Michael Ledeen’s Long Shadow

From Iran-Contra to Flynnworld — and the bipartisan web few understand

A Death That Demands a Debrief

Michael Ledeen died May 18 at 83 years old. The D.C. press ran obits honoring a "noted neoconservative thinker.” Ledeen was a highly effective and influential person, but they missed the one idea that powered his whole career: how to run real ops without ever holding real office. Ledeen didn’t chase titles, he operated in t…