex-CIA officer.

Didn't expect to find myself agreeing my Kim Philby today, but here we are.

I wonder if we shall all be gobbling each other up in an orgy of cannibalism some day, George.

At Stanford's Hoover Archives, I have discovered a 1978 letter to an ex-CIA officer from notorious KGB spy/MI6 turncoat Kim Philby, wherein Philby wonders if "we shall all be gobbling each other up in an orgy of cannibalism" one day, and that he would opt for "Breast of Brigette Bardot."

This is why I have a Bluesky account

This reads like a joke but I am 100 percent serious. I held the letter in my hands, and the envelope.

At Stanford's Hoover Archives at Stanford, I have discovered a 1978 letter to an ex-CIA officer from notorious KGB spy/MI6 turncoat Kim Philby, wherein Philby wonders if "we shall all be gobbling each other up in an orgy of cannibalism" one day, and that he would opt for "Breast of Brigette Bardot."

Knicks in 6

It’s ok. It’s not like the companies keeping the US economy growing are overwhelmingly headquartered in California.

What a time I picked to be Internet-free and reading a book on Edwin Wilson

New Eyes On episode out with myself, @seandnaylor.bsky.social and @zachsdorfman.bsky.social discussing our recent article about JSOC spies. Also, a nice preview of Zach's upcoming book about CIA NOCs. youtu.be/BrO44uu-WBw?...

Knicks have a +19.4 average point differential this postseason, the largest by a team entering the NBA Finals in NBA playoff history. Passed the 2017 Warriors' mark of +16.3.

Knicks don't even look THAT joyous, that celebratory. They look ready to go win another 4.

The Cambyman. Late 90s Knicks were so much fun to watch. Their battle royales with the Heat were the best games I’ve ever seen.

In the 80’s spent most of a day in discussions with Fidel and Raul Castro. Proud dictatorship. Communism doesn’t work. Cuba is a disaster. No food. No freedom. Indictment of Raul for 30 year old murders won’t help. Engage diplomacy.

Great praise for our story w/ @zachsdorfman.bsky.social on JSOC's non-official cover program from Doug Stanton, bestselling author of "Horse Soldiers" amzn.to/4eVYgVL and In Harm's Way" amzn.to/49fluCF (Amazon Associates links). ICYMI, our story is here: thehighside.substack.com/p/the-school...

Again: this is the person the regime wantonly tortured, beat, and murdered protestors for during the failed Green Revolution of 2009, when it fixed the election in his favor.

We live in an age of extreme cynicism, bordering on political nihilism. The Times’ Ahmadinejad reporting will reinforce the idea that many of the most powerful actors in the world have no fixed values, and believe not a word they say.

This part and the paragraph that followed made the subscription totally worth it for me. Great article.

Delighted to work with @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social and @seandnaylor.bsky.social at @thehighside.bsky.social on this feature about the evolution--and uncertain future--of the use of deep cover by the military's elite Joint Special Operations Command. thehighside.substack.com/p/the-school...

New @thehighside.bsky.social article this morning from me, @seandnaylor.bsky.social, and @zachsdorfman.bsky.social about JSOC non official cover operatives. Some pretty incredible details in this one. thehighside.substack.com/p/the-school...

Outstanding criminal charges are necessary under US law for rendition—this was a major part of the debate in Trump I over kidnapping Assange; and it provided the legal architecture for the Maduro raid. Something to watch. www.wsj.com/world/americ...

Found some cool, incontrovertible, declassified evidence of NSA spying on the European Community in the early 1960s. We were reading their mail from the jump.

Intl sporting events—like pilgrimages—offer key opportunities for spy services to meet with assets. But if there’s no “noise” for sources to blend into, their getting visas, when their co-nationals don’t, looks a lot more suspicious to the opposition. www.sfchronicle.com/sports/artic...

Really extraordinary reporting by @natashabertrand.bsky.social et al. A few observations. 1. You don't appoint a former CIA Ground Branch bigwig ambassador to Mexico without serious escalatory intent. Likely functioning as on-the-ground covert operations general. www.cnn.com/2026/05/12/p...

It says that our foreign policy towards Cuba and the effect its had on the people there make prime targets for ideological recruitments. Also makes them much harder to catch if there’s no financial strings to for CI to pull on.

It should also make you question... are there still more out there?

Somewhere in Dirección de Inteligencia headquarters

The Americans who attacked Venezuela and seized Maduro in January killed 32 Cuban intelligence officers guarding him. A rare defeat for the Dirección de Inteligencia in its 65-year war with the United States.

Not the Russians, not the Chinese, not the Iranians--all more powerful and well-resourced countries. Now: the important counterintelligence question, which is rarely asked, is *how* and *why* such a weak and marginal country has had so much success, and what that says about them. And us.

Here's an intelligence-take hill I'll die on: No one has a track record of recruitments of U.S. officials, and successful double-agent ops, as impressive as the Cubans. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/u...

In this @wired.com video about fast16, @agreenberg.bsky.social walks through the whole arc: A 2005 malware that sat in plain sight, the NSA leak that named it, and what @sentinellabs.bsky.social's Vitaly Kamluk and @jags.bsky.social finally figured out it was doing.