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Staff Writer @theatlantic. Author. Podcaster. Filmmaker. linktr.ee/shaneharris Signal: shaneharris.64

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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
My latest in @theatlantic.com The Wedding Trap: Donald Trump Jr.’s luxurious, Russian-funded celebration was a counterintelligence nightmare. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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The Wedding Trap
Donald Trump Jr.’s luxurious, Russian-funded wedding celebration was a counterintelligence nightmare.
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David A. Graham @dgraham.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
@shaneharris.bsky.social: "In Trump, the Qataris had met a man who could not be bought. He could be *paid*, and expected to be. But the security the Qataris hoped for turned out to be a protection racket." www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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The Qataris Gave Trump an Airplane. He Crippled Their Country in Return.
The tiny Gulf state is learning that the U.S. president doesn’t always keep his end of the deal.
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Read my new feature in @theatlantic.com: The Qataris gave Trump an airplane. He crippled their country in return. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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The Qataris Gave Trump an Airplane. He Crippled Their Country in Return.
The tiny Gulf state is learning that the U.S. president doesn’t always keep his end of the deal.
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MSW Media @mswmedia.com · 24/07/2026
Atlantic staff writer @shaneharris.bsky.social drills down on the changes roiling the ODNI and CIA. New #SpyTalk 🕵🏼‍♀️ podcast with hosts @spytalker.bsky.social & @misikoff.bsky.social #KarenGreenberg #MSWMedia Listen: redcircle.com/shows/d7fabf...
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Scoop: In an internal survey, CIA analysts report that politicization of intelligence is on the rise and affecting the objectivity of analysis. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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CIA Analysts Say Political Pressure Is on the Rise
A survey reveals concern among the rank and file that Trump-administration meddling is undermining intelligence work.
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Secrets & Spies Podcast: Global Affairs | Intelligence @secretsandspies.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Need a podcast for your Sunday? Check out our latest episode with @shaneharris.bsky.social Links below 👇👇👇
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ICDS Tallinn @icds-tallinn.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Ukraine’s Strategic Place: From Frontline to Foundation - @sebastianhartmann.bsky.social - @jekavanagh.bsky.social - Mark Montgomery - @tsahkna.bsky.social - Mariana Betsa Moderated by @shaneharris.bsky.social 🎦 www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVuU... 📸 flic.kr/s/aHBqjCTQR6 #LennartMeriConference
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
New: What the Pentagon Didn't Say About a Deadly Crash The military claimed the skies were “friendly" when a KC-135 tanker went down over Iraq. But initial intelligence reports suggested otherwise. W/ Missy Ryan and @nancyayoussef.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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What the Pentagon Didn’t Say About a Deadly Crash
The military claimed the skies were “friendly,” but initial reports suggested otherwise.
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Take some time and treat yourself to this @caity.bsky.social investigation. You will laugh (a lot), you might cry a little, you will get very, very hungry. Like the best bread, this story is nourishment for the soul. We could all use some of that right now. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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I Found It: The Best Free Restaurant Bread in America
Thirteen thousand miles. Infinite contenders. One beautiful loaf.
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Take some time and treat yourself to this @caityweaver investigation. You will laugh (a lot), you might cry a little, you will get very, very hungry. Like the best bread, this story is nourishment for the soul. We could all use some of that right now. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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I Found It: The Best Free Restaurant Bread in America
Thirteen thousand miles. Infinite contenders. One beautiful loaf.
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I’ll be @debalie.bsky.social in Amsterdam tonight talking about AI at war. No shortage of material these days! Tickets here: debalie.nl/programma/ai...
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AI at War – with Shane Harris
The Anthropic-case shows how interlinked tech companies and intelligence agencies are. With national security journalist Shane Harris we explore mass surveillance, cyberwarfare and the shifting balanc...
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Gift link www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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The Real Intelligence Failure in Iran
A costly quagmire was predictable. Trump went to war anyway.
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
The Real Intelligence Failure in Iran: A costly quagmire was predictable. Trump went to war anyway. New from me.
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Ukrainian drones have made artillery and armored vehicles look obsolete. Why is the world still buying them? New from @shustry.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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Building Tanks While the Ukrainians Master Drones
Ukrainian drones have made artillery and armored vehicles look obsolete. Why is the world still buying them?
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Kristi Noem Is Gone. Now Mass Deportations Can Really Begin. New from @nickmiroff.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Kristi Noem Is Gone. Now Mass Deportations Can Really Begin.
DHS has a new leader and a big pot of money to deliver on Trump’s campaign promise.
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
We published this story minutes before Trump extended his reprieve on striking Iranian energy facilities for 10 more days. Such attacks would prompt Iranian retaliation across the Gulf. If Trump hadn’t known this before, last week’s attack on Qatar offered a clear demonstration.
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Thank you.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 26/03/2026
An Iranian missile attack on a major natural gas facility in Qatar last week offered a glimpse of the catastrophes that might follow a broader Iranian military campaign against energy facilities across the Persian Gulf, reports @shaneharris.bsky.social.
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The Reason Trump May Pull Back From the Brink
The president is discovering the high stakes of an escalation that damages energy facilities.
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
New from me: A turning point in the Iran War. A costly Iranian attack on Qatar's main LNG plant shows us the catastrophes that might follow a broader campaign against energy facilities across the Persian Gulf. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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The Reason Trump May Pull Back From the Brink
The president is discovering the high stakes of an escalation that damages energy facilities.
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Indeed! Tammy must be part of the reunion or it ain't happening. She was our foreign policy practitioner and laughed the most at my jokes.
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
And usually, no, I don't miss the obvious ones. Well done. Teed up nicely.
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
HA! You got me there. :) And thank you.
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
I truly hope so.
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Ask Me Anything. Or American Marketing Association, probably.
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David A. Graham @dgraham.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
One of the great benefits of working at The Atlantic is I can spam @shaneharris.bsky.social with questions. Now you can do that too.
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
AMA, folks.
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
The Strait of Hormuz presents a classic war theater for an insurgency to bog down superior forces. @nancyayoussef.bsky.social and Missy Ryan, who covered the insurgency in Iraq, explain why. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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The U.S. and Iran Are Fighting a Massively Asymmetrical War
The Strait of Hormuz presents a classic war theater for an insurgency to bog down superior forces.
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
The First Big Administration Defection Over Iran Joe Kent has quit. Will Tulsi Gabbard be next? www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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The First Big Administration Defection Over Iran
Joe Kent has quit. Will Tulsi Gabbard be next?
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Some personal news: This is my last week at The Washington Post. I’ve loved so much of the last 9 years here, but my faith in the paper’s current leadership is broken beyond repair. Incredibly excited to get to work w/ the newsroom below (I start in June) Get in touch on Signal : 9178872891
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Not an explanation I have heard, I'll give you that! How to explain the jamming of the transmission?
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
In any event, whether ABC is describing the numbers station or some other communication, the last part of their story is right: there are concerns in US and among allies that Iran has deployed agents for retaliatory operations. Read my story on all this here: www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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A Mysterious Code Is Being Broadcast on Shortwave Radio. Is It Iran?
The regime is overmatched militarily, but still has tools for returning fire.
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
It's also strange to describe this message as having been "intercepted," as ABC does. Anyone with a shortwave radio can listen to V32. Interception suggests some clandestine intelligence method. Maybe this suggests the ABC story is not about a numbers station. Tho the story sure reads that way.
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The evidence so far, collected by amateur shortwave trackers, suggests this broadcast is NOT a message from Iran to activate sleeper cells. Again, maybe the USG knows something they don't. Also possible that this alert was sent before the jamming began.
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
There are indications that the Iranian gov't is jamming this signal. That suggests the message is meant for someone acting against Iran's interest, not the other way around. The interference, known as a "bubble jammer," is very similar to what Iran has used to block the transmission of Radio Farda.
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
ABC reports: US officials alerted law enforcement to "communications believed to have originated in Iran that may serve as 'an operational trigger.'" The origin of the broadcast (aka V32) has been very hard to pin down. Possible US gov't has determined this, but... abcnews.com/US/iran-acti...
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Iran may be activating sleeper cells outside the country, alert says
The U.S. has intercepted encrypted communications believed to have originated in Iran that may serve as “an operational trigger” for “sleeper assets."
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
This ABC News story about Iran activating sleeper cells sure sounds like what I reported about a Persian-language numbers station today. But if so, there's something off. 🧵
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
New: A Mysterious Code Is Being Broadcast on Shortwave Radio. Is It Iran? www.theatlantic.com/national-sec... I take a look at the "V32" Farsi numbers station that aired on Feb. 28. Also proxy and cyber attacks, as well as other asymmetric measures Iran might use.
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A Mysterious Code Is Being Broadcast on Shortwave Radio. Is It Iran?
The regime is overmatched militarily, but still has tools for returning fire.
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Somehow we keep coming back to Iran… Always great to talk to Mary even when the subject is grim.
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
“Let them sing.”
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Significant new reporting from Warren Strobel and @ellenwapo.bsky.social on a secret “Havana Syndrome” device in Norway. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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CIA, Pentagon investigated secret ‘Havana syndrome’ device in Norway
The CIA investigated a Norwegian government experiment with a pulsed-energy machine in which a researcher built and tested a “Havana syndrome” device on himself.
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Please remember that this is not your fault. You did everything you could, everything that was asked of you and more. I was and remain proud to be your colleague.
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
...I'm going to channel my fury into love, for the people in my old newsroom who are about to lose their livelihoods, and the ones who will be expected to pick up the pieces. I'm sending you all every good thought I can muster.
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I spent 7 years at the @washingtonpost.com. Did some of the best work of my career. Had some of the best times of my life. The people responsible for the misery that is about to unfold will probably fail up, which is a damn shame. There will be a time for recriminations. But today...
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
To you, Ms. O’Hara. And thank you. 💔
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Tim Walz tells @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social he fears a Ft. Sumter moment in Minneapolis. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Tim Walz Fears a Fort Sumter Moment in Minneapolis
The Minnesota governor warns of a national unraveling.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
“.. U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard speaks on the phone while standing inside a vehicle loaded with boxes outside the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center after the FBI executed a search warrant there.” @reuters.com
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
“Americans who support liberal democracy need to recognize what we’re dealing with in order to cope with it, and to recognize something, one must name it. Trump has revealed himself, and we must name what we see.” — @jonrauch.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Yes, It’s Fascism
Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny.
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Back on the pod!
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
“We have done so much for America”: Denmark fought alongside the U.S. in Afghanistan. Now, as Trump eyes Greenland, the families of fallen soldiers have a message for him, @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social reports: www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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The Sacrifice of the Danes
After September 11, Denmark fought alongside its ally. The families of fallen soldiers have a message for Trump.
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