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Justice and Intelligence Correspondent, NBC News. Reach me at DilanianNBC@proton.me

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Ken Dilanian @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
News from @ms.now: The FBI has put together a classified report re-examining some of its past investigations and operations. They are calling it the “Patel report.” “We cannot change what happened before we arrived,” says an internal memo announcing the report. “But we can confront it honestly.”
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Ken Dilanian @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
FBI Director Kash Patel has been demanding special perks from bureau employees during his taxpayer-funded travels throughout the country, including helicopter tours and jet ski excursions, according to a Congressional letter obtained exclusively by MS NOW. www.ms.now/news/house-d...
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Dem lawmakers want Kash Patel to answer for his spending — but this time they’re not alone
A powerful Republican who has publicly defended the FBI director is now demanding answers on his BMW purchases and his use of the bureau jet.
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Ken Dilanian @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Scoop: The FBI is surging personnel to work on its investigation of the 2020 Georgia election. www.ms.now/news/fbi-dir...
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FBI directing hundreds of analysts to dig into Georgia election probe subjects, sources say
A personnel surge supporting Kash Patel's "priority effort" is underway, tasking intelligence experts with running tens of thousands of records checks by mid-July.
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MS NOW Public Relations @msnowcomms.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
🚨 EXCLUSIVE from @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social and @carolleonnig.bsky.social: @ms.now has learned that FBI agents are probing the reporter who wrote a detailed story of FBI Director Kash Patel’s alleged heavy drinking and erratic behavior. Read the full piece here ⬇️ www.ms.now/news/fbi-inv...
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FBI investigating leaks to journalist who wrote explosive article on Kash Patel: Sources
MS NOW has learned that that FBI agents are probing the reporter who wrote a detailed story of Patel’s alleged heavy drinking and erratic behavior.
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Ken Dilanian @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Pam Bondi was fired largely because Donald Trump grew dissatisfied with her inability to deliver on prosecuting his perceived enemies, sources tell me.
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Ken Dilanian @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
New: The FBI has lost 300 experienced national security agents over the last year, including 45 fired. Now the threat environment is as perlilous as it’s been in a long time. The DOJ has also lost experienced natsec lawyers. www.ms.now/news/doj-los...
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DOJ losing experienced counterterrorism minds at a critical time, say current and former officials
On the heels of an ISIS-inspired threat in New York, a look across the Justice Department finds a purge of national security expertise at the FBI and other divisions.
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Ken Dilanian @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
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Concern rises within FBI that conspiracy theories spurred search of election office
In Fulton County, a line was crossed when a subpoena was issued without probable cause, current and former FBI officials say.
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Ken Dilanian @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
This seems spot on
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Waiting on the identity on the charged bomber, but as an old explosives prosecutor, I'll say that evidence of identity can come from bomb signatures recognized by investigators w/institutional knowledge, components & where they were purchased, or tips. Revisiting old evidence can be illuminating.
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MS NOW Reports @msnowreports.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Dems on the House Oversight Committee released never-before-seen videos and images of Jeffrey Epstein's private home in the Caribbean dubbed "Epstein Island". @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social, @lawofruby.bsky.social and @kevinjfrey.bsky.social join Chris Jansing with more. www.ms.now/chris-jansin...
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House Oversight Dems release new photos and videos of 'Epstein Island'
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released never-before-seen videos and images of Jeffrey Epstein's private home in the Caribbean dubbed "Epstein Island". MS NOW Justice and Intelligence Repo...
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Craig Lisher @clish12.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
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Everyone’s Talking About “Unlawful Orders.” No One’s Helping the People Who Might Face Them.
Political leaders on both sides are fueling chaos. The people on the ground are left with the impossible decisions — and no meaningful guidance.
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Ken Dilanian @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
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President Trump may have had enough of Kash Patel, according to sources
The president is weighing whether to oust the FBI director after scrutiny of Patel's stewardship of bureau resources, including his girlfriend’s security detail and use of a government jet.
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Ken Dilanian @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
“What I don’t understand is why some Democrats are hopping on this bandwagon. They may believe the Epstein file release will hurt Trump. But they are undermining public trust and sowing public cynicism in ways that make the entire progressive project impossible.“ . www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
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Opinion | The Epstein Story? Count Me Out.
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Ken Dilanian @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
“What I don’t understand is why some Democrats are hopping on this bandwagon. They may believe the Epstein file release will hurt Trump. But they are undermining public trust and sowing public cynicism in ways that make the entire progressive project impossible.“ . www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
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Opinion | The Epstein Story? Count Me Out.
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MS NOW Reports @msnowreports.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
EXCLUSIVE: Grand jury investigating Trump admin officials @carolleonnig.bsky.social and @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social join Katy Tur with more of their exclusive reporting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUvN...
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EXCLUSIVE: Grand jury investigating Trump admin officials
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Ken Dilanian @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
SCOOP: A federal grand jury in Maryland is investigating whether FHFA director Bill Pulte and Justice Department prosecutor Ed Martin improperly appointed unauthorized people to help in mortgage fraud investigations of President Trump's critics. With @carolleonnig.bsky.social
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Ken Dilanian @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
New: In private correspondence with Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein wrote in 2011 that Donald Trump, “spent hours at my house” with a victim of sex trafficking, referring to Trump as the “dog that hasn’t barked.” Emails obtained by @housedemocrats.bsky.social
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Ken Dilanian @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Ghislaine Maxwell, the Epstein confidante and child sex trafficker, is being waited on “hand and foot” by the staff at her minimum security prison camp while she prepares a request that Donald Trump commute her sentence, according to whistleblower revelations. More on @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social
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Ken Dilanian @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
New: Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after they filed a sentencing memo describing a defendant as having been part of “a mob of rioters” who “attacked the U.S. Capitol.”
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Ken Dilanian @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Here's one of the alleged mob guys charged in the NBA-related gambling takedown today: "Joe Brooklyn" Lanni, an alleged Gambino family capo. nypost.com/2025/10/17/u...
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Gambino mobster ‘Joe Brooklyn,’ 6 other wiseguys cop guilty pleas for violent bid to take over NYC’s garbage biz
“Get this axe and you make him – two,” one mobster allegedly threatened an extortion victim.
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Ken Dilanian @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
This federal gambling takedown is absolutely wild. Mafia soldiers, an NBA coach, rigged poker games with crooked shuffling machines and hidden cameras…and an allegation that an NBA player fixed a game to profit from a bet.
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Ken Dilanian @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
EXCLUSIVE: Ex-DoJ officials say Trump is destroying the department. Most sweeping accusations against a president since Nixon www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/e...
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Ex-Justice officials: 'It's our duty to sound the alarm'
Scores of officials who have resigned or been forced out of the Justice Department this year are speaking out against its "destruction."
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Ken Dilanian @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
As I reported last night: The DoJ fired the top national security prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia a few hours after MAGA activist Julie Kelly denounced him on X because he has been detailed to work for the deputy attorney general in the last administration.
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Ken Dilanian @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
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How Tom Homan wound up ensnared in an FBI contracts-for-cash sting
A former associate of Trump’s border czar allegedly proposed a $1 million scheme last year that put FBI agents on Homan's trail.
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Ken Dilanian @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
New: Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are demanding that AG Bondi turn over documents relating to the firing of the EDVA prosecutor that paved the way for the Comey indictment. @durbin.senate.gov and others
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The Weeknight on MS NOW @weeknightmsnow.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
BREAKING: Former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted on two counts by Virginia grand jury, a senior Justice Department official tells MSNBC. @msnbc.com Justice and Legal Correspondent @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social joins The Weeknight with the latest.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
3/ @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social confirms ABC News reporting Prosecutors "presented newly sworn US attorney Lindsey Halligan with a memo explaining ... there isn’t enough evidence to establish probable cause a crime was committed, let alone enough to convince a jury to convict him."
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The Weeknight on MS NOW @weeknightmsnow.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
BREAKING: Former FBI Director James Comey is expected to be indicted by Trump’s DOJ, according to new reporting from @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social and Carol Leonnig.
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Ken Dilanian @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Warner Accuses Trump Administration of Undermining National Security www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/u...
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Warner Accuses Trump Administration of Undermining National Security
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Ken Dilanian @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Exclusive: FBI agents have been pulled off terrorism and child predator cases to chase undocumented immigrants www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
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President Trump's deportations are diverting FBI agents off child predator cases
Officials warn that President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown is leaving domestic terrorists, including online extremists who prey on children, unpoliced.
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MS NOW Reports @msnowreports.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
FBI and DOJ being 'politicized' in way 'we've never seen in modern history': @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social www.msnbc.com/katy-tur/wat...
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FBI and DOJ being 'politicized' in way 'we've never seen in modern history': Dilanian
The FBI is searching the home and office of former National Security Adviser John Bolton as part of a “national security investigation in search of classified records,” according to a source familiar ...
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Ken Dilanian @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
FBI agents fear Trump is turning the bureau into a police force, at the expense of its national security mission. Latest plan: Equip FBI agents with tasers. www.msnbc.com/news/news-an...
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Trump is turning the FBI away from investigating terrorism and corruption, sources say
Staffing cuts and a new focus on violent crime will leave fewer resources for the agency's other goals.
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Ken Dilanian @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Supporters have launched a fundraising appeal to help two veteran FBI agents recently fired for what appear to be political reasons: www.supporttheirservice.com
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Support Their Service
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Mark Urban @markurban.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
The latest @crisisroompod.bsky.social has just dropped! Fiona Hill, once the president’s top Russia adviser & inside the room at the Helsinki Trump/Putin summit joins Amber Rudd @mpolymer1.bsky.social and I to discuss what’s about to happen in Alaska podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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Who is playing who? Trump, Putin, and the Alaska ‘Peace Summit’
Podcast Episode · The Crisis Room · 14/08/2025 · 40m
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Ken Dilanian @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
New and exclusive: Sen Durbin is asking the DoJ Inspector General to investigate the apparent politically-motivated firings of FBI leaders. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/f...
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Firings at FBI spark demand for probe from top Senate Democrat
Personnel purges and new physical requirements risk driving out women and people of color from the bureau’s staff, Sen. Dick Durbin warns in a letter exclusively obtained by MSNBC.
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Ken Dilanian @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Letter from FBI Director Kash Patel firing veteran FBI agent Walter Giardina, whose wife died of cancer last month at age 49. Patel accuses this agent, a Marine combat veteran, of “weaponization.” Many of his FBI colleagues told me he did his job scrupulously and ethically.
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Ken Dilanian @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Brian Driscoll, the former acting FBI director who refused to carry out Trump administration plans for mass firing of J6 agents, is being forced out of the bureau, according to a source directly familiar.
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Ken Dilanian @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Exclusive: An unprecedented purge of FBI leaders has disproportionally impacted women and people of color www.msnbc.com/opinion/anal...
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Analysis | High-ranking FBI job losses disproportionately hurt women, people of color
Leaders are undertaking an unprecedented campaign to force senior officials off the job.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 01/08/2025
Dallas Cowboys star Micah Parsons requests a trade from the team while suggesting the club has refused to negotiate a new contract.
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Cowboys star Micah Parsons requests trade and says team won’t negotiate
The 26-year-old is entering the final year of his five-year rookie contract with a salary of $24 million but wants a long-term deal.
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Ken Dilanian @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
New: Ghislaine Maxwell was technically ineligible to be transferred from to a minimum-security federal prison camp-- and the Bureau of Prisons had to waive a rule to facilitate the move, according to public records and a federal prison expert. With @lawofruby.bsky.social
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Ken Dilanian @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Unlike most allegations of wrongdoing levied against the Trump administration, these seem likely to be independently investigated by a federal judge with the power to put people under oath. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/msnbc/...
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DOJ approval of a corporate merger has exposed a rift in the MAGA movement
Meanwhile, Democratic senators have seized on the proposed merger between Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Juniper Networks as an example of possible misconduct.
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Ken Dilanian @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Before you ponder what Hunter Biden has to say about politics, perhaps read this story first. Those of us who covered the trial will not soon forget this testimony. www.cnbc.com/2024/06/06/h...
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Hunter Biden gun trial: Beau Biden's widow Hallie Biden testifies about crack use
The Hunter Biden trial comes after former President Donald Trump was found guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
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Ken Dilanian @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
More than 1300 employees were forced out of the State Department Friday, leaving their offices with small boxes of plants and old coffee mugs and taking with them decades of specialized skills and on the job training as part of the United States Diplomatic Corps. Reporting by Abigail Williams
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Gary Grumbach @garygrumbach.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
New documents from DOJ whistleblower sheds light on internal Abrego Garcia deliberations w/ @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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New documents from DOJ whistleblower shed light on internal Abrego Garcia deliberations
New documents obtained by NBC News shed light on early internal Trump administration deliberations about the court battle over deportations under the Alien Enem
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Ken Dilanian @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
"Nowhere does it conclude that the 2016 assessment’s findings were wrong or politically skewed...In fact, it found that the supporting intelligence was sound, and the tradecraft behind the assessment was robust and defensible.” www.thebulwark.com/p/the-cia-di...
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The CIA Director Didn’t Read His Own Report
If he had, he would have known that it said basically the opposite of what he says it did.
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Ken Dilanian @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
New: The Justice Department has opened criminal investigations into the conduct of former CIA Director John Brennan and former FBI Director James Comey, two of Donald Trump’s political foes who have long been the target of MAGA conspiracy theories, according to a DoJ spokesman.
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Ken Dilanian @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Trump’s Politicized F.B.I. Has Made Americans Less Safe www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/o...
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Opinion | Trump’s Politicized F.B.I. Has Made Americans Less Safe
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Ken Dilanian @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
The directors of the FBI and CIA say newly declassified documents show intelligence officials acting of a political motive to harm Donald Trump. Read them yourself. They do not. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
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Patel and Ratcliffe try to bolster claims that FBI and CIA conspired against Trump
The release of formerly classified documents this week shows how Trump appointees are using their power to try to prop up his allegations about both agencies.
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Ken Dilanian @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Israeli pilots trained for years and intelligence forces built up networks for its multipart offensive in Iran, which included elements called “Red Wedding” and “Operation Narnia.”
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Ken Dilanian @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
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Trump administration to end DHS program designed to thwart terrorist attacks
The $18 million program aims to prevent lone-wolf attacks like the ones that recently occurred in Boulder, Washington, D.C., New Orleans and New York.
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