The disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi is not surprising in light of how the Saudi security forces deal with critics of the monarchy. From the BBC:
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Israeli intelligence Sees Iran Consolidating Gains in Syria
From the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center in Israel comes this new Zionist assessment of Iran’s recent successes in Syria and Iraq. What does the report tell us?
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Fact Check: War in Afghanistan, By the Numbers
The U.S. war in Afghanistan is 17 years old today (October 7, 2018). Official pronouncement about “progress” and “turning the corner” are inevitable and, at this point, incredible. Veteran correspondent Mark Thompson of the Project on Government Oversight, takes a more realistic approach in a new report, The Afghan War…By the Numbers. My favorite stat concerns...
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Was poisoning of Sergey Skripal connected to the Steele dossier?
Liberty Nation, a libertarian blog, asks: Is it mere coincidence that Skripal was poisoned soon after Steele’s Trump dossier began to fall apart, and that two major incidences driving the West’s current anti-Russian narrative involved the same key figures? This
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Government Can Spy on Journalists in the U.S. Using FISA
Government Can Spy on Journalists in the U.S. Using FISA–Two 2015 memos spell out procedures for “targeting known media entities or known members of the media.”Whether anyone has been targetted is unknown (Intercept).