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‘McNamara at War’ Excerpted in The Atlantic and Air Mail

09/24/25

“The War Hawk Who Wasn’t,” an excerpt in The Atlantic that shares Philip Taubman and William Taubman’s writing on the newly discovered documents that reveal Robert McNamara’s private doubts about Vietnam. Air Mail’s “Passion on the Potomac” excerpts the book’s various hints at an affair between Jackie Kennedy and Robert …

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Trump Is DECIMATING American National Security

08/11/25

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and intelligence expert Tim Weiner joins Chuck Todd for a devastating assessment of how Trump’s appointment of “crackpots” to lead America’s national security apparatus threatens catastrophic intelligence failures and the potential collapse of democratic institutions.

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New books by Irene Vega, Tim Weiner chronicle changes to federal agencies under Trump

08/01/25

Tim Weiner’s new book The Mission considers how the CIA is reimagining the art of espionage in the modern era. In today’s episode, he talks with NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly about what he calls an “ideological purge” at the CIA under President Trump and how technology can make spying more …

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How the CIA lost its way, according to author Tim Weiner

07/19/25

Tim Weiner, author of The Mission, talks to Christiane Amanpour about his investigation into the missteps at the CIA.

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Tim Weiner’s new book “The Mission” looks into the CIA in the 21st century

07/16/25

Author Tim Weiner joins Morning Joe to discuss his new book The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century.

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