The last time Trump attempted to name Rep. John Ratcliffe, Texas Republican as Director of National Intelligence, the White House had to pull his nomination. Ratclffe, according to multiple news reports had padded his resume with a false claims Ratcliffe claimed to have overseen the prosecution of terrorists in Atlanta. His former colleagues said he...
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Who Is Dmitry Badin, the GRU Hacker Indicted By Germany For Hacking the Bundestag?
From Bellingcat, a deep dive on a GRU hacker, involved in multiple hacking operations. The story underscores and illuminates the fact the GRU is involved in operations against the German parliament, the Bundestag, as well as international organizations such as The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the World Anti-Doping Agency. It is...
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The Steele Dossier Looks Weaker Than Ever
This comes rom a batch of footnotes to a December 2019 report from Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz that were declassified this month in two tranches, one from the Justice Department and one from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The 400-plus-page document pounded the FBI for its handling of applications under the Foreign...
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Mossad’s Yossi Cohen Is Touted for Prime Minister
It may all be hype, but in the Israeli press, Mossad chief Yossi Cohen is touted in the Israeli press as a successor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his partner in coalition government, former IDF chief of staff, Benny Gantz. Cohen has expressed loyalty he the prime minister, who faces criminal fraud charges. And...
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The Early Days of Britain’s MI6 Caught on Film
Bletchley Park was the headquarters of British intelligence during World War II. Once a baronial estate, the mansion and 59 acres of surrounding grounds became a beehive of intelligence activities designed to defeat Nazi Germany. Bletchley Park is perhaps best known for the work done by mathematicians Alan Turing and Hugh Alexander, among others, to...