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‘We wasted a lot of lives’: CIA spymaster’s caution over past Iran intervention resurfaces from beyond the grave
ByPhilip Oltermann European culture editor April 20, 2026

A documentary about Peter Sichel – the ‘Jewish James Bond’ who died in 2025 – includes striking mea culpas about the cost and efficacy of US involvement in the Middle EastIn New York social circles, he was known as the “Jewish James Bond”: a refugee fr…

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Power without a throne: how Khalifa Haftar controls Libya – podcast
By March 23, 2026

When Nato helped overthrow Gaddafi in 2011, there were hopes of a new beginning. More than a decade later, a former CIA asset runs the country – and Libya has become yet another lesson in the unintended consequences of foreign interventionBy Anas El Go…

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‘Nobody else is responsible’: Trump to blame for Iran crisis, ex-CIA chief says
ByDavid Smith in Washington March 22, 2026

Leon Panetta calls president ‘naive’ over strait of Hormuz closure and says ‘the chickens are coming home to roost’Donald Trump is stuck between “a rock and a hard place” after three weeks of war in Iran and “sending a message of weakness” to the world…

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Power without a throne: how Khalifa Haftar controls Libya – and is answerable to no one
ByAnas El Gomati March 5, 2026

When Nato helped overthrow Gaddafi in 2011, there were hopes of a new beginning. A decade later, this former CIA asset runs the country – and Libya has become yet another lesson in the unintended consequences of foreign interventionIn July 2025, four o…

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How Israeli sleight and US might led to the assassination of Ali Khamenei
ByJason Burke in Jerusalem March 1, 2026

An operation decades in the making took just 60 seconds to carry out, but some question its wisdomThe assassination of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was the culmination of decades of painstaking intelligence gathering by Israeli secret…

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America lied about the Iraq war. Then they weren’t believed about Ukraine | Moustafa Bayoumi
ByMoustafa Bayoumi February 26, 2026

Will US intelligence learn its lessons from the Iraq war, and just how badly their legitimacy has been undermined?Four years ago, on 24 February 2022, the Russian military began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, having already occupied Crimea since 2…

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