Steven L. Hall

Retired CIA. CNN contributor. Watching Russia. Trying to be anti-racist. Loving sunflowers.

[Steven L. Hall @StevenLHall1]

I cannot be an anti-racist and remain on Twitter. Musk's comments and lack of condemnation regarding Scott Adams' racism was the last straw for me. If you're interested in my thoughts on Russia, you can find me on Post.

[Steven L. Hall @StevenLHall1]

Good conversation with Fred earlier today on Ukraine.

https://t.co/8ysCP6y1k6

[Steven L. Hall @StevenLHall1]

Good piece. My only quibble would be that it’s not the oligarchs who could come for Putin. It’s his inner circle, the siloviki.

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

Today marks 1 year since Putin launched his evil attack on Ukraine. While the fight to protect democracy continues to capture the world's attention, some of the hardest things to watch are the most important things to see. Don't look away.

[The White House 46 Archived @WhiteHouse46]

Republican Senator Ron Johnson, in radio interviews today, said that Social Security was a “legal Ponzi scheme” and that Social Security should have been privatized.

[Secretary Antony Blinken @SecBlinken]

Today the United States announced critical new military assistance for Ukraine to help them defend their country. We stand #UnitedWithUkraine.

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

I understand the isolationist impulses from people on my feed saying "Ukraine is not our war, not our problem." But a Putin victory in Ukraine would threaten our NATO allies & embolden future wars of annexation. As we learned bitterly in WWII, eventually those would threaten us.

[Steven L. Hall @StevenLHall1]

If accurate (and it looks like it is), this was a good piece of a Russian active measures. Hopefully Western intel services are briefing the Turks.

[Bad Baltic Takes @BadBalticTakes]

The Koran burning protest that infuriated Turkey and derailed Sweden’s NATO application was organised by Russia.

Here’s how… 🧵

[Steven L. Hall @StevenLHall1]

Удачи. Good luck with that.

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

"NATO must be destroyed, there are no other options" - Solovyev

[Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss]

My lukewarm take: the U.S. just made a serious long-term investment in Ukraine just to get Germany (and other European nations) to prepare for the immediate future. In a sense, this is the best outcome Kyiv can have hoped for. All my Ukrainian sources are ecstatic this evening.

[Business Ukraine mag @Biz_Ukraine_Mag]

Who says Russia is internationally isolated? Lavrov has secured a visa-free agreement with Eswatini

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

No one knows with certainty how Putin's invasion of Ukraine ends. No one.

[Steven L. Hall @StevenLHall1]

This is really weird. Waiting for the full story. There’s gotta be more.

[The Intellectualist @highbrow_nobrow]

🚨BREAKING: Charles McGonigal, who was the special agent in charge of counterintelligence in the FBI’s New York Field Office, is under arrest over his ties to Oleg Deripaska, a Russian oligarch. (via ABC News)

https://t.co/FiYDCvIyrj

[Tom Winter @Tom_Winter]

@jonathan4ny STORY: https://t.co/woLJVwdEdp

[Samuel Ramani @SamRamani2]

BREAKING: Estonia will provide Ukraine with all of its 155mm howitzers

[Sofi Oksanen @SofiOksanen]

This is what the leadership looks and sounds like. #Scholzing and sleepwalking is not leadership. #Estonia #Ukraine

[Steven L. Hall @StevenLHall1]

Of you were a soldier going into battle, how’d you like to hear this from your commanding officer?

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

"There is no death, there is only the road to immortality!" - Solovyev preaches to Russian soldiers.

Shouldn't he lead them into battle then?