The story of the February 22 break-in at the North Korean embassy in Madrid just keeps “getting more pregnant” as investigative reporters are wont to say. The daytime attack, involving ten men (some of whom escaped via Uber), is rather more entertaining than parsing the Talmudic texts of Barr and Mueller. (Plus, Rachel Maddow doesn’t...
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Interview With the Father of a Palestinian Fighter Assassinated by Israeli Special Forces
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Once Ridiculed, the ‘October Surprise’ Deal Between Reagan and Iran Is Now Confirmed
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UK Spy Agency Says AI Chatbots Pose a Security Threat
How Aerial Surveillance Has Evolved Over the Past 200 Years
Wagner Mercenary Chief Says He Ran Russian Information War
Iranians Outraged After Shah-Era Secret-Police Official Attends U.S. Rally
Israeli-led Disinformation Team Meddled in Dozens of Elections
Director of National Intelligence Barred From Reporting on Domestic Extremists in U.S. Armed Forces
Iranian Intelligence Official Says China in Line to Buy Tehran’s Drones
Former Mossad Chief Urges Compromise on Judicial Shakeup
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Spain Not Satisfied with CIA Answers on Embassy Break-In
Iran Regime Change 101: Build Exile Front Groups
With the Trump administration pursuing “regime change” operations in Venezuela and Iran, understanding the nature and history of such operations is essential. One common denominator, from Cuba in the early 1960s to Iraq in 2002, is creating front groups of exiles to create the appearance of legitimacy. In the excellent LobeLog, Muhammad Sahimi, a professor at...
Haspel Out of Step With Trump’s Embrace of the Notorious MBS
The CIA and Gina Haspel loom as an obstacle to President Trump’s Saudi rescue mission. The White House wants to exonerate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman from the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi . This is not only because MbS has a tender filial bond with Jared Kushner, but also because the president and his cabinet want...
The Rendition of Jamal Khashoggi
“It took seven minutes for Jamal Khashoggi to die,” a Turkish source tells the pro-government news site Yen Safak. The source claimed to have heard the audio recording of the Saudi dissident’s assassination inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Khashoggi, the source said, was drugged dismembered while still alive according to the unconfirmed report Mounting...