Sarah Idan, winner of the Miss Iraq beauty contest, is an anti-Iranian Iraqi who loves Donald Trump and Israel. To prove she is not a “Mossad agent” (as some mean people on Twitter say) Idan took a selfie with Yossi Cohen, chief of the Israeli intelligence service, at the Trump White House.
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Avenging Soleimani: Iran Identifies Possible American Targets
This is from the regime-friendly Mehr News Agency in Iran. The Iranian government is explicitly talking about how–not if–it will avenge the U.S. drone attack that took the life of Gen. Qasem Soleimani last January. Like him or not, Soleimani was instrumental in three Iranian military victories in recent years. That’s why Iran is keen...
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Inherit the ‘Whirlwind’: A Podcast on Russian Political Warfare
The docuseries project builds on Pulitzer Prize winner Tim Weiner’s new book, The Folly and the Glory: America, Russia, and Political Warfare: 1945-2020. Weiner wrote and hosts the show, which over 10 episodes will feature interviews with former CIA directors Robert Gates, John Brennan and Leon Panetta, former KGB officers Alexander Vassiliev and Oleg Kalugin...
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COUP 53 Sheds New Light on How CIA and MI6 Brought Tyranny to Iran
The coup that toppled a democratically elected government in Iran in August 1953 and replaced it with a tyrannical monarchy that lasted 25 years was an intelligence operations whose effects are still felt to this day. A new documentary recounts the crime with special attention to the often-overlooked role (at least in the United States)...
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The Problem With the Assange’s Extradition
With all the threats to civil liberties sprouting in America, the extradition trial of Julian Assange in London may seem a lesser priority. The United States is seeking to extradite Assange to the United States to face charges under the Espionage Act. But whatever you think of Assange, his indictment is an escalation of the...