On the SpyTalk podcast, David Maxwell, a former Green Beret trainer talks up a CIA-trained unconventional war-fighting force in Ukraine....
January 25, 2022January 25, 2022
Homeland Security Warns Ukraine Crisis Could Lead to Cyberattacks in U.S.
January 18, 2022January 18, 2022
Timothy Snyder Fears Democracy May Not Survive the 2024 Election
The problem with a failed coup, which is what January 6th, 2021, is, is that it is practice for a...
January 10, 2022January 10, 2022
How to Protect Yourself From NSO Spyware
The U.S. government has advice for journalists and activists: Watch out for spyware. The National Counterintelligence and Security Center doesn’t...
November 7, 2021November 7, 2021
Mossad’s Role in Sudan’s Military Coup
From the well-informed Jonathan Broder at the reliable SpyTalk newsletter: Not only was an Israeli delegation in Khartoum only days...
October 25, 2021October 25, 2021
Three Key Findings from the U.S. Intelligence Report on Climate Change
With the global climate conference due to start on October 31, the U.S. intelligence community has released a report, Climate...
October 18, 2021October 18, 2021
Addicted to Drones: The Overhyping of ‘Over the Horizon’
In the wake of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the Biden Administration has announced the United States has adopted “Over...
October 13, 2021October 13, 2021
A Beginner’s Guide to ‘The Blob’–and the American Way of War
Why has American been at war for the entire 21st century? What accounts for the reality of “endless wars,” a...
September 28, 2021September 28, 2021
The CIA Debated Kidnapping or Killing Julian Assange
This more than solid scoop comes from the very reliable Zach Dorfman, Sean D. Naylor and Michael Isikoff at Yahoo News. While Assange...
September 23, 2021September 23, 2021
After Afghanistan: Time for Realist Internationalism
A large part of this disagreement also lies in our differing attitudes towards the course of US and allied...
September 8, 2021September 8, 2021
Suspicionless Surveillance: Suppressing Communities of Color and Political Dissent After 9/11
The expansive post-9/11 notion of “homeland security” – manifested most concretely in the creation of the Department of Homeland...
September 3, 2021September 3, 2021
The 9/11 Cover-Up, According to FBI Whistleblower Coleen Rowley
From accuracy.org, former FBI agent Colleen Rowley on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks: “Already on the day of...
