Jeff Stein

Jeff Stein wrote the SpyTalk blog at Congressional Quarterly from 2005 through September 2009.

Rumors of U.S. Secretly Harboring Top China Official Swirl

Reports that a top Chinese official defected to the U.S. have swept Chinese-language media this week. The alleged reason? Sharing sensitive information about COVID-19 origins.

Jeff Stein

'Wide Open to Attack'

As Fort Hood mourns the death of 13 soldiers at an Army psychiatrist’s hand, the ex-chief of the CIA’s WMD unit says security at U.S. military bases nationwide is grossly inadequate.

Jeff Stein