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Correspondent for The New York Times covering ISIS. NBC contributor. Previously, seven years in West Africa as Correspondent & Bureau Chief for The AP.

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    Mar 10

    Some big news today: For over a year, I’ve been working on a podcast about ISIS. New York Times subscribers get to hear it first, by subscribing at

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    10 hours ago

    Over more than a year, recovered more than 15,000 pages of Islamic State documents. They reveal the inner workings of a complex system of government.

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    24 hours ago

    The investigation of an unknown white powder found at the Port Authority has found it to be non-hazardous. Please expect residual delays in the area of 8th Ave, 40-41st street.

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  4. Apr 4

    Commuters are being asked to leave Port Authority.

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  5. Apr 3

    Posted with an expression of utter shock:

    Mosul official, Iraq: there are still a number of ISIS sleeper cells in Mosul. ISIS has not ended & finding them will not be easy.
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    Apr 3

    We were sitting in a meeting and then we heard people running because it was rumbling the floor. First thought was earthquake.

    Active shooter at YouTube HQ. Heard shots and saw people running while at my desk. Now barricaded inside a room with coworkers.
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    Apr 3

    ‘Human remains recovered in search for US hostages killed by ISIS in Syria’

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  8. Apr 3

    ISIS illuminati: What are your favorite images of the group rolling into Iraq and Syria from past videos? Looking for something cinematic ....

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    Apr 2

    I have to say that on 11/10/16, I ran into @avi_gesser, former counsel to the chief of the DOJ in criminal frauds. His FIRST concern about this president, 2 days after the election, was that he would use some twisted attack on Amazon to put the Washington Post out of business.

    Trump is eager to hurt Amazon because he doesn’t like what the Washington Post prints, but doing that would violate the First Amendment.
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  10. Apr 1

    Super reporting by on one of the ways ISIS has metastasized since losing most of its territorial caliphate: A group of 500 or more men operating in a mountain range in northern Iraq, which calls itself the White Flags:

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  11. Mar 31

    Great thread by on the future of ISIS

    You're probably reading a lot of articles first about the demise of the Islamic State and then about a possible comeback of Islamic State and yet you cannot imagine it from a practical point of view. Actually we've been already there, couple of times at least. This…
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    Mar 30

    Maryland man sentenced to 20 years for providing material support to . Mohamed Elshinawy received payments from a foreign company totaling $8,700 to fund terrorist attack in the U.S. Court records posted here:

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    Mar 30

    In new issue of newsletter reiterates the boundaries of 's traditional role in , and the stipulations for participation in . Thoughts/details below:

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  14. Mar 29

    So proud of my colleague and the team at The Daily:

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    The idea behind the podcast "The Daily," says host , "was to change the relationship between the consumer of the news and the presentation of the news." …
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    Mar 28

    Meet the man who was under the hood, electrocuted and urinated upon by US forces at Abu Ghraib.

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    Mar 29

    Police were tipped off after tracing an online purchase of chemicals that can be used to make TATP (triacetone triperoxide), a highly volatile explosive that is used as a detonator or for a bomb in itself.

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    Mar 29

    A British man has been found guilty of stockpiling explosives in his house in Hertfordshire. The police also found “copies of terrorist-related manuals and documents detailing how to make and create home-made ammunition, weapons and explosives”.

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    Mar 28

    Car crashes into 5 people in San Francisco hit and run

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    Mar 27

    Kurds in villages in Daqoq district, Kirkuk province, Iraq, are leaving villages due to ISIS penetration. ISIS conducted 10 attacks within a week in Daqoq & Tuz districts. ISIS openly enters villages at night to buy provisions. No Iraqi Security Forces.

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  20. Mar 27

    “I believe Islam is hijacked,” said the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia during his meeting yesterday with reporters and editors at the .

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    Mar 25

    1. How resilient is the Islamic State's digital operation in 2018? Despite social media companies cracking down on the terror group's online activity, "Wilayat Internet" remains a core and important part of the group's focus. How does ISIS remain online?

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