Russia’s arrest for treason, yesterday, of Ilya Sachko, the CEO of “a leading cybersecurity company” (Reuters), is a stark reminder that the machinations inside Russia against perceived threats is the state of play.
Part 2 for subscribers. Part 1 open👉https://t.co/eohZf864Nj
SpyChess interview (Part 2) with @AndreiSoldatov on the FSB, Putin's present, & Russia's future.
"[Putin]...is an intelligence man. We never had this before...Andropov was a politician assigned to control the KGB. He was an outsider. Putin is different.
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@DurkinSheilagh @20committee The pullback of diplomatic, military, & other American power, levers of strength, & influence, leaving a void to be filled by both great and minor powers, mostly adversarial ones. This is the endgame of Russian (& Chinese) strategic deception thru the use of active measures etc.
June 11, 1941-on the advice of just a few, including a young British intel officer named Ian Fleming, FDR formally reached out to Bill Donovan asking him to lead what would become CIA.
We again face a global crisis. It’s time for a new statutory, US counterintelligence agency👇
A deep-dive into the Joint Special Operation Command non-official cover program from @JackMurphyRGR, @zachsdorfman and @SeanDNaylor.
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Strategic failure.
U.S. intel also indicates that Iran retains about 75% of its pre-war inventories of mobile launchers & about 70% of its pre-war stockpiles of missiles, per a U.S. official.
EXCLUSIVE: Trump's abrupt U-turn on a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz came after Saudi Arabia suspended U.S. access to its bases and airspace. https://t.co/ugxw2ilzpD
@RYP__ Yes no question. As I have been explaining to interested parties, Trump just eliminated generations of old school, old world leaders...what is left are modern, hardened, more professional, and dangerous 40-55 year olds who otherwise would have been rotting for decades waiting...
After a decade of fiercely attacking a previous deal with Iran, President Trump has authorized U.S. negotiators to consider a bargain that involves many of the same trade-offs one of his predecessors confronted.
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