Some journalists on the left like Aaron Mate and Dan Lazare tell me that the charges of Russian interference in U.S. politics are a “hoax” or “don’t really matter.” While I share their opposition to a new Cold War with Russia, that does not require averting one’s eyes from the record of Yevgeny Prigozhin, international...
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The Origins of the Ukraine Conspiracy Theory
It all began with Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign manager, now serving a seven-year prison sentence for bank fraud, tax fraud, money laundering, acting as an unregistered foreign agent, false statements, and witness tampering. Now Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) is promoting Manafort’s defense of his felonious behavior: I was looking for the Democratic National...
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DHS Analysts: Trump Defeat May Trigger Right-Wing Terror
An Aug. 17 Department of Homeland Security analysis also warns of possible election-related attacks. “We assess ideologically-motivated violent extremists and other violent actors could quickly mobilize to threaten or engage in violence against election or campaign-related targets in response to perceived partisan and policy-based grievances,” says the document, which was obtained by Yahoo News. While...
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Private U.S. Contractors Key to ‘Kill Chain’ in East Africa Anti-Terrorist Operations
These private companies support U.S. drone strikes in Somalia that have killed many civilians. The victims’ families can’t bring legal action against those responsible because the firms are fronts controlled by persons unknown. The report come from the Organized Crime and Corruption Report, OCCRP. The companies operate out of an island off the coast of...
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Was Putin’s Former Girlfriend a RAW Agent?
Yatish Yadav, author of a book on Indian intelligence service, the Research & Analysis Wing (RAW), says India wanted intelligence on Russian intentions. The Indian spy agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) might have recruited the younger brother of former Soviet Union Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze and an alleged girlfriend of Vladimir Putin, according to...