Lawfare Senior Editor - MS NOW National Security and Intelligence Analyst - Former FBI Special Agenthttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mwrp26xxns2sAbsent a major change in policy, none of us will return to the Bureau. If you leave for more than two years, you’re required to redo the Academy. I’m quite sure that my wife, son, and my then-fifty-year-old body will not agree to that. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Oct 2026 01:22 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwrp26xxns2shttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mwrl74mgsc2sSo…he’s a Straussian? [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Oct 2026 00:13 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwrl74mgsc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mwokmts3jk2cI recorded a podcast this very morning in which I proclaimed that Gary Oldman is my favorite George Smiley. I thought that the estate of Sir Alec Guinness might come after me, but now I apparently have to worry about "Succession" fans, too. https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2026/legacy-of-spies-first-look-matthew-macfadyen-charlie-hunnam29 Sep 2026 19:25 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwokmts3jk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mwntjptxn22tI’ll be on MS NOW during the 11:00 hour to provide commentary on Jack Smith’s testimony.29 Sep 2026 12:32 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwntjptxn22thttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mwlymch6bc2nThis, if anything, understates the case. Prior to Trump, the Deputy Director was always a capstone and final position in a decades-long career, spent in its entirety at the FBI. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Sep 2026 18:57 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwlymch6bc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mwlee6zjg22rWhat do you mean you haven’t seen “Cold War”?!?! [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Sep 2026 12:55 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwlee6zjg22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mwjx3j6ujc25On a slightly more serious note, counterintelligence concerns only arise when one cares about one’s country; none of these people do. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Sep 2026 23:25 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwjx3j6ujc25https://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mwjwnu6x6225Counterpoint: Patel is an idiot.27 Sep 2026 23:17 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwjwnu6x6225https://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mwjn7szhgc2fHell is empty and the devils are all here. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Sep 2026 20:28 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwjn7szhgc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mwjixbflac2fMy thoughts be fucking bloody, or nothing worth. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Sep 2026 19:12 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwjixbflac2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mwcdz6lwvs2jHe’s one of the greatest authors to reread as one ages; his insights and lamentations hit harder with every passing decade. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Sep 2026 22:55 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwcdz6lwvs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mwazyw4qs22g@nickharkaway.com was kind enough to let me read this in galley a month ago, and I’d unhesitatingly recommend it; it’s probably the best spy fiction I’ve read since, well, his last foray into the world of George Smiley. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Sep 2026 10:23 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwazyw4qs22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mw6lzgvewk2kApproaching fifty, having lost one’s professional calling and having gained one’s first child, is an opportune time to find meaning in a frivolous and idiosyncratic hobby: I think I need to get into Japanese denim.23 Sep 2026 11:07 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw6lzgvewk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mw5g3dtrds2gToday, on national television, I called the FBI’s Washington Field Office the Bureau’s flagship office. It was the most passive-aggressive thing I’ve ever done, for those who will understand why.22 Sep 2026 23:48 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw5g3dtrds2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mw5ejwys5c2gIsn’t this not too far from the “Ender’s Game” plot? [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Sep 2026 23:21 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw5ejwys5c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mvvbh7gfs22dLess than a year later, the Clash will release its debut album, and the musical world will begin to be set right after a long and horrid era. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Sep 2026 18:04 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvvbh7gfs22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mvohzsw4n22jRegardless of the altruism, he’s certainly made sure that we’re not effective at, well, pretty much anything for which we rely upon a functioning government.17 Sep 2026 01:13 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvohzsw4n22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mvlykl2mek26Few things influence us as much as the books we read as children, and maybe he just developed a Dr. Doolittle fetish.16 Sep 2026 01:31 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvlykl2mek26https://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mvdsay22jc2fMy thoughts, along with others whose career paths changed because of 9/11, on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the tragedy. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=U_Vi9uPt28E12 Sep 2026 19:17 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvdsay22jc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mvbd7w7g3c2eLook, it’s an “official act” in the wild! [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Sep 2026 19:43 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbd7w7g3c2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mv4podqs5k2mThank you for coming to my TED talk on "Better Living through Carlos E. Bun." Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to get to rolling some numbers, rock and rolling, and getting my KISS records out.09 Sep 2026 23:42 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4podqs5k2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mv4plqr3q22mNow we finally know the answer to the timeless lyrical question, "Whatever to all this season's losers of the year?" [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Sep 2026 23:41 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4plqr3q22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mv4ph7ddsk2mI may have been inspired by some troglodyte complaining about my intonations, but I'm on a roll here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2oHY4RapDY09 Sep 2026 23:38 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4ph7ddsk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mv4p6bvim22mNo one has ever been ashamed to be associated with a film that waxes ecstatic about Cheap Trick. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbkypX1OhZ009 Sep 2026 23:33 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4p6bvim22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mv4opxix2c2jBesides, anyone who knows me clearly understands that if I have an avatar in the extended Cameron Crowe universe, it’s one of the guys offering relationship advice outside of the Gas’n’Sip in “Say Anything.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Sep 2026 23:25 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4opxix2c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mv4oab7sa22jNo one’s forcing you to listen to me. But since you have strong feelings on the matter, I will certainly help you broadcast them. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Sep 2026 23:17 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4oab7sa22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/michael-feinberg.bsky.social/post/3mv2avxv4f22mFor those who’ve asked where one can be purchased… [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Sep 2026 00:13 +0000at://did:plc:o7li5xna2vthili4dnbtplka/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv2avxv4f22m