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Jefferson Morley

Jefferson Morley is the editor of The Deep State news blog and author of The Ghost: The Secret Life of CIA Spymaster James Jesus Angleton.

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February 12, 2020
Jefferson Morley
Is the CIA’s Director Going Full MAGA?
Gina Haspel is not a typical Trump toady, but recent moves suggest a dangerous dynamic between the runaway president and his spy agency.
November 8, 2019
Jefferson Morley
The “Deep State” Is a Political Party
As an impeachment crisis looms, CIA and FBI veterans are taking a troubling lead in opposing Trump at the ballot box.
October 30, 2019
Jefferson Morley
What Did Turkey Know About Baghdadi’s Hideout?
The U.S. didn't give its NATO ally many advance details on the raid that killed the ISIS leader. There may be a good reason why.
September 16, 2019
Jefferson Morley
Democrats Are Trapped in Trump’s “Deep State” War
Their agenda should not be to restore the national security status quo but to overhaul it.
April 10, 2019
Jefferson Morley
The Growing Obsession With Linking Iran to Terrorism
Iran has not posed a serious terror threat to the United States since the 1980s. Sunni terrorism, on the other hand, has.
November 24, 2014
Jefferson Morley
Marion Barry's Death Is Yet Another Blow to the "Chocolate City"
October 2, 1989
Jefferson Morley
This Journalist Smoked Crack So He Could Write This Article
March 22, 1987
Jefferson Morley
Darkness On The Edge of The Shining City
August 11, 1986
Jefferson Morley
The Washington Intellectual
August 11, 1986
Jefferson Morley
The Washington Intellectual
August 5, 1985
Edgar Chamorro, Jefferson Morley
Confessions of a ‘Contra’

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