A friend recently told me that the Russian private military company known as Wagner was not involved in Libya’s civil war. Opposed rebel forces, funded by the United Arab Emirates, said in December that 600-800 Wagner troops were fighting in Libya They say the Russian fighters are backing renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar, whose forces...
Author: Jefferson Morley (Jefferson Morley)
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Was Gina Haspel Sent to Presssure Palestinian Leader?
That’s the question raised by a report from the pro-Israel, pro-annexation Brooklyn-based The Jewish Press. The story might be an indicator that the Israelis want to replace the current Palestinian leadership with Palestinians more compliant with Israel’s expansionist ambitions. Some aspects of the story are confirmable. It is true that Haspel paid a visit to...
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U.S. Halts Secret Drone Program with Turkey Over Syria Incursion
Intelligence ties between Turkey and the United States run deep. Turkey’s National Intelligence Office (MIT) and the CIA have long cooperated. Earlier in her career CIA director Gina Haspel served in Turkey and she traveled to Turkey in 2018 to review MIT’s intelligence on the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate...
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Sen. Mark Warner Wants to Fund Huawei Competitors
Huawei or the highway? As that question divides the U.S. and U.K. intelligence communities, Sen. Mark Warner, ranking member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, has a solution to wean the United States from reliance on the Chinese telecom giant. The issue is whether Western governments can use Huawei’s technology to build their 5G networks, which...
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Haspel and Brennan Disagree on Assassinating Soleimani
Two CIA directors have two very different views about the legality of the U.S. assassination of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani last month. In a detailed look at how U.S. policymakers have handled the question of assassinating enemies, the The New Yorker reports the views of current CIA director Gina Haspel. Intelligence officials told Trump that...