‘Illegal, Meaningless Clownery’: Russia Condemns US Searches of Diplomatic Property

‘Illegal, Meaningless Clownery’: Russia Condemns US Searches of Diplomatic Property

The FBI has conducted searches at Russian diplomatic compounds in the US, which the Russian Foreign Ministry calls “meaningless clownery.” Russian diplomats have posted photo and video evidence of what they call a “travesty of justice.” https://cdn.rt.com/files/2017.09/59ab5c99dda4c8546a8b4567.mp4 “I am watching the footage of the FBI searches of Russian foreign missions and I think that this…

The Strange Case of Imran Awan: Only Fraud or Something More?

The Strange Case of Imran Awan: Only Fraud or Something More?

On July 25, Pakistani-American IT specialist Imran Awan was arrested at Dulles Airport for bank fraud while he was allegedly fleeing to Pakistan. The reports predictably produced some press coverage before the story died. Yet the speed at which the news vanished has prompted some observers to suggest that there might actually be something more…

American Paranoia Deserves Russian Mockery

American Paranoia Deserves Russian Mockery

US politicians and media have evidently become so unhinged from Russian conspiracy theory, they are perhaps best treated with the mockery they deserve. Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was in Washington this week to discuss serious global issues with his American counterpart Rex Tillerson. Instead of asking the pair about the Syrian conflict or the danger of nuclear war breaking out on…

Wikileaks Unveils ‘Vault 7’: “The Largest Ever Publication of Confidential CIA Documents”; Another Snowden Emerges

Wikileaks Unveils ‘Vault 7’: “The Largest Ever Publication of Confidential CIA Documents”; Another Snowden Emerges

WikiLeaks has published what it claims is the largest ever release of confidential documents on the CIA. It includes more than 8,000 documents as part of ‘Vault 7’, a series of leaks on the agency, which have allegedly emerged from the CIA’s Center For Cyber Intelligence in Langley, and which can be seen on the…

Intelligence Wars

Intelligence Wars

There has been much in the media of late regarding the claims of Russian cyber hacking to influence the outcome of the recent American Presidential election. However, just as the Russian cyber hacking storyline has dominated the American and Western media, the bigger story here is the dubious activities of both American and British intelligence services and…

A Spy Coup in America?

A Spy Coup in America?

As Official Washington’s latest “group think” solidifies into certainty – that Russia used hacked Democratic emails to help elect Donald Trump – something entirely different may be afoot: a months-long effort by elements of the U.S. intelligence community to determine who becomes the next president. I was told by a well-placed intelligence source some months…