Matthew Petti

@matthew_petti

National security reporter . Columbia University 2019. Formerly . Bylines

New York, NY
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    12 Oct 2018

    It’s so frustrating to see old books in museums...you wish you could just flip through them for hours! “!” at the

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    Jul 24

    Boris Johnson in 2006: "if I were an Iranian politician ... I think I might genuinely & not unreasonably believe that the possession of a nuclear bomb, & the ability to deliver it over some distance, was the only sure-fire means of protecting my country".

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    10 hours ago

    . does a great job explaining how the blocking from dominating E is a mission its leaders can support, but using the SDF to evict Iran from areas of E Syria that are currently under 's control might be a step too far.

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  4. 11 hours ago

    Oh, fun.

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  5. 13 hours ago

    EXCLUSIVE: What does a fight between the US and mean for the and Syrian , , Arabs? talked to experts and officials to find out. Thank you to at and at the SDC.

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  6. Retweeted
    Jul 24

    Horror. A man, his partner, & 2 children. 11 y/o & 6 months. Stopped by ICE. On way to doctors appointment for the baby. Local police shattered his window, ripped him out, & handed him to ICE. Only let him say goodbye to one of his 2 kids. “I want daddy.”

    ICE Smashes Man's Car Window to Arrest Him With His Kids Inside
    Footage shows the devastating moment ICE agents broke through a man's window and detained him while his two young kids were in the car
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    Jul 24

    BREAKING: Gov. Rossello has resigned vía FB live, after 12 days of protests by people of the island demanding he step down. He says he will step down Friday, Aug 2.

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  8. Jul 24

    “U.S. citizen says conditions were so bad that he almost self-deported“ Not an irregular migrant. Not an asylum seeker. One of our own citizens.

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  9. Jul 24

    The story of 2019 is different crowds of Ivy League educated elites screaming, “no, you’re out of touch with the working class!” at each other under the TV explodes.

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    Here’s truth liberal elites can’t stand hearing: THEY are the ruling class, THEY are the rich, THEY are the powerful. They’ve failed this country. Working Americans are tired of being despised & dismissed. And I don’t care what…
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    Jul 23

    Niagra, Falls, USA 😍

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  11. Jul 23

    Member of Iranian cabinet: “The workplace, school, mosque, barracks, media, farm...is not a place for a [Bitcoin] miner. Free or cheap electricity in an industrial, educational, religious, military, journalistic, agricultural site is not for [Bitcoin] mining.”

    کارخانه مدرسه مسجد پادگان…
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    Jul 23

    Are the United States and Russia headed for a new arms race after the collapse of the INF treaty? I posed that question to a leading Russian military expert. Check out the interview below:

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  13. Jul 23

    My latest for , on the - tanker fight and the future of .

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    Jul 22

    Most people I’ve spoken to in Tehran since Friday have expressed support for ’s seizing of the U.K. tanker. Educated, middle-class people often critical of the government, say IRGC was right to capture in response to U.K. capturing Iran’s tanker in Gibraltar

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  15. Jul 22

    خاک تو سرت language: Persian English equivalent: "drop dead" literal translation: "dirt on your head"

    “Արևին ասում է դուրս մի արի՝ ես դուրս եմ եկել” language: Armenian…
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    Jul 21

    ALLIES: Phew! With Napoleon safely exiled to Elba, we’re finally free of him, for good! NAPOLEON:

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    Jul 20

    Looking back, landing on the moon wasn’t just our job, it was a historic opportunity to prove to the world America’s can-do spirit. I’m proud to serve the country that gave me this historic opportunity. Today belongs to you. We must hold the memory of close.

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  18. Jul 20

    Iran’s concern seems to be that President Biden or President Pompeo can just as easily reverse any executive agreement with Trump as he broke the old deal. The crucial bit they’re missing is that Trump has a much better chance pushing a *treaty* through the Senate than Obama did.

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    "You cannot simply say, 'I don't like the previous administration and I want to renegotiate everything they did,'" Iranian FM says, of Pres. Trump's distaste for the 2015 nuclear deal.…
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  19. Jul 20

    They’re playing Mad Libs with things Americans are afraid of.

    Please note complete lack of evidence cited (except money laundering which we knew) & lack of mention of once alleged Iranian uranium mines on Orinoco and SAMs on Paraguana: "Iran-backed Hezbollah partnering with communist terror groups in Latin America"
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    Jul 20

    Just had a very good call with Stefan Löfven who assured me that American citizen A$AP Rocky will be treated fairly. Likewise, I assured him that A$AP was not a flight risk and offered to personally vouch for his bail, or an alternative....

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  21. Jul 20

    Red meat for a domestic audience

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    releases a footage of the moment that forces siezed tanker Stena Impero.
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