From the National Security Archive, a deep dive on a sensitive geopolitical issue that is rarely raised in Washington: how Israel became the first and only nuclear power in the Middle East. While the events in question happened some 50 years ago, they reverberate today. The United States and Israel, as nuclear powers, have...
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Let’s Rumble, Pro-Trump Extremists Say
What’s the threat of violence in the days to come? It’s real. From SpyTalk The ISD also cited an article from the right wing American Thinker, which predicted “all hell to break loose” during the election, which could last for several days or even weeks in some states, due to a slow count of mail-in...
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How Biden Can Set the Terms Against Trump’s Plan to Steal the Election
From Sidney Blumenthal at Just Security, a checklist of measures to protect the vote, or as he puts it, “ the commitments for maintaining a fair and free democratic election that Biden should advance before the election.” No candidate should do anything to prevent votes from being counted, however long that process takes. No candidate...
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Here’s the Truth about the Recent Latest Cyberattacks Targeting the US Election
The Stanford Internet Observatory corroborates the reporting on this site about the role of Russian and Iranian intelligence agencies in the U..S. president election. As intelligence analyst Maysam Behravesh wrote on this blog, the reports blaming Iran for a Proud Boy threats against Democrats were hasty and unfounded, while Russian efforts have been abetted...
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The Hype That Failed: Justice Department Finds No Basis for ‘Unmasking’ Allegations
Even Attorney General Bill Barr’s highly politicized Justice Department found no legal wrongdoing. Ever since Attorney General Bill Barr authorized Assistant U.S. Attorney John Durham to investigate President Trump’s bogus charge that the CIA and FBI improperly investigated candidate Trump, the right-wing media and spokesmen have hyped en ever evolving “scandal.” After Trump’s false claim...