It is plausible to argue that no single neighbhorhood anywhere on the planet has such a rich history of espionage, spying, and treachery as Georgetown in Washington’s DC. From the War for Independence to the War Between the States to the Cold War and the War on Terror, covert action has been a favorite pastime...
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Russian Hackers Disguised Themselves as Iranian Hackers
Such are the ways of the Russian hackers known as the Turla group. So when you read allegations of Iranians seeking to interfere in the U.S. election, real living Iranians may not be involved. From the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). Both UK and US intelligence agencies have accused the Turla group, allegedly based...
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Atlantic Council Raked in Funding from Hunter Biden’s Ukrainian Employer
In Consortium News, Max Blumenthal illuminates one aspect of the Hunter Biden story that other news outlets are ignoring. Burisma, the Ukraine gas company that employed the son of Joe Biden, the American vice president, also doles out money to other Washington power players in order to buy influence in Washington. So, while cable news...
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Russian Journalists Threatened After Reporting on Prigozhin
From our friends at Meduza: Journalists from the investigative website Proekt say they began receiving threats after they started looking into the operations of Russian mercenaries and political strategists in Africa and the Middle East. Proekt says it has reason to believe the combatants and consultants in question may be working for Evgeny Prigozhin, the...
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Whistleblowers, Good and Bad
An open letter from more than 100 former national security officials applauds the “responsible whistleblower” who came forward with information about President Trump’s Ukraine dealings. While the identity of the whistleblower is unknown, “we do know that he or she is an employee of the U.S. Government,” the signatories say. “As such, he or she...