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Shane Harris
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Staff Writer @theatlantic. Author. Podcaster. Filmmaker. linktr.ee/shaneharris Signal: shaneharris.64
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    Shane Harris
    @shaneharris
    Jan 6, 2021
    I’ve covered a lot of security failures. This is a security failure of terrifying proportions. Armed insurgents breached and occupied the Capitol. They’re still there. The failure hasn’t ended.
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    Shane Harris
    @shaneharris
    Mar 24, 2025
    In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on the Houthis in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic.
    The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
    From theatlantic.com
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    Shane Harris
    @shaneharris
    Feb 27, 2019
    GOP members are trying to shame Cohen, which seems futile at this rock-bottom point in his life, and impugn his credibility, which gains little, since Cohen has already admitted he lied about some things. What no member has done: Try to show that Cohen's testimony today is false.
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    Shane Harris
    @shaneharris
    Jul 20, 2019
    This reporting blows a hole in the idea that Trump is a political strategist, thinking many steps ahead. He is impulsive. That those impulses are sometimes politically disastrous.
    ‘He always doubles down’: Inside the political crisis caused by Trump’s racist tweets
    From washingtonpost.com
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    Shane Harris
    @shaneharris
    Oct 3, 2020
    “The White House’s handling of the period between the first known symptoms—those of Hicks on Wednesday—and the president’s infection, which was confirmed about 1 a.m. Friday, is what experts considered a case study in irresponsibility and mismanagement.”
    Invincibility punctured by infection: How the coronavirus spread in Trump’s White House
    From washingtonpost.com
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    Shane Harris
    @shaneharris
    Sep 26, 2019
    New: The whistleblower complaint alleges a pattern of obfuscation at the White House, in which officials moved the records of some of Trump’s communications with foreign officials onto a separate computer network from where they are normally stored.
    Trump offered Ukrainian president Justice Dept. help in an investigation of Biden, memo shows
    From washingtonpost.com
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    Shane Harris
    @shaneharris
    Feb 27, 2022
    Worth taking a deep breath re: Putin putting his nuclear forces on alert. Current and former officials I'm talking to are not alarmed. They've heard threats like this from him before. No one's being cavalier, but it's important not to overreact to his provocations and signals.
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    Shane Harris
    @shaneharris
    Jan 13, 2019
    In the last 24 hours, we have learned that the FBI has investigated whether the president is an agent of Russia, and that he took steps to conceal his conversations with the president of Russia.
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    Shane Harris
    @shaneharris
    Aug 1, 2020
    NEW: Brian Murphy, the DHS official whose office compiled "intelligence reports" about the work of journalists and protestors, has been removed from his job.
    DHS official whose office compiled ‘intelligence reports’ on journalists and protesters has been...
    From washingtonpost.com
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    Shane Harris
    @shaneharris
    Oct 17, 2018
    New: The White House and the Saudi royal family are searching for an explanation for Khashoggi's death that avoids implicating MBS. That's going to be difficult, as mounting evidence points to the crown prince's connection to Khashoggis' disappearance.
    Crown prince under scrutiny in journalist’s disappearance even as Saudis search for exculpatory...
    From washingtonpost.com
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    Shane Harris
    @shaneharris
    Aug 18, 2022
    Some personal news. I'm sad to report that my beloved father, Ed Harris, died on Sunday. He'd been ill for some time and developed an acute lung infection last week. I've shared remembrances of him with family and friends, but in this space, I just want to add two things.
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    Shane Harris
    @shaneharris
    Oct 13, 2020
    NEW: "Unmasking" probe commissioned by Barr quietly concludes without charges or any public report washingtonpost.com/national-secur… By @mattzap and me
    ‘Unmasking’ probe commissioned by Barr concludes without charges or any public report
    From washingtonpost.com
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    Shane Harris
    @shaneharris
    Jan 12, 2018
    This notion that Steele’s memos triggered the FBI investigation of the Trump campaign persists, even after a whole team WSJ reporters, me included, found that it’s just not true.
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    Kimberley Strassel
    @KimStrassel
    Jan 12, 2018
    The Dossier Rehab Campaign wsj.com/articles/the-d…
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    Shane Harris
    @shaneharris
    Mar 21, 2020
    New: U.S. intelligence reports from January and February warned about a likely pandemic. washingtonpost.com/national-secur… by me, @gregpmiller, @jdawsey1, @nakashimae, @yabutaleb7
    U.S. intelligence reports from January and February warned about a likely pandemic
    From washingtonpost.com