Former CIA clandestine service. Spycraft Entertainment, Atlantic Council, NAFO. Host of Mission implausible podcast. Friend of dogs everywhere.https://bsky.app/profile/johnsipher.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnsipher.bsky.social/post/3mlvc4keasc2bWhat an ass. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 May 2026 12:04 +0000at://did:plc:s3bem7mapxyocynldw6sfof4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvc4keasc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnsipher.bsky.social/post/3mlvbztsrqs2bHow do intelligence agencies operate in a world where the boss doesn’t believe in truth? [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 May 2026 12:03 +0000at://did:plc:s3bem7mapxyocynldw6sfof4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvbztsrqs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnsipher.bsky.social/post/3mlv5a7xplc2ohttps://open.substack.com/pub/spytalk/p/the-spies-and-professors-who-saved?r=17yf0&utm_medium=ios15 May 2026 10:37 +0000at://did:plc:s3bem7mapxyocynldw6sfof4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlv5a7xplc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/johnsipher.bsky.social/post/3mlv4fr72sk2lEnter the Killer Robots: The Ukrainian Forging the Future of Warfare https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/world/europe/mykhailo-fedorov-ukraine-ai.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share15 May 2026 10:22 +0000at://did:plc:s3bem7mapxyocynldw6sfof4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlv4fr72sk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnsipher.bsky.social/post/3mlucv5vwbs2u“Political evangelicalism is a system that is deeply influenced by depraved men, and it has exactly the features that depraved men will demand of an institution they control.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/opinion/southern-baptist-convention-paul-pressler.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share15 May 2026 02:45 +0000at://did:plc:s3bem7mapxyocynldw6sfof4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlucv5vwbs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnsipher.bsky.social/post/3mluci7wyw225He Was Good at Steering the Fed, but He Was a Genius at Ignoring Trump’s Threats https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/opinion/jerome-powell-fed-chair.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share15 May 2026 02:38 +0000at://did:plc:s3bem7mapxyocynldw6sfof4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mluci7wyw225https://bsky.app/profile/johnsipher.bsky.social/post/3mltaqqwk2225Gabbard’s partisan cherry picking is out of control. Attached is info on both Gabbard and MKULTRA [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2026 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:s3bem7mapxyocynldw6sfof4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltaqqwk2225https://bsky.app/profile/johnsipher.bsky.social/post/3mlsr2u4brc2jWhy even have an FDA? (gift article) https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/us/politics/trump-vapes-cigarettes-big-tobacco.html?unlocked_article_code=1.iVA.UjNw.scG_TvxDc69o&smid=nytcore-ios-share14 May 2026 11:54 +0000at://did:plc:s3bem7mapxyocynldw6sfof4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsr2u4brc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnsipher.bsky.social/post/3mlqwg2arps2ySuch pros! https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/army-cuts-training-service-short-billions-dollars-13289832313 May 2026 18:24 +0000at://did:plc:s3bem7mapxyocynldw6sfof4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqwg2arps2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnsipher.bsky.social/post/3mlqdat55ec2iWhat do you think the Administration’s ChatGPT prompt is exactly? “Provide the worst possible policy outcomes in the areas of health, economy, national security and law.”? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/climate/as-coal-rebounds-more-mercury-a-potent-toxin-is-in-the-air.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share13 May 2026 12:41 +0000at://did:plc:s3bem7mapxyocynldw6sfof4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqdat55ec2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/johnsipher.bsky.social/post/3mlqbsdzjnk2nYou mean to say that Trump and Hegseth are lying? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/us/politics/iran-missiles-us-intelligence.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share13 May 2026 12:15 +0000at://did:plc:s3bem7mapxyocynldw6sfof4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqbsdzjnk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnsipher.bsky.social/post/3mlovtmmfes2ohttps://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/robert-kagan-on-why-he-believes-u-s-faces-likely-defeat-in-iran12 May 2026 23:09 +0000at://did:plc:s3bem7mapxyocynldw6sfof4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlovtmmfes2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/johnsipher.bsky.social/post/3mloifziybc2tThe fastest President to lose a war! [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 19:08 +0000at://did:plc:s3bem7mapxyocynldw6sfof4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mloifziybc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/johnsipher.bsky.social/post/3mlmh2pkqy22kWhy do we keep losing wars? https://tomorrowsaffairs.com/the-age-of-asymmetry-the-weak-have-learned-how-to-make-the-strong-bleed11 May 2026 23:39 +0000at://did:plc:s3bem7mapxyocynldw6sfof4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlmh2pkqy22khttps://bsky.app/profile/johnsipher.bsky.social/post/3mlm737wgfc2hIf Antifa is a top terrorist threat, the fact that the FBI can’t name its leader is a massive intelligence failure. https://open.substack.com/pub/spytalk/p/new-in-spyweek-were-not-a-stupid?r=17yf0&utm_medium=ios11 May 2026 21:16 +0000at://did:plc:s3bem7mapxyocynldw6sfof4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlm737wgfc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnsipher.bsky.social/post/3mlm5nl7a622w"the cult of the war has caught up with him. Putin knows he can’t live up to the mythology he created, and everyone else can see that too. His unnecessary, illegal, brutal war in Ukraine has already lasted longer than the Russian war against the Nazis..." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/05/russian-discontent-ukraine-war/687131/?gift=ikAS-C-fUpVcb3BUmsypviiBSYzx5c0yjILoX1b77ho&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share11 May 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:s3bem7mapxyocynldw6sfof4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlm5nl7a622whttps://bsky.app/profile/johnsipher.bsky.social/post/3mllopwmh6c2i“The state that spent decades trying to persuade the world that it offered a civilizational alternative to the West is now militarily dependent on one of the poorest and most isolated dictatorships in the world.” www.kyivpost.com/opinion/75884 https://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/7588411 May 2026 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:s3bem7mapxyocynldw6sfof4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllopwmh6c2i