Why are so many intelligence veterans throwing their weight behind a young Indiana mayor with such a thin foreign policy resume? By Samuel D. Finkelstein These questions continue to loom large over the 2020 Democratic primary field: Who is Pete Buttigieg? And what is he doing here? Seemingly overnight, the once obscure mayor of Indiana’s fourth-largest city was vaulted to national prominence, with his campaign coffers stuffed with big checks from billionaire benefactors. The publication of a list of 218 … Continue reading The spooks’ choice: Coup plotters and CIA agents fill Pete Buttigieg’s list of national security endorsers