Sasha Ingber
National Security Correspondent at Scripps News
Founder + Intelligence Correspondent at HUMINT. Host @IntlSpyMuseum's SpyCast. Previously @NPR @NatGeo @Smithsonian @ScrippsNews. Debunked disinfo @StateDept.
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2 months ago |
steveschmidt.substack.com | Steve Schmidt |Sasha Ingber
There are 48 granite peaks in the presidential range of New Hampshire’s White Mountains. Granite is a hard rock, and America’s presidents in the national mythology were men carved from granite. Their character was impermeable. Of course, the truth is always more complicated and nuanced. Ordinary people rise to become great leaders, and great leaders are ordinary people. Character is not to the manor born.
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Mar 6, 2025 |
steveschmidt.substack.com | Steve Schmidt |Sasha Ingber |Steven Beschloss
Thank you to the more than 3,000 people who joined the first edition of “The Wednesday Warning” with of . We covered a lot of territory on foreign intelligence, including secret Chinese police stations in New York City, what it means now that Trump has cut off intelligence with Ukraine, and how DOGE firings will create a recruiting opportunity for foreign adversaries. Join me next Wednesday, March 12 at 8 pm ET when I talk to of . I encourage you to subscribe to both of these.
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Mar 5, 2025 |
steveschmidt.substack.com | Steve Schmidt |Sasha Ingber
Thanks to the more than 10,000 people who joined my Substack Live stream of consciousness through Trump’s boring 100-minute address to Congress last night. I know many of you opted out — and I don’t blame you — so I tried to take a lighter approach to what it is was that we saw. I will be sharing a more serious reaction to Trump’s speech in a video commentary later today.
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Feb 22, 2025 |
sashaingber.substack.com | Sasha Ingber
The intelligence cooperation between the United States and Ukraine is “unprecedentedly deep,” a Ukrainian official told me on the condition of anonymity. But just like U.S. military support, it too could diminish, numerous former senior, U.S. intelligence officers tell me. “There is a direct chain of command,” one said. “If the president says, ‘Share nothing else and give nothing else,’ it has the effect of a military order.
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Feb 16, 2025 |
sashaingber.substack.com | Sasha Ingber
On Thursday afternoon, some 300 people at the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) were informed that they were losing their jobs. On Friday, an armed drone hit the protective outer shell of Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear plant. As headlines came out on both Chernobyl’s fleeting fire and the NNSA’s firings, so came letters rescinding termination to the agency’s probationary employees. But, to quote an old Facebook relationship status, it’s complicated.
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Latest SpyCast is out today, with some great analysis from @gordoncorera. The Minions are still awaiting sentencing.
A new SpyCast is out! 🚨 We're diving into the bizarre world of "The Minions" - a Russian spy cell operating from quiet British suburbs. This group's exploits read like a spy thriller, involving honeytraps, abductions, and murder plots across Europe. Tune in to learn more