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The High Side @thehighside.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Another great message from a new paid subscriber to The High Side. Thanks, Mike! @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social and @seandnaylor.bsky.social couldn't do the deep investigative work that's at the heart of what we do without paid subscribers. Click here to become one: thehighside.substack.com

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The High Side @thehighside.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A great note from a new paid subscriber that gets to the heart of what @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social and @seandnaylor.bsky.social do. Our aim is that our paid subscribers learn something exclusive in every story. And, simply put, we couldn't do it without them. Join them here: TheHighSide.Substack.com

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The High Side @thehighside.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

It's great to be recognized by our paid subscribers for the deep-dive military (and intelligence) reporting that's our specialty. Check us out at thehighside.substack.com and consider becoming a paid subscriber yourself. Also a nice shoutout to @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social's @theteamhouse.bsky.social.

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The High Side @thehighside.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

"...informing us!" is how this message ends. @seandnaylor.bsky.social and @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social at @thehighside.bsky.social are thrilled to be this new paid subscriber's first subscription! Click here thehighside.substack.com to see what got them so excited (and consider joining them yourself).

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The High Side @thehighside.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The rest of this message reads "...subscribe again, their excellent, unparalleled, to me, content." Thanks, Chuck! To follow in Chuck's footsteps and support @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social and @seandnaylor.bsky.social's reporting by becoming a paid subscriber, click here: thehighside.substack.com.

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The High Side @thehighside.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Another great endorsement by a paid subscriber to The High Side. A short thread of Amazon Associates links to books by @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social and @seandnaylor.bsky.social follows. (In other words, buy them here and you help The High Side.) Thanks for your support, Jim.

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The High Side @thehighside.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Another terrific endorsement for our work at TheHighSide.substack.com from a new paying subscriber. Thank you, Patrick! cc @seandnaylor.bsky.social and @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social

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The High Side @thehighside.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

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...

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The High Side @thehighside.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Another happy new paid subscriber to @seandnaylor.bsky.social's and @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social's TheHighSide.substack.com and a nice hat-tip to Sean's book "Not a Good Day to Die: The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda." (Amazon Associates link: amzn.to/4clGoAK).

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The High Side @thehighside.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Another happy new paid subscriber to The High Side with a message apparently intended for @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social (SOFREP reference is the giveaway). Thank you! We couldn't do any of this work without our paid subscribers.

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The High Side @thehighside.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Great praise from a paid subscriber and trained military historian. Thank you, Casper! @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social and @seandnaylor.bsky.social put a lot of work into thehighside.substack.com and we're so glad when those who pay to read that work find it worthwhile.

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The High Side @thehighside.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Terrific to get this sort of endorsement from a former intelligence officer. Thank you, Stephen! If you want to read the stories that prompted him to become a paid subscriber and endorse us, click here: TheHighSide.substack.com. cc @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social and @seandnaylor.bsky.social

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The High Side @thehighside.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

It's always great to get this sort of message from a new paid subscriber. It lets @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social and @seandnaylor.bsky.social know that we're doing something right. If you want to check out what our new paid subscriber is excited about, click here: thehighside.substack.com

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The High Side @thehighside.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Nice praise from another happy paid subscriber to The High Side. Thanks, Kim! @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social and @seandnaylor.bsky.social will keep doing our best to earn your trust with old-fashioned shoe leather reporting. To read the stories that impressed Kim, click here: thehighside.substack.com

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The High Side @thehighside.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

A great note from a new paid subscriber to The High Side, the national security site run by @seandnaylor.bsky.social and @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social. You too can become a paid subscriber and dive into our growing list of scoops here: thehighside.substack.com.

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The High Side @thehighside.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Apparently one glimpse of @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social's appearance on the @dropsitenews.com livestream is enough to convince folks to become paid subscribers to The High Side. Thanks for signing up, Mark! Join him by clicking here: thehighside.substack.com And here's the video: x.com/i/broadcasts...

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The High Side @thehighside.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

More praise for @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social from a longtime follower and new paid subscriber to The High Side. Thanks, Blake! We hope you enjoyed Jack's article on the raid, which has received A LOT of attention. If others haven't read it yet, click here: thehighside.substack.com/p/bold-delta...

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The High Side @thehighside.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Another new paid subscriber to The High Side who signed up after hearing @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social on @dropsitenews.com. Thank you, Ruth! Jack's appearance can be seen and heard here: x.com/i/broadcasts... Meanwhile, become a paid subscriber like Ruth by clicking here: TheHighSide.substack.com.

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The High Side @thehighside.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Another happy paid subscriber. Thanks, Donny! We had to pause our series on Special Forces and CIA legend Willie Merkerson for a while, but it'll continue this year. Catch up with all seven parts so far by clicking on the link in our profile bio. And @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social is indeed the man.

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The High Side @thehighside.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

A great message from another new paid subscriber to The High Side. You've come to the right place, Michael. Welcome aboard! If others want to see why Michael subscribed, click on the link to The High Side in our profile.

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The High Side @thehighside.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Our exclusive (w/ pics!) about a bin Laden lookalike who had the CIA believing they had photographed AQ's leader in a remote Pakistani valley, and how CIA's Islamabad station chief decided to share the secret (as the CIA believed it) with Pakistan’s top spy: thehighside.substack.com/p/hunting-bi...

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The High Side @thehighside.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Our scoop on the CIA Havana Syndrome victims targeted in a mysterious intimidation campaign (break-ins, etc.) after their return to the USA. We got the full story from CIA veterans, along with pics of a man they believed was tailing and photographing them: thehighside.substack.com/p/lambs-to-t...

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The High Side @thehighside.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Our latest, on how a bin Laden doppelganger had some in the CIA convinced they’d tracked the al-Qaida leader to a remote valley in Pakistan (and we got the photos to prove it): thehighside.substack.com/p/hunting-bi...

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The High Side @thehighside.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

We appreciate the sentiment from this new paid subscriber to The High Side! Check out our work here: thehighside.substack.com and if you like what you see, please become a paid subscriber. And while you're at it, show @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social and @theteamhouse.bsky.social boys some love too.

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The High Side @thehighside.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Generous praise from ret. Col. (and former deputy assistant secretary of defense) Joe Collins for @seandnaylor.bsky.social (and, by extension, @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social) and our work on @thehighside.bsky.social. Read it at TheHighSide.substack.com and consider becoming a paid subscriber like Joe.

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The High Side @thehighside.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Another happy paid subscriber, plus a shout-out to @theteamhouse.bsky.social's Eyes On podcast. (Our @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social also runs The Team House.) The story to which our new paid subscriber was responding: thehighside.substack.com/p/the-unit-t... about the CIA's elite all-Afghan humint cell.

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The High Side @thehighside.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

"Definitely worth the price tag for subscription," Nigel says about our new story by @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social + @seandnaylor.bsky.social: thehighside.substack.com/p/the-unit-t... on a CIA all-Afghan humint cell that tried to recruit a jihadi who was present when @wsj.com's Daniel Pearl was killed.

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