@dandeluce

National security and intelligence reporter for NBC News; formerly Foreign Policy magazine, Agence France-Presse, The Guardian, Reuters

 Washington DC
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Joined December 2008
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Zelenskyy says Trump is ‘rewarding Putin’ as he waives new Russia sanctions passed by Congress nbcnews.com/politics/trump-a…

Trump doubles down after waiving new Russia sanctions, calling it a ‘very good decision’

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy decried the move as a “financial reward for Putin,” adding that it will encourage the Russian leader to continue attacks.

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A trove of emails shows that Deloitte Cyprus helped firms beneficially owned by Roman Abramovich attempt to skirt tax and disclosure obligations by retroactively transferring assets to British Virgin Islands companies using backdated paperwork. buff.ly/9xOIbeC

Deloitte’s Cyprus Office Helped Abramovich Firms Relocate Billions in Assets in Apparent Bid to...

A trove of emails shows that Deloitte Cyprus helped firms beneficially owned by Roman Abramovich attempt to skirt tax and disclosure obligations by retroactively transferring assets to British Virgin...

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Retired Adm. McRaven, who oversaw the Bin Laden raid, on the Trump admin's plan to publicly executive Nidal Hasan: "shameless and ignoble"
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In planning to publicly execute Nidal Hasan, the Trump administration “continues to undermine our national values,” and gives credence to those who say the U.S. has lost its way, William H. McRaven argues: theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1…

Admiral McRaven: Public Execution Is Shameless and Ignoble

A government livestream of Nidal Hasan’s killing would put America in extremely poor company.

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The perplexing case of a CIA officer who duped his fellow spies nbcnews.com/politics/nationa… via @nbcnews

The perplexing case of a CIA officer who duped his fellow spies

David Rush admitted pulling off a major scheme. It was most likely the largest financial fraud ever committed by a single member of the spy agency, officials said.

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The perplexing case of a CIA officer who duped his fellow spies nbcnews.com/politics/nationa… via @nbcnews

The perplexing case of a CIA officer who duped his fellow spies

David Rush admitted pulling off a major scheme. It was most likely the largest financial fraud ever committed by a single member of the spy agency, officials said.

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Overwhelmed food banks face ‘heartbreaking’ choices amid rising hunger nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ove…

Overwhelmed food banks face ‘heartbreaking’ choices amid rising hunger

The Trump administration’s cuts and changes to federal food benefits are driving record need in many communities, dozens of food banks told NBC News in a survey.

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Trump eases Russia sanctions, says Putin will release diesel supplies amid unprecedented price spike nbcnews.com/business/energy/…

Trump eases Russia sanctions, says Putin will release diesel amid massive price spikes

Escalations in the Russia-Ukraine war have caused diesel costs to spike this fall, repeatedly setting all-time records.

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Today marks 20 years since Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya was murdered in Moscow. She recognized Putin's true nature earlier than most—and the regime could never erase the truth she died to tell.
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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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Compromise of secret intel informant triggered probe of CIA officer, sources say nbcnews.com/politics/nationa…

Compromise of secret intel informant triggered probe of CIA officer, sources say

As authorities investigated David Rush on suspicion of compromising a secret source, they uncovered more wrongdoing, officials said. He was eventually fired.

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🇩🇪 Germany's former foreign spy chief has been arrested on suspicion of espionage, accused of seeking to pass sensitive information to overseas intelligence services, prosecutors said. ➡️ u.afp.com/S998
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CIA officer arrested with gold bars admits he exposed secret intelligence source to a foreign official nbcnews.com/politics/nationa…

CIA officer arrested with gold bars admits he exposed secret intelligence source to a foreign...

David Rush, who was fired, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and will be sentenced Jan. 28.

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Re-upping our reporting from over the weekend: Current and former officials tell us the FBI hack stemmed from incompetent cyber security at the bureau. It’s being called one of the worst counterintelligence disasters in recent memory. With @CarolLeonnig ms.now/news/fbi-hack-shinyhu…

‘Incompetence’: Massive FBI hack hit most employees and extends to local officials

The hackers expressed disbelief that such sensitive information was available to them so easily, an FBI agent told MS NOW.

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Today one Russian paper claims “Russia’s military has been given political blank cheque to carry out full demilitarisation & deindustrialisation of Ukraine.” But nothing in the papers from Irkutsk, where there have been reports of a potentially “dangerous infection.” #ReadingRussia
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“For those guys, when you fight a superpower, a draw is a win,” said Michael Knights @Mikeknightsiraq nbcnews.com/politics/nationa…

How Trump’s strikes against Houthis foreshadowed struggles in Iran war

Airstrikes last year against the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen showed that a weaker adversary could hold the U.S. military at bay with inexpensive drones and missiles.

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The 52-day conflict, dubbed Operation Rough Rider, foreshadowed some of the difficulties Trump now faces in the war with Iran: a weaker adversary able to use inexpensive drones and antiship missiles to expose the limits of U.S. air and sea power and threaten the global economy,
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How Trump’s strikes against Houthis foreshadowed struggles in Iran war

Airstrikes last year against the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen showed that a weaker adversary could hold the U.S. military at bay with inexpensive drones and missiles.

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Russian dissident Garry Kasparov said FBI warned his life was in danger nbcnews.com/politics/nationa… via @nbcnews

Russian dissident Garry Kasparov said FBI warned his life was in danger

Russia previously did not try to target dissidents on U.S. soil, but President Vladimir Putin is escalating his fight with the West, Kasparov said.

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Trump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador Says President Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale. nytimes.com/2026/09/27/us/po…

Trump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador Says

President Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale.

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U.S. Marines injured in recent Iranian attack nbcnews.com/politics/nationa… from @ckubeNBC @NBCNews

U.S. Marines injured in recent Iranian attack

The previously unreported attack occurred Sept. 14 when Iran struck a ship U.S. forces were on in the Strait of Hormuz, sources say.

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