# The After-Action Report Exclusive reporting on naval special warfare and the U.S. intelligence community. Page: Feed: --- ## [The CIA's Mystery Plane?](https://theiceman.substack.com/p/the-cias-mystery-plane) _2026-08-15 · Seth Hettena_ A plane registered to a Virginia LLC wound up involved in a CIA covert action near the Galapagos ## [Why I Will Never Trust Navy SEALs Again | Part One: They made it personal](https://theiceman.substack.com/p/why-i-will-never-trust-navy-seals) _2026-08-11 · Lori Chapman Longfritz_ My brother saved SEAL Team Six. Then they spent two decades trying to erase him. ## [The government's answer to a botched SEAL Team Six mission: Subpoena the reporter](https://theiceman.substack.com/p/a-botched-seal-mission-may-have-broken) _2026-08-02 · Seth Hettena_ Matthew Cole spent two years reporting a story about a 2019 operation that left North Korean fishermen dead. Now he's fighting a federal subpoena to reveal who helped him. ## [Untested supplements popular with special operators move a step closer to legal sale](https://theiceman.substack.com/p/untested-supplements-popular-with) _2026-07-29 · Seth Hettena_ An FDA panel voted to recommend legalizing six peptides, including the popular “Wolverine stack,” as the Pentagon moves to address low-T operators ## [Why won’t the Pentagon say if it’s using AI to blow up boats in the Caribbean?](https://theiceman.substack.com/p/why-wont-the-pentagon-say-if-its) _2026-07-22 · Seth Hettena_ The Pentagon has an AI system built to find small boats in dark waters, and refuses to say whether it helped pick the targets. ## [US Navy SEALs Deploy to Trinidad and Tobago](https://theiceman.substack.com/p/us-navy-seals-deploy-to-trinidad) _2026-07-15 · Seth Hettena_ The prime minister described an expanding US military and intelligence role in her country. The Pentagon has not publicly acknowledged the deployment. ## [The rise of the machines](https://theiceman.substack.com/p/the-rise-of-the-machines) _2026-07-08 · Seth Hettena_ A new book tells the history of the Pentagon office that put AI in the kill chain and made Palantir the world’s most valuable defense contractor. ## [Exclusive: The Spy Who Wasn’t (UDPATED)](https://theiceman.substack.com/p/exclusive-the-spy-who-wasnt) _2026-07-01 · Seth Hettena_ Navy Chief Bryce Pedicini is serving 18 years for attempted espionage even though the government failed to prove he was a spy. ## [David Rush Didn't Breach the CIA's Secrecy. He Exploited It.](https://theiceman.substack.com/p/david-rush-didnt-breach-the-cias) _2026-06-09 · Seth Hettena_ A former CIA Officer allegedly used one of the government's most secret programs to stockpile tens of millions of dollars in gold. ## [100,000 Bonus Points Await You (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/bjRXDvhFeaN8) _2026-06-09 · **Sponsored**_ Earn 100,000 bonus points after spending $5,000 in the first 3 months. ## [Before Graham Platner ran for Senate, he witnessed SEALs kill a civilian in Ramadi](https://theiceman.substack.com/p/before-graham-platner-ran-for-senate) _2026-06-02 · Seth Hettena_ Right-wing outlets called his account of Chris Kyle shooting civilians in Ramadi a smear. They left out the corroboration.