Overview
- The New York Times published excerpts from Where We Keep the Light, due Jan. 27, detailing late-stage vetting that zeroed in on Shapiro’s positions related to Israel.
- Shapiro writes that senior aide Dana Remus asked whether he had ever been an agent for Israel and if he had communicated with undercover Israeli operatives, which he called offensive before being told, "Well, we have to ask."
- He says Harris’s team also asked whether he would apologize for comments about pro-Palestinian campus protests at the University of Pennsylvania, and he refused.
- Jewish leaders including Deborah Lipstadt and ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt publicly condemned the reported questions as a textbook dual‑loyalty smear.
- Representatives for Kamala Harris and for Remus did not immediately comment on the account, and Shapiro writes he later withdrew from consideration as Harris selected Tim Walz.