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Apologies for the dated response, I was caught up with other writing.
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This is an email I wrote to the New Yorker and only received an automated response. It was concerning to me so I thought I’d share it and see if I am wrong in my assessment.
Feb 15, 2025, 7:31 AM
To the Editors of the New Yorker,
This evening I revisited a bit of writing I had jotted down this past Fourth of July after reading an article online from one of your staff writers Patrick Radden Keefe in the June 2024 edition of the New Yorker. Before I put it up on my Blog page I thought I would see if your editorial department came away with the same unbalanced and frightening bewilderment as I did knowing this investigative reporter went to such lengths to further destroy the reputation of a single defector from the CIA. Please respond to me with any correspondence to dissuade my most troubling thoughts concerning this report. I did not mention your publication nor the author and have not posted this yet, however I think the article does raise larger questions than it answers.
This bit of writing was jotted down in my notebook on July 4, 2024.
It is the big National Holiday today. I was taking a rather stand-offish approach to the national celebratory atmosphere today in light of all my personal…









