Yesterday, The Intercept published an extremely important report based on secret documents from an NSA contractor. It showed that Russia not only intervened in the U.S. election in favor of Trump in ways we already knew. But it also attempted to intervene in far more troubling ways: apparently seeking to sabotage the voter registration and voter tallies in … [Read more...]
Have You No Shame, Mr. Trump?
A great American once had the courage to face down Sen. Joe McCarthy in a Senate hearing in an immortal exchange, of which this is an excerpt: You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency? ... If it were in my power to forgive you for your reckless cruelty, I would do so. I like to think I'm a … [Read more...]
Unit 8200: ‘First We Take Manhattan, Then We Take Berlin,’ and Tokyo, and London…
The Mossad is known for exploiting every possible means of leveraging its power to penetrate target countries. I've written in the past about how it co-opts local Jewish communal leaders to assist in intelligence operations. It's also known to employ successful Israeli entrepreneurs like Arnon Milchan and Haim Saban as agents of influence and more. … [Read more...]
Hezbollah Blames Syrian Rebels for Top Commander’s Assassination; But Don’t You Believe It.
Here's why: though Hezbollah usually is quite prompt and forthright when it's commanders have been assassinated by Israelis in the past, this time is different. It's hard to know why. But I have a few theories: I've been reading the Twitter timeline of Elijah Magnier, who is one of the most astute observers of both Hezbollah and the Syrian conflict. He … [Read more...]
