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The Back Brief: The Airborne Mafia, The Mission, and the Ft. Bragg Cartel
Three new books reviewed covering JSOC, the CIA, and the Airborne Infantry
 • Jack Murphy
The Unit That Didn’t Exist
How the CIA’s elite Afghan spies tried to recruit one of Daniel Pearl’s killers
 • Jack Murphy and Sean D. Naylor
The CIA-directed sabotage cells setting Russia ablaze
The story the CIA doesn't want you to read
 • Jack Murphy
Court document hints at details behind former CIA officer’s fall from grace
Feds say Dale Bendler abused his position to help DC lobbying firm clients
 • Jack Murphy and Sean D. Naylor
Army Special Ops Slated to Lose Thousands of Paid Airborne Positions
Move amounts to $1,800 pay cut for those affected
 • Jack Murphy and Sean D. Naylor
‘Lambs to the slaughter’ (Part 1)
How the CIA failed its officers in Cuba and the FBI failed them at home
 • Jack Murphy and Sean D. Naylor
Speakers at SOF conference tiptoe around Trump on Ukraine, allies
Almost no-one mentions “the elephant in the room”
 • Sean D. Naylor
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