Frank Snepp
@fsnepp.bsky.social
Peabody-Award-winning investigative journalist, best-selling author, CIA whistleblower, U.S. Supreme Court precedent-maker, podcaster, documentary producer, screenwriter, university lecturer
Illegal Orders, Costly Defiance
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Illegal Orders, Costly Defiance
When military grunts rightly defy illegal orders, it’s not just Trump who grumps.
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November 30, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Illegal Orders, Costly Defiance
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From Truman to Trump: The Imperial Presidency Triumphs
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From Truman to Trump: The Imperial Presidency Triumphs
Even Clinton, Obama and Biden wielded a kingly scepter when they had to.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:08 AM
From Truman to Trump: The Imperial Presidency Triumphs
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A Protest Vote Against Punishment Politics
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A Protest Vote Against Punishment Politics
In this off-year shockwave, why the voters broke blue.
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November 8, 2025 at 12:58 AM
A Protest Vote Against Punishment Politics
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Trump Trapped by Prisoners of a War That Isn’t
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Trump Trapped by Prisoners of a War That Isn’t
Two alleged Narcos captured at sea expose DHT's latest excess and its danger to us all.
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October 20, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Trump Trapped by Prisoners of a War That Isn’t
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Bolton Blues: Trump’s Revenge Meets a Supreme Court Irony
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Bolton Blues: Trump’s Revenge Meets a Supreme Court Irony
An unlikely lifeline for a Trump booster-turned-boogeyman.
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October 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Bolton Blues: Trump’s Revenge Meets a Supreme Court Irony
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Trump’s Ceasefire and Debt to Biden
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Trump’s Ceasefire and Debt to Biden
Is it simply a photo-op or something truly promising, thanks to Uncle Joe?
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October 15, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Trump’s Ceasefire and Debt to Biden
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Is King Chaos Self-Destructing – Again?
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Is King Chaos Self-Destructing – Again?
Trump is shooting from the hip so often that the ricochets threaten to ping him politically.
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September 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Is King Chaos Self-Destructing – Again?
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Prisoners of Fire -- Part II: Emerging from the ashes
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Prisoners of Fire -- Part II: Emerging from the ashes
Pacific Palisades, CA, January 25-September 16, 2025: Imagine you've survived the flames only to be condemned to potentially toxic ruins.
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September 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Prisoners of Fire -- Part II: Emerging from the ashes
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Prisoners of Fire - Part I: Surviving the California Inferno
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Prisoners of Fire - Part I: Surviving the California Inferno
Pacific Palisades, CA, January 7, 2025: Imagine you are running for your life in gridlocked traffic as the flames close in.
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September 14, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Prisoners of Fire - Part I: Surviving the California Inferno
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CIA Okays Release of the “Last” Vietnam Spy Story
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CIA Okays Release of the “Last” Vietnam Spy Story
CIA censors are known to work in slow and wondrous ways, even when the subject is ancient history.
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September 1, 2025 at 12:45 AM
CIA Okays Release of the “Last” Vietnam Spy Story
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Kent State In Memoriam
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Kent State In Memoriam
Each year I update this post to remind myself to remember -- all the more timely given the current campus strife and the 50th anniversary of the fall of Vietnam .
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May 5, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Kent State In Memoriam
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Ghosts Beckon From Old Saigon
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Ghosts Beckon From Old Saigon
Leaves from my book of the dead, missing and mourned of the Vietnam war
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May 1, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Ghosts Beckon From Old Saigon
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