Inside the Fiasco at the National Security Council
Firings and leadership challenges have destabilized an institution that has little margin for error.
Isaac Stanley-Becker
Isaac Stanley-Becker is a staff writer at The Atlantic. He has reported from across Europe and the United States, including as a national security and investigative reporter at The Washington Post. He was part of two Post teams that won the Pulitzer Prize, most recently in 2024 for a series on the role of the AR-15 in American life. He holds a PhD in history from Oxford and is the author of Europe without Borders: A History.
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