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Joel Schectman

Washington, D.C., United States

Enterprise Reporter at The Wall Street Journal

WSJ enterprise reporter - espionage, psyops, cyber and corruption. Ex-Reuters. Tell me your story. [email protected]/ DM me for signal.

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Articles

  • 3 days ago | geneticliteracyproject.org | Aruna Viswanatha |Joel Schectman

    GLP Policy & Performance Review, 2024 The GLP is committed to full transparency. Download the report.

  • 5 days ago | magzter.com | Joel Schectman |Aruna Viswanatha

    Try GOLD - Free The Wall Street Journal | June 23, 2025 A piece of metal said to be from space takes an odd, three-decade journey Top and above right driving along the Extraterrestrial Highway in Nevada. Above left bikers gathered for a parade during the 2025 UFO Fest in Oregon. This story is from the June 23, 2025 edition of The Wall Street Journal. Subscribe to Magzter GOLD to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,500+ magazines and newspapers. Already a subscriber? Sign In

  • 6 days ago | wsj.com | Joel Schectman |Aruna Viswanatha

    The Pentagon man gathered top technology executives from the six largest defense contractors in 2022 to ask an unusual question: Have any of your companies ever gained access to alien technology? “It would just make my job easier if one of you would ’fess up, give me the UFO, or help me find them,” said Sean Kirkpatrick, who had been tapped by the Defense Department to investigate whether Washington had ever had a secret alien program. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

  • 2 weeks ago | tovima.com | Ginger Adams Otis |Nancy Youssef |Jack Morphet |Joel Schectman

    White House says troops are needed to protect ICE agents after two days of skirmishes between demonstrators and federal officers The Trump administration will send at least 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles after two days of protests over deportation operations that erupted into skirmishes between demonstrators and federal officers.

  • 2 weeks ago | tovima.com | Joel Schectman |Aruna Viswanatha

    All of the suspects are Turkish nationals; the gangland-style attack reportedly involved rival criminal gangs based in the neighboring countrySeven suspects, all Turkish nationals, have been arrested for a gangland-style attack last December in an upscale southeast Athens district that left one man dead and another injured. The arrests come in light of several deadly incidents in Greece with victims and perpetrators belonging to Turkey-based crime gangs.

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Joel Schectman
Joel Schectman @joel_schectman
9 Jun 25

RT @ByronTau: Tremendous reporting from @joel_schectman and @aviswanatha on how Pentagon pranks, coverups and in some cases deliberate disi…

Joel Schectman
Joel Schectman @joel_schectman
8 Jun 25

RT @aviswanatha: We started with a question: why are so many national security officials claiming the Pentagon had a secret program to reve…

Joel Schectman
Joel Schectman @joel_schectman
7 Jun 25

BOMBSHELL: The Pentagon helped spread UFO myths for a generation. When a new DoD investigation dug up the military’s role, the Air Force pushed for a coverup. With the mighty @aviswanatha https://t.co/kkEWpqd8WE