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Tim Weiner

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Author and journalist. THE MISSION: The CIA in the 21st Century and LEGACY OF ASHES: The History of the CIA. www.harpercollins.com/products/the-…

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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A Supreme Court justice who became a fugitive from justice. He's in the first chapter of the book I'm writing, a history of political corruption in America.
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The little-known revised edition! Requires codeword clearance to read. Please advise best way to reach you.
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It's great work. Have you by chance read my book, "The Mission"? We should talk!
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Greed rules.
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I reported from Afghanistan in 1987, 1992, 1994, and 1999. CIA had no boots on the ground in those years,
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Hayden Center @haydencenter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Co-written by our senior fellow John Sipher www.thebulwark.com/p/the-cia-di...
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The CIA Director Is a Failure
John Ratcliffe has mired the agency in politics—and possible illegality.
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
NPR's Greg Myre has the lowdown on Trump's dismantling of American national security. I chime in, as do @johnsipher.bsky.social and his fellow CIA veterans, @mpolymer1.bsky.social and @cashsteven.bsky.social www.npr.org/2026/09/09/n...
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Citing the 'Deep State,' Trump overhauls the intelligence community
The catastrophic 9/11 attacks forced the intelligence community to radically revamp its ways of doing business. Now, critics say, President Trump is dismantling much of what was built since then.
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I'll be on NPR's Morning Edition at 6:20 and 8:20 am on Wednesday to talk about the CIA and American intelligence before and after 9/11. Our national security today is in worse shape than before the attack, which is saying something. Tune in.
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Excellent news.
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The publisher can, and should, fight that claim.
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
In which Sir Richard Dearlove, former chief of MI6, lauds THE MISSION. "The book is revelatory," he says. Read our long conversation here.
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Straight Talk on the CIA’s Mixed Past and Current Troubles
Former MI6 chief Richard Dearlove and investigative CIA historian Tim Weiner engage in a candid discussion hosted by the British presenter Rosanna Lockwood
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SraM...
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Inside Trump's CIA (ft. Tim Weiner) | China's UK Spy Nest, US to Squeeze Cuba, Russia Tests NATO
YouTube video by One Decision
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Thank you for reading and listening. It's the same playbook -- and we should call them the Hoover raids, since he ran them.
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
"Oxferd" may be an enduring mystery.
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Absent the opening of the Russian intelligence archives, the search for the truth goes on.
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Finally, nine years after the fact, a great reporter explains, simply and directly, how Trump Justice strangled the FBI's counterintelligence investigation into whether Trump was under Russian influence. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/u...
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How a Counterintelligence Inquiry Into Trump’s Russia Ties Was Derailed (Gift Article)
Documents released by the White House shed new light on the demise of an often-overlooked 2017 F.B.I. investigation.
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
How precisely does one file a malicious prosecution suit?
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The last ten percent can be ninety percent of the work. Writing is rewriting.
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Woolsey went off the rails a long time ago.
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Trump is about to lie to the American people about voting and, so doing, take a swipe at what's left of our democracy. Resist.
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
True, but the gold rush happened in the last nine months.
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
A sociopath lies his way into the CIA, claws up to top rank, then steals a fortune by gaming the system. The corruption of the Trump administration now infects the CIA.
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I suspect this case will expose misfeasance at the highest levels of the CIA. That's what happens when you put a political tool in charge.
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
In Pol Pot's Cambodia, people were purged because the wore glasses -- because they could read. In Trump;s America, people are purged because they see things clearly.
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
The most interesting arrest of a senior CIA officer since the turncoat Aldrich Ames in 1994. Cold cash, and lots of it, has always been the CIA's weapon of choice. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/u...
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F.B.I. Arrests C.I.A. Official With $40 Million in Gold Bars in His Home
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
The early cold war was every bit as unhinged as the present day.
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Insecure egomaniacs abound in the field.
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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Tonight on The Briefing! Michael Feinberg @michael-feinberg.bsky.social Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov State Rep. Gina Hinojosa @ginafortexas.bsky.social 9pmET on MS NOW
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Trump has lost this war. It can't be won. A profound strategic defeat. The sun is setting on the American empire. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/u...
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U.S. Intelligence Shows Iran Retains Substantial Missile Capabilities
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
"Don't embarrass the Bureau," Hoover said. Patel is a national embarrassment. Even in this shameless administration, perhaps his days are numbered.
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
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.
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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Tonight on The Briefing! Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social Andrew Weissman @weissmann.substack.com Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov Rep. Suhas Subramanyan @repsuhas.bsky.social Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton @ltgovstratton.illinois.gov 9pmET on MS NOW!
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
All his life, J. Edgar Hoover had one hard and fast rule for the FBI agents who served under him: "Don't embarrass the Bureau." Those were the days, my friends.
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Time wounds all heels. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/03/n...
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Rudy Giuliani Is in ‘Critical Condition’ in Florida Hospital
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Thanks for reading!
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
I knew and interviewed him, a great character.
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Truly remarkable reporting by Sarah Fitzpatrick in the Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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The FBI Director Is MIA
Kash Patel has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Quick check on the American national-security establishment at war. The SecDef is a Christofascist. The DNI a crackpot. The FBI director is...Kash Patel. The CIA's back in the coup business. And Trump is a power-drunk warlord. What could go wrong? www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
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The Mission
New York Times Bestseller * A New Yorker Best Book of the Year * A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year * A New York Times Editors' Choice "No...
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Patel is a dangerous drunk who's pillaged the FBI's national security and intelligence directorates on Trump's orders. Good thing the US hasn't any enemies out there. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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The FBI Director Is MIA
Kash Patel has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
The president wants a sham prosecution of the former CIA chief John Brennan. I'm not sure the American intelligence establishment can survive this regime much longer. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/u...
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Prosecutor Withdraws From Trump Team’s Investigation of Ex-C.I.A. Chief
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
When the Bush administration tried to monkeywrench the 4th Amendment in the name of national security, the FBI director, Bob Mueller, told Bush he'd quit in protest. Trump's Justice Department shouldn't get away with this.
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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
July 21 1935: The Führer orders a new reception hall and ballroom to "entertain foreign diplomats" at the Chancellery. Underneath the dance floor is an air raid shelter. A 2nd deeper bunker is built next to this in 1944, where he would spend his last days as the Reich collapsed.
Leonard Gall (left) architect of the new ballroom, stands with Hitler and Albert Speer at the other major construction project in 1936, the Haus der Deutschen Kunst in MünchenThe new ballroom and reception hall attached to the Old Reich Chancellery, with the floor removed to reveal the Vorbunker. Illustration by Christoph Neubauer www.atelier-neubauer.de
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Utter insanity from the titular leader of the American intelligence community. www.dni.gov/index.php/ne...
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DNI Tulsi Gabbard Exposes Conspiracy Used By Congress To Impeach President Trump | Office of the Director of National Intelligence
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I honestly can't say, I left the paper sixteen years ago.
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Diana Bolsinger @dianabolsinger.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Nothing better than a project where you get to collaborate with smart friends. This roundtable was fun! Thank you, @lucatrenta.bsky.social, Michael J. Ard, @cindystorer.bsky.social, @paulmcgarr.bsky.social, and the one-and-only @tim-weiner.bsky.social networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
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H-Diplo|Jervis Forum Roundtable Review 17-5 on Weiner, _The Mission_ | H-Net
The Jervis ForumH-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies ForumRoundtable Review 17-35Tim Weiner, The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century. Mariner Books, 2025. ISBN: 978063270190.
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
All true, but for the paper to declare that the president's crazy in its own voice is something. It's a heavy lift to get the verb "lie" in a story, as in "the president lied." Not defending it, just stating the realities.
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
You have to imagine how hard it is to get the phrase "a deranged autocrat mad with power" into the paper.
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
You have to imagine how hard it is to get the phrase "a deranged autocrat mad with power" into the paper.
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
An educated guess.
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
That's a long story, longer than 300 characters.
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