Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal
The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.
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American allies don’t trust Trump with the intelligence they share.
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The president fired the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as part of a stunning shake-up across the military’s senior ranks.
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Inside the federal agencies where Elon Musk’s people have seized control, fear and uncertainty reign.
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DOGE’s takeover of federal agencies is a counterintelligence crisis.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. The Spies Are Shown the Door
Trump has never understood how the CIA’s people work. But he might know how to make them quit.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: AP. FBI Agents Are Stunned by the Scale of the Expected Trump Purge
Seasoned members of the nation’s top law-enforcement agency are bracing for a mass expulsion as the president roots out anyone he sees as disloyal to him.
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The president is punishing a group of former officials for expressing an opinion he didn’t like.
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Bill Burns has played an unusual role for a CIA director.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Michael A. McCoy / The New York Times / Redux. The Consensus on Havana Syndrome Is Cracking
After long denying the possibility, some intelligence agencies are no longer willing to rule out a mystery weapon.
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