
Isaac Stanley-Becker
Staff Writer at The Atlantic
Atlantic writer and author of a book about Europe Email: [email protected] Signal: isaacstanleybecker.48 Bluesky: https://t.co/Q6NwRsoidz
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3 weeks ago |
theatlantic.com | Isaac Stanley-Becker
Steve Witkoff emptied his backpack on the conference table in his second-floor office, in the West Wing. He wanted to show me a pager given to him by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and senior officials of the Mossad. The pager commemorates the intricate operation in which Israel detonated handheld devices used by Hezbollah, the Iranian-sponsored Lebanese militant group, killing or maiming thousands of its operatives.
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3 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Isaac Stanley-Becker
Steve Witkoff emptied his backpack on the conference table in his second-floor office, in the West Wing. He wanted to show me a pager given to him by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and senior officials of the Mossad. The pager commemorates the intricate operation in which Israel detonated handheld devices used by Hezbollah, the Iranian-sponsored Lebanese militant group, killing or maiming thousands of its operatives.
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3 weeks ago |
businessandamerica.com | Isaac Stanley-Becker
After Michael Waltz, the national security adviser, inadvertently included The Atlantic’s editor in chief in a group chat about military attack plans on the Signal messaging app, he found himself on very thin ice with his boss. But President Donald Trump and his advisers were loath to take a political hit by firing Waltz, especially within the first 100 days of the new administration. The 100-day mark passed yesterday.
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1 month ago |
theatlantic.com | Isaac Stanley-Becker |Ashley Parker |Jonathan Lemire |Shane Harris
After Michael Waltz, the national security adviser, inadvertently included The Atlantic’s editor in chief in a group chat about military attack plans on the Signal messaging app, he found himself on very thin ice with his boss. But President Donald Trump and his advisers were loath to take a political hit by firing Waltz, especially within the first 100 days of the new administration. The 100-day mark passed yesterday.
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1 month ago |
theatlantic.com | Isaac Stanley-Becker
The national security adviser seemed at a loss. It fell to Michael Waltz to explain to handpicked members of his staff this month why the president had ordered their dismissal after a meeting with Laura Loomer, the far-right activist who rose to prominence by making incendiary anti-Muslim claims and who last year shared a video that labeled 9/11 an “inside job.”“He was upset and couldn’t explain it,” a person familiar with Waltz’s reaction told me.
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