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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Anytime I hear “quid pro quo” I think of this: bsky.app/profile/cbsn...

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This was waiting for me when I got to work today. Thanks again to MVJ for the recognition.

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Def. Sec. Hegseth signed a memo today that CBS News obtained two months ago eliminating civilian tenure at military service academies. The Daily Wire was first to report on Tuesday that Hegseth signed the memo CBS News first reported on. Story: www.cbsnews.com/news/dod-pen...

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A photo of mine from many years ago.

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

On Wed, the Pentagon confirmed for the first time that Operation Epic Fury ended on May 5 after previously declining to say. @CBSNews obtained an email from August instructing personnel to not use Epic Fury to describe ongoing operations in Iran months after it ended www.cbsnews.com/news/militar...

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I haven’t listened to this since I gave the interview in Aug 2021. This line that I said just hit me: I had been in so many different firefights and shot at so many different times, bullets mere inches from my head and I wasn’t getting hit…and I was tired of surviving. revealnews.org/podcast/for-...

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

LCpl Rylee McCollum LCpl Jared Schmitz LCpl David Espinoza LCpl Kareem Nikoui LCpl Dylan Merola HM3 Maxton Soviak Cpl Hunter Lopez Cpl Daegan Page Cpl Humberto Sanchez Sgt Nicole Gee Sgt Johanny RosarioPichardo SSgt Taylor Hoover SSG Ryan Knauss 170 Afghans

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

My relationship with my managing editor

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Some personal news and heres the story I wrote: www.cbsnews.com/news/zelensk...

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Thinking about Jim Foley. He was murdered by ISIS militants 12 years ago today in Syria. He covered American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. Reported on the “Arab Spring” in Libya and later on the civil war in Syria.

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I posted this five years ago as Herat and Kandahar fell to the Taliban in Afghanistan. From Newsweek April 14, 1975.

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Tried to write it out but not enough room. Here’s the AP definitions.

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

It’s fair game for Sean Parnell to say the New York Times story is inaccurate or say the characterization of the story is false but violating the off record is different. It erodes trust. How can any reporter now trust that he won’t violate the next off record? Imagine if the roles were reversed.

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

President Trump designated the Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization last year who he thought “acted very professionally and smart” until now. Interested to hear from these previously professional acting members of a US designated FTO on how they have disappointed Mr. Trump

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Every war incurs a debt, one whose true cost can never be fully measured. Everyone who serves pays something. Birthdays and wedding anniversaries are missed. A child’s first steps pass unseen. Time is surrendered. Yet war is an unforgiving creditor. These are the soldiers who paid the full measure.

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Recent gift, first wear: I’m wearing an authentic Eagle, Globe and Anchor enlisted dress coat collar ornament (1920-1930) that was gifted to me. It’s one of the kindest gifts I’ve ever received. Long ago, I donated my grandfather’s EGAs from WWII to the new Museum of the Marine.

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Aside from some of the numbers being wrong, did President Trump forget he also falls into the “other Presidents” category?

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

The Defense Department identified the two active duty service members who were killed on July 17 and July 18.

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Dr. Christopher J. Scolese, who served as director of the National Reconnaissance Office since August 1, 2019, departed from the NRO Friday, July 10, after almost seven years in office. NRO’s Principal Deputy Director Bill Adkins will be performing the duties of the NRO director.

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

So happy to see my Carolina Hurricanes win the Stanley Cup. Photo from 2008.

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Factual thoughts: Scott Pelley and Henry Schuster were embedded with my Marine infantry unit in 2009—it was incredibly violent in Helmand. They told our story well. Years later, my unit suffered multiple suicides, they came back to cover that too.

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Spent my afternoon with friends I served with and service members I’ve had the privilege to cover.

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

When a mini-drone blew up in a Special Forces soldier’s face, a Army safety specialist wrote that in the Defense Department’s “rush to solve future and enduring threats related to [unmanned aerial systems], basic explosive safety principles are being ignored.” www.cbsnews.com/news/pentago...

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

The @cbsnews.com team has a new national security office in our Washington bureau. Today, I purchased the first photo to go up on our bare walls.

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark... and we're wearing sunglasses.

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Multiple officials tell CBS News that Army Master Sgt. Gannon Ken Van Dyke was a communications specialist supporting Joint Special Operations Command, the unit that oversees Tier 1 special mission units such as Delta Force and SEAL Team Six. www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-spe...

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I finally feel seen by this Onion news article theonion.com/man-torn-ove...

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

From @elleewatson.bsky.social of @cbsnews.com (current as of Apr. 14, 2026) - 399 U.S. service members have been wounded in action during Operation Epic Fury. 354 have returned to duty and three are currently considered seriously wounded. Increase in WIA due to "delayed symptoms" / TBIs.

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

New at CBS News - Army survivors of deadly attack in Kuwait dispute Pentagon's account, say unit "was unprepared" to defend itself — this is a photograph of the tactical operations center struck by an Iranian drone on March 1. www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-wa...

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

I’ve received emails and messages from readers overnight regarding “Mr. Trump” in CBS News copy. When it comes to the sitting president, we use “President Trump” on first reference and “Mr. Trump” on subsequent references. No different during President Biden’s administration.

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Deleted this tweet as some disagreed with me posting a screenshot of an AI generated message rather than the substance of what it says. Noted for future. Now back to the important part and in my own words: the publication of a news story should not increase the risk of harm to lives during crisis.

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

President Trump said all the Gold Star family members of service members killed during Operation Epic Fury told him to “finish the job” in Iran. Charles Simmons, father of Tech. Sgt. Tyler H. Simmons, said he did not. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

We’re using the military’s own category classification

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Last night, I spoke to former Army Pfc. Jeremy Watson who said this about Capt. Cody Khork: “[he] enjoyed being in the service…and was a great coach,” who taught him “Compassion, friendship, loyalty…[and] to always try to stay positive when you can.”

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

This is what the tactical operations center looked like in Kuwait. You can see the T-walls around it but there's no protection from above, especially if C-RAM or C-UAS system doesn't stop incoming. Strike appeared to be dead-center from above I'm told. www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-st...

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

I met Brad Arnold of 3 Doors Down when I was 13. My Aunt was their promoter. He was kind and generous with his time. I commented that it must be awesome to have all these fans—he explained it was sometimes a burden, he never wanted them to waste their hard earned money so he had to always be on. RIP

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

A Danish soldier gave me this patch in 2013. Denmark lost 43 in Afghanistan, one of the highest per capita death rates among troop-contributing nations, with casualties primarily from combat in Helmand (where I was) between 2002 and 2014. Now Pres. Trump won’t rule out taking Greenland by force.

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Thinking about John this morning. It’s been 13 years. I wrote this about him for The Washington Post - we served in Afghanistan together. www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpo...

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

A Chinook helicopter pilot who helped plan the operation to capture former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was wounded in the leg during the pre-dawn mission via me and Jennifer Jacobs of CBS News - NY Times first reported. x.com/jimlaporta/s...

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

8-years ago around this time President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un were publicly comparing the size of their respective nuclear arsenals in a mine is bigger than yours tit for tat. www.npr.org/sections/the...

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Sen. Mark Kelly will face administrative action

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

#BREAKING from me and Jennifer Jacobs - additional reporting on the strikes in Venezuela.

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

#BREAKING - another airstrike on an alleged drug boat in U.S. Southern Command Area of Responsibility.

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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Total dead now stands at 95 starting from the first strike on Sept. 2, 2025.

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