@CraigMWhitlock

Investigative reporter for The Washington Post. #1 NYT Bestselling author of "FAT LEONARD" (2024) and "THE AFGHANISTAN PAPERS" (2021).

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Joined December 2012
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⬇️A wild slideshow of Fat Leonard photos that the US Navy tried to keep hidden 📽️
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"Fat Leonard" by @craigmwhitlock is the full, sometimes stranger-than-fiction story of a world-class con man who blackmailed and bamboozled the US Navy for years. More: simonandschuster.com/books/F…

Fat Leonard

Investigative reporter Craig Whitlock recounts the shocking, sordid saga of Fat Leonard, a naval contractor who blackmailed and bamboozled the US Navy for years.

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RIP Army Col. William DeGraf, age 100, veteran of 3 wars with more combat decorations than you can count. Blocked from promotion to general because he refused to inflate body counts in Vietnam. Great obit by @dugganwapo Gift link: wapo.st/4jDnnz1

An Army colonel who stuck to his principles, even when it cost him a dream

William DeGraf, who was awarded a Bronze Star for valor, died Oct. 4 at 100 in a retirement community on the grounds of Fort Belvoir, Virginia. He had recently been treated for pneumonia, said his...

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Scott Nover@ScottNoverOct 23
Very proud that our investigative story on the killing of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil was recognized as a finalist for an @AMEJA award last night. All the credit to colleagues @mmkelly22, @suzanHaidamous, and @MohamdEch and our excellent editors. washingtonpost.com/business/…

An airstrike trapped a journalist. She died as rescuers waited for permission to save her.

A Post reconstruction of Amal Khalil’s final hours in Lebanon found that Israel’s military denied rescuers access to her during a key period when she was still alive.

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Bassam Khawaja@Bassam_KhawajaOct 22
Egypt's outrageous crackdown on independent media is escalating, with the referral of Lina Attalah, editor in chief of @MadaMasr, to trial: madamasr.com/en/2026/10/22/n…
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When Saddam invaded Kuwait, the WP's Mideast correspondent was there. She went into hiding and kept filing. Caryle Murphy would toss her stories over US Embassy walls, to send to the Post. She won a Pulitzer. She was also a kind and delightful human. wapo.st/3U9zERo

Caryle Murphy, who won the Pulitzer Prize reporting from Kuwait, dies at 79

A longtime Washington Post reporter and correspondent, Ms. Murphy was one of the only Western journalists to stay in Kuwait after the Iraqi invasion in 1990.

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Breaking news: The Justice Department indicted Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas, one of the most powerful Democrats in the commonwealth, as part of a long-running corruption investigation involving a family-run marijuana business.wapo.st/4jvYULX

Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas indicted in connection with marijuana business

Lucas, the 82-year-old president pro tempore of the Virginia Senate, is one of the state’s most powerful Democrats.

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Alex Horton@AlexHortonTXOct 22
Working in the Pentagon
Dan Lamothe
@DanLamotheOct 22
Replying to @DanLamothe
A group dispatched by Hegseth's team in February attempted to move the historic globe, said to be used by Eisenhower during World War II. They lifted it from its home in an Army office in the Pentagon ... and dropped it.
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Dan Lamothe
@DanLamotheOct 22
EXCLUSIVE: Pete Hegseth wanted Gen. Dwight Eisenhower’s globe for his office. His staff broke it. We have photos.
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Cate Brown@catebrown12Oct 21
In August, Trump announced the “BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY!” But is it? The text of the accord — which grants the U.S. sweeping access to Venezuela’s oil reserves — has been one of DC’s most sought-after secrets. ProPublica got to see a copy. 🧵
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"The reason I keep bringing up the Palestinians throwing rocks to protect Heidi is because...these young men put their lives on the line to protect a sixty-three-year-old Jewish American journalist."
Isaac Chotiner@IChotinerOct 19
New Interview: I talked to the journalist Jasper Nathaniel about what he witnessed in the West Bank when the WaPo’s Heidi Levine & multiple Palestinians were attacked by Israeli settlers, as well as what’s been happening there before the Israeli election. newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/b…

Behind the Settler Attack on Palestinians and a Washington Post Journalist

Jasper Nathaniel, an independent journalist who filmed the attack, describes the significant increase in West Bank violence on the eve of the Israeli election.

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susannah george
@sgreportsOct 19
By escalating attacks in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran is attempting to keep oil prices high between now and the midterms. For some Iranian officials, the goal is to “punish” Trump, much as the Iran hostage crisis hampered President Jimmy Carter’s 1980 reelection campaign. “They’re obsessed,” said an Arab diplomat. “They think they can bring down a presidency.” washingtonpost.com/world/202…

Tehran seeks to punish Trump in midterms with oil price pain, Iranian officials say

“They’re obsessed,” according to an Arab diplomat. “They think they can bring down a presidency.”

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Etan Nechin
@Etanetan23Oct 17
A European diplomatic delegation, including French, Polish and Belgian representatives was assaulted by settlers in the West Bank. None of the attackers were arrested. haaretz.com/west-bank/2026-1…

Settlers attack European diplomats, Palestinian harvesters across West Bank

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John Hudson
@John_HudsonOct 17
President Herzog spoke with WaPo photographer Heidi Levine, who was attacked by Israeli settlers: "I strongly condemn this shocking phenomenon of violence – this is despicable behavior that does not represent the citizens and values of the State of Israel. I apologize and I am sorry for this"
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Rachel Chason@Rachel_ChasonOct 16
.@Heidiphotos is a legend -- a role model + guide to so many of us & a remarkable example of deep kindness and compassion in the field after so many years covering this conflict. She was attacked bearing witness to settlers attacking an olive harvest... wapo.st/4B6E8Jb

Israeli settlers attack Palestinians and Washington Post photographer in West Bank

The settlers attacked Palestinians harvesting olives and beat Heidi Levine, a veteran photojournalist. Witnesses said Israeli soldiers did nothing to halt the violence.

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John Hudson
@John_HudsonOct 16
Infuriating. Heidi Levine is one of the bravest and hardest working journalists I’ve ever worked with:
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Siobhán O'Grady@siobhan_ogradyOct 16
Horrified by what happened to our dear friend Heidi Levine while she was on assignment today. “They just kept kicking me and kicking me,” she said. washingtonpost.com/world/202…

Israeli settlers attack Palestinians and Washington Post photographer in West Bank

The settlers attacked Palestinians harvesting olives and beat Heidi Levine, a veteran photojournalist. Witnesses said Israeli soldiers did nothing to halt the violence.

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jasper nathaniel
@infinite_jazOct 16
Severe settler + soldier attack on olive harvesters in Abu Falah. American WaPo journalist Heidi Levine badly wounded. Machine gunfire—at least one Palestinian shot. Tear gas. Soldiers assaulting journalists.
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Jack Carr
@JackCarrUSAOct 13
A frantic call from a doomed plane on 9/11… A sixth-generation fighter jet shot down over Ukraine…its technology in the hands of the enemy… The Taj Mahal in ruins… A man in self-imposed exile… Two nuclear nations on the brink of war… With the world descending into chaos, James Reece is pulled back into the fray to do what he does best – put America’s enemies in the dirt – though in a plot that harnesses the power of AI-enabled weapons, will he be the world’s savior or is he the key to its ultimate demise? Alone in unfamiliar territory and pitted against a former SAS operative turned mercenary, Reece is the sole inheritor of a code that could avert war and save millions of lives, if only he could access a memory he doesn’t know exists. Some secrets won’t stay buried. For James Reece, those secrets will kill… amzn.to/3QDVPxf
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Rebecca Ballhaus
@rebeccaballhausOct 7
Kimberly Guilfoyle was preparing for her congressional hearing to become U.S. ambassador to Greece when she reached out to a Trump donor with an urgent request: She needed $100,000 that she said she owed American Express—in a way that wouldn’t leave a paper trail. “It won’t show up anywhere if you wire money to American Express,” she wrote on Signal, according to messages reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. “Please.” w/@DanaMattioli @drewhinshaw @JoeWSJ wsj.com/politics/policy/guil…

Exclusive | ‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex Account

Text messages with a MAGA ally show Guilfoyle seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials before becoming ambassador to Greece.

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Ed O'Keefe
@edokeefeOct 7
"They hit us bad." Footage newly obtained by @cbsnews, and witness accounts detail Iran attack — and U.S. retreat — at a major military post in Kuwait. Exclusive reporting by @JonahPKaplan and @JimLaPorta cbsnews.com/news/iran-attack…

"They hit us bad": Newly obtained footage, witness accounts detail Iran attack, and U.S. retreat,...

CBS News obtained new video from a person on the ground showing an Iranian attack on a U.S. base at the beginning of the war.

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Joe Heim@JoeHeimOct 7
“I couldn’t believe after 60 years that someone would take it. Who would do this?” Kathleen Kennedy Townsend said Wednesday. “It might be someone who didn’t like Daddy or it might be somebody who really loved Daddy and wanted the bust for themselves.” wapo.st/4zkDzd4

Bronze bust of Robert F. Kennedy is reported stolen from D.C. stadium site

The memorial sculpture had been in front of the former stadium that bore Kennedy’s name since 1969.

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