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Inside the Discord Leak: U.S. Air Force Loves War Gamers Like Teixeira
British Intelligence Privately Says Israel Has Nuclear Weapons But Won’t Admit it Publicly
Mexican President Accuses Pentagon of Spying, Vows to Restrict Military Information
Daniel Ellsberg Week Honors Pentagon Whistleblower
How Twitter Became a Propaganda Tool of U.S. Central Command
Interview With the Father of a Palestinian Fighter Assassinated by Israeli Special Forces
Chinese Police Station in New York Is Part of a Vast Influence Operation
Catch-22 at Guantanamo, or How Due Process Got Undone
Wagner Group Leader Calls for End to Russia’s ‘Special Military Operation’
Once Ridiculed, the ‘October Surprise’ Deal Between Reagan and Iran Is Now Confirmed
Two Senators Allege ‘Secret’ CIA spying on Unwitting Americans
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
Theories
Bellingcat: The Implausible ‘False Flag’ Theory About a Syrian Chemical Attack
Last year I reviewed the evidence of the chemical attack in Douma, Syria and came away unconvinced by the “false...
Let’s Compare U.S and Russian Conspiracy Theories
Meduza, the independent Russian news site, has an interesting podcast, Naked Pravda, comparing the conspiracy theories that circulate in each...
The Death of Mary Meyer, JFK’s Partner, Explained
In the Daily Beast ace reporter Christopher Dickey concisely explains the fascinating figure of Mary Meyer, aspiring painter, ex-CIA wife,...
The ‘Deep State’ Isn’t a Conspiracy. It’s a Political Faction
[This story was first published in The New Republic as “‘The Deep State’ Is a Political Party,” November 8, 2019)]...
Opposite of the Deep State
OPEN is an arresting new light installation at the Flagg Building in the heart of Washington DC. It is an...
MI6 Spy Chief to Stay Through Brexit
It is a measure of how the Brexit had destabilized Great Britain that the government feels it necessary to keep...
Abrupt Withdrawals Leave Trump Besieged by the National Security Establishment
The phrase “the deep state” means different things to different people. The Deep State news blog reports on all of...
After Turkish Spy Chief’s ‘Very Unusual’ Visit, Two Flynn Associates Are Indicted
When Turkey’s intelligence chief Hakan Fidan visited Washington earlier this month, reportedly to brief Congress on the assassination of Saudi...
7 Bogus Trump Tweets about the ‘Deep State’
People may ask about THE DEEP STATE news blog, is this a platform for President Trump’s conspiracy theories? The answer...
The Art of Hidden Power
Conspiracy theories seek to explain the workings of hidden power. Because there is lots of hidden power in this country...
Who Is Watching the Watchers?
That perennial question in the Age of Surveillance was projected by visual artist provocateur Robin Bell on a most appropriate...
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