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Michael Ledeen’s Long Shadow

Michael Ledeen’s Long Shadow

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Jun 04, 2025
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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…

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