The catastrophically misguided U.S. invasion of Iraq still reverberates in our lives today. The destruction of Saddam Hussein’s government created space for the global jihadist movement to flourish. It also created democratic space for Iraq’s Shiite majority and their Iranian supporters. Trump’s confrontation with Iran today can be seen as a rearguard action to take...
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Shades of Shadow Brokers: Hackers Publish Files of Russian Intelligence Contractor
In April 2017, an anonymous group of hackers calling themselves Shadow Brokers published a collection of cyberwar weapons created by the National Security Agency. Now a group of Russian hackers has published a set of tools commissioned by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), according to the BBC. (The FSB is Russia’s equivalent of the FBI.)...
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The Russian Connection to the Seth Rich Conspiracy Theories
The conspiracy theory that DNC staffer Seth Rich was killed for political reasons in the summer of 2016 originated with a Russian intelligence service, according to Yahoo News, and was spread through alt-right media outlets and promoted by Roger Stone, Steve Bannon and Julian Assange, much to the dismay of prosecutors and Rich’s family. “To...
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BBC: Britain Ramps Up Hybrid Warfare Plans
British intelligence services are reorganizing their special operations to take on the hybrid warfare waged by Russia in Ukraine. The goal, according to a BBC report quoted in the National Interest, is to take action short of war to thwart Russia. It is another sign that Western intelligence agencies are downgrading their primary mission since...
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Merkel Backs U.S. Assertion that Iran Is Behind Tanker Attacks
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said there was "strong evidence" that Iran had been involved in the attack on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman last week.