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On Monday, shortly after we published a story about a massive #Trump-admin #security breach, a reporter asked the secretary of #defense, #PeteHegseth, why he had shared plans about a forthcoming attack on #Yemen on the Signal messaging app. He answered, “Nobody was texting war plans. And that’s all I have to say about that.”
#law #NationalSecurity #SignalGate #idiocracy #kakistocracy #intelligence #JeffreyGoldberg #TheAtlantic
Here Are the Attack Plans That #Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal
The admin has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to #TheAtlantic’s editor in chief.
By #JeffreyGoldberg & Shane Harris
#law #NationalSecurity #SignalGate #Signal #idiocracy #kakistocracy #intelligence #USIntelligenceAgencies #JDVance #Hegseth #TulsiGabbard #Ratcliffe #MikeWaltz #MarcoRubio #SusieWiles #Witkoff #StephenMiller
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/signal-group-chat-attack-plans-hegseth-goldberg/682176/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxdIP7nj6nZG7D9Wu-KWAI6M&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal
The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.Jeffrey Goldberg (The Atlantic)
Six Short Thoughts on the Most Insane Trump Story of All Time
Trump's "Team of Amateurs" Screwed Up in the Most Hilarious (and Troublesome) WayDoomsday Scenario
Romanian media watchdog defies Musk over censorship claims – POLITICO - EUROPE SAYS
ANCOM oversees the Digital Services Act in Romania, the European Union's social media rulebook that governs how platformsEUROPE SAYS (EUROPESAYS.COM)
Romanian media watchdog defies Musk over censorship claims
Bucharest is at the center of a heated debate over social media policing.Eliza Gkritsi (POLITICO)
Israel-Lebanon truce in danger after fresh attacks
A new war “would be devastating for Lebanon,” Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has said.Nicolas Camut (POLITICO)
The plan was led by Biden's #NSC & involved at least 7 national security agencies working w/European allies to disrupt plots targeting #Europe & the #UnitedStates….
#security #USpol #geopolitics #Russia #sabotage #disinformation #cyberattacks #NewWorldOrder #Trump #PutinsPuppet
counter Russian sabotage as #Trump moves closer to #Putin
Several US #NationalSecurity agencies have halted work on a coordinated effort to counter Russian #sabotage, #disinformation & #cyberattacks, easing pressure on Moscow as the Trump Admin pushes #Russia to end its war in #Ukraine.
#intelligence #security #USpol #geopolitics #NewWorldOrder #PutinsPuppet
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-suspends-some-efforts-counter-russian-sabotage-trump-moves-closer-putin-2025-03-19/
Ukraine Daily summary - Wednesday, March 19 2025
Wednesday, March 19
Russia’s war against Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the plenary session of Russia Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, March 18, 2025, in Moscow, Russia. Putin spoke prior to his telephone call with U.S. President Donald Trump. (Contributor/Getty Images)
Trump-Putin call: Russia agrees to 30-day pause of energy infrastructure strikes. "Vladimir Putin responded positively to this initiative and immediately gave the appropriate command to the Russian military," the Kremlin said.
Kremlin demands halt to foreign military aid**, intelligence to Ukraine as condition for avoiding war escalation.** The Kremlin has demanded a complete cessation of foreign military aid and intelligence to Ukraine as a "key condition for avoiding an escalation of the war," according to a statement released on March 18.
Kyiv supports energy sector ceasefire**, expects military aid to continue, Zelensky says.** "We will support such a proposal, but we're very interested in the details," Zelensky said after the Trump-Putin call.
US announces another round of negotiations in Middle East on war in Ukraine. "This conflict should never have started and should have been ended long ago with sincere and good faith peace efforts," the White House's statement read.
'I don't want us to be on Putin's menu' — Zelensky says negotiations must include Ukraine. "We are an independent state. Without us, I think it's wrong to negotiate," President Volodymyr Zelensky said on March 18.
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Putin didn't mention military aid in phone call, Trump says. Trump also said it was "a great call" and that the U.S. hopes to expand trade with Russia, including deals on "very big forms of rare earth."
Ukraine withdraws from one front-line sector in Donetsk Oblast, commander says. "This allowed us not only to save our soldiers, but also to improve our defense. (Russia) is suffering losses, and we can act more effectively," Lieutenant General Serhii Naiev said.
Ukrainian forces attempted to enter Belgorod Oblast**, repelled by Russian forces, Russia claims.** The Russian Defense Ministry claimed on March 18 that the Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to enter Russia's Belgorod Oblast but were repelled by the Russian military.
Zelensky arrives in Finland for official visit to discuss security and strengthen ties. President Volodymyr Zelensky and First Lady Olena Zelenska arrived in Finland for an official visit on March 18. The plane carrying the couple landed at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport in the afternoon.
Russian energy giant Gazprom suffers $13.1 billion loss in 2024. Gazprom's losses averaged $251 million per week, $35 million per day, or $1.4 million per hour. While the company's total revenue increased by 11% and its gas revenue by 14%, it still ended the year with a sales loss of 192 billion rubles ($2.3 billion).
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Polish right takes hard line on Ukraine ahead of presidential vote
With the Polish presidential elections just two months away, two of the country's leading right-wing candidates have become increasingly antagonistic toward Ukraine and its leadership. Both men have made headlines by public spats with Ukrainian officials and denounced Kyiv as ungrateful for Polish aid.
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Ukraine war latest: Putin, Trump hold 1.5-hour call, discuss ceasefire in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to a 30-day pause of energy infrastructure strikes during a call with U.S. President Donald Trump, according to a readout of the call issued by the Kremlin on March 18.
Photo: Maxim Shemetov/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
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Human cost of Russia’s war
2 killed, 13 injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine over past day. Ukrainian air defenses shot down 63 of the 137 Russian attack and decoy drones overnight over 12 oblasts, the Air Force said. Sixty-four decoy drones reportedly disappeared from radars without causing damage.
General Staff: Russia has lost 897,010 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022. The number includes 1,560 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
International response
UK reportedly hopes US drones, satellites will help monitor Ukraine ceasefire. The U.S. military has 247 military satellites and thousands of commercial satellites, providing an "unrivaled picture" of eastern Ukraine that European forces would struggle to replicate, the Times wrote.
UK, EU to discuss confiscating Russian assets ahead of Ukraine peace talks, Bloomberg reports. Negotiations will focus on establishing the legal and financial framework to seize Russian assets, despite opposition from some EU member states, particularly Belgium and Germany.
Italy, Spain hesitant on EU's $43 billion military aid to Ukraine plan. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said the proposal needed further discussion and that Italy was awaiting the outcome of the upcoming call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Trump boasts of saving 'surrounded' Ukrainian soldiers despite Kyiv denying encirclement in Kursk Oblast. U.S. President Donald Trump claimed on March 17 that he took an unspecified action to save "surrounded" Ukrainian soldiers, apparently referring to his earlier and unsubstantiated claims of Kyiv's troops being encircled in Russia's Kursk Oblast.
Trump's aid cuts threaten supply of HIV treatments to Ukraine**, 7 more countries, WHO warns.** The World Health Organization warned that Kenya, Haiti, Lesotho, Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria, South Sudan, and Ukraine could run out of critical antiretroviral drugs in the coming months.
Russian negotiator says he expects talks with Musk on space, tech. Kirill Dmitriev, the CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), said he expects Russia to hold talks with U.S. billionaire and President Donald Trump's ally, Elon Musk, in the near future, the pro-state news agency RBK reported on March 18.
In other news
Notorious judge dismissed amid accusations of criminal activity, power grab. Judge Pavlo Vovk was held responsible for "committing a significant disciplinary offense, gross or systematic neglect of duties that is incompatible with the status of a judge or revealed his incompatibility with the position he holds."
France to deploy fighter jets with nuclear warheads on German border by 2035, Macron says. France will deploy Rafale fighter jets equipped with supersonic nuclear warheads along its border with Germany in 2035, French President Emmanuel Macron announced on March 18 at the Luxeuil-Saint-Sauveur Airbase, according to BFMTV.
Telegram CEO Durov returns to Dubai amid French investigation. Pavel Durov, Telegram's Russian-born founder and CEO, said that the investigating judges allowed him to depart even though the probe is ongoing.
Poland, Baltics to withdraw from anti-personnel mine ban treaty. The defense ministers of the four nations argued that the security situation in the region has "fundamentally deteriorated" and that military threats to NATO member states bordering Russia and Belarus have "significantly increased."
EU approves over $2 billion in economic support for Moldova. The Reform and Growth Facility, which includes 1.5 billion euros ($1.6 billion) in low-interest loans and 385 million euros ($420 million) in grants, will cover the period of 2025-2027 and is part of the EU's long-term Moldova Growth Plan.
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Moldova accuses Russia of trying to rig its EU referendum – POLITICO - EUROPE SAYS
According to Secrieru, pro-European President Maia Sandu is the central target of a “brazen digital blitz” designed toEUROPE SAYS (EUROPESAYS.COM)
by John McEvoy in Declassified UK @Declassified_UK
@UKLabour
“Exclusive: Home Office met with Elbit Systems amid crackdown on Palestine Action, documents reveal”
https://www.declassifieduk.org/labour-held-secret-meeting-with-top-israeli-arms-firm/
#Press #UK #Starmer #Labour #Elbit #Meeting #Israel #Gaza #Genocide #PalestineAction #Intelligence #Cell
Labour held secret meeting with top Israeli arms firm
Exclusive: Home Office met with Elbit Systems amid crackdown on Palestine Action, documents reveal.JOHN McEVOY (Declassified Media ltd)
Russia is conducting ‘state-sponsored terrorism’ against Europe, EU chief diplomat warns – POLITICO
'This is the war that is going on in the shadows,' EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas told Belgian broadcaster VRT in response.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Russia is conducting ‘state-sponsored terrorism’ against Europe, EU chief diplomat warns
Investigation showed pro-Russia groups were offering crypto payments in exchange for hybrid attacks across Europe.Antoaneta Roussi (POLITICO)
And we know that CIA, using USAID, was involved in pushing propaganda through Ukrainian media outlets that the outside world mistakenly believed were independent journalists. I am not suggesting I have all, or even some, of the answers about how the CIA and USAID have collaborated over the past 20 years. But there is little doubt that USAID funds — under CIA direction and guidance — were used to spark color revolutions in the Arab world, Ukraine, Georgia and Hungary.https://sonar21.com/usaid-and-the-cia/
#USA #US #american #CIA #intelligence #usaid government #coup #mindmanipulation #georgia #ukraine #ukrainian #media #history
For those interested in the big questions such as what is life, this brief essay gives straight answers on the characteristics of life that AI can never have. For this moment I take off my academic hat and speak from direct experience. What intelligence and genius actually are is completely different from what is usually discussed, but this explanation should make perfect sense. I received personal guidance from Alan Watts, who helped transmit Zen Buddhism to the West without contradicting science. This essay fits in his lineage and is my utmost legacy of intuitive insights.
See "What Intelligence and Genius Actually Are"
* at Knowledge Commons: https://works.hcommons.org/records/awq2d-c9q45
* at ResearchGate:: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/389489782
* for Academia Edu members: https://www.academia.edu/127952812
Japanese translation: 「知性と天才の本質」:
https://researchmap.jp/waoe/published_papers/49286705?lang=ja
#intelligence #genius #intuition #nature
The NED played a pivotal role in helping to trigger the conflict with Russia by supporting two color revolutions directed against Ukraine’s pro-Russian (not really - note mine) leader Viktor #Yanukovych — a potential successor to Vlodymyr #Zelensky if Russia wins.
The 2004 color revolution replaced Yanukovych with Viktor Yushchenko, who favored admitting Ukraine to NATO and adopted an International Monetary Fund (IMF) structural adjustment program that benefitted U.S. investors while cutting social programs.
NED activists employed a broad public relations strategy that included: a) busing paid out-of-town protesters into Kyiv; b) creating an online TV protest station and agitation paraphernalia; and c) providing offshore training to the anti-Yanukovych student leadership. The strategy was based on the writings of Gene Sharp and a template that the NED had successfully employed in Serbia with a youth group called “Otpor,” which helped secure the defeat of socialist Slobodan Milosovic in September 2000 elections.
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As a sign of the NED’s influence, Ukrainian President Petro #Poroshenko (2014-2020)—a main beneficiary of the #Maidan coup currently awaiting trial on treason charges—bestowed the Order of Princess Olga, one of Ukraine’s highest honors, on Dr. Nadia Diuk,[42] a former vice president and senior adviser to the NED for Europe and Eurasia.
US: overt and covert destabilisation
When a scandal in the 1980s revealed the CIA’s 35 years of international manipulations, President Ronald #Reagan established the National Endowment for Democracy as a more discreet and less controversial instrument. It had the same purpose – to destabilise unfriendly governments by funding the opposition.
#NED #USA #US #american #democracy #CIA #IMF #NATO #deepstate #intelligence #NED #propaganda #fraud #psyops #ukraine #ukrainian #war against #Russia #russian #history
US: overt and covert destabilisation
Subscribers // by Hernando Calvo Ospina (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, August 2007)Le Monde diplomatique
by Kit Klarenberg in Al Mayadeen English
“The #Westminster #Foundation for #Democracy (#WFD), a British #intelligence #cutout, covertly funds and orchestrates political destabilization and regime change efforts worldwide under the guise of democracy promotion”
https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/analysis/britain-s-secret-overseas-meddling-machine
#Press #UK #Britain #Destabilization #RegimeChange #NED #CIA #ForeignOffice #Interference #MI6 #Infiltration #Milosevic #Ukraine #Revolution #Lebanon #Hezbollah
Britain’s Secret Overseas Meddling Machine
The Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD), a British intelligence cutout, covertly funds and orchestrates political destabilization and regime change efforts worldwide under the guise of democracy promotion.Kit Klarenberg (Britain’s Secret Overseas Meddling Machine)
Defence analyst Hugh White Hugh says Australian leaders are telling the public that the #Trump presidency will make no difference to key elements of the alliance with the US, including AUKUS and Five Eyes and that's a "big #mistake". #auspol #PutinsPuppet is a #RussianAsset
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-25/aukus-five-eyes-trump-john-lyons/104973408
As Donald Trump upends geopolitics what happens to Five Eyes and AUKUS?
Experts say Australia matters less to Trump than it did to Biden which has consequences for vital intelligence-sharing alliance Five Eyes as well as the AUKUS deal.John Lyons (ABC News)
“Americans will be there in solidarity,” Macron said. It’s not clear what that means — would they provide #intelligence, would they be a back-up force?
#geopolitics #France #US #Europe #allies #war #Trump
Call 202-224-3121
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/fire-the-muskrat-now
"Musk is drunk with power. His messages are #illegal. He had no authority to send them and has no authority to fire or threaten to fire anyone.
...Officials at the Depts of #Defense, #State, #Health & Human Services, Homeland #Security; the #FBI; & the office coordinating America’s #intelligence agencies also told their employees not to respond.
#Musk is out of his gourd."
#ElonMusk #Coup #Politics #Government #News #US #USA
The #FBI director, Kash Patel, the director of national #intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, & others told employees not to respond to a directive from #Musk...
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/us/politics/elon-musk-email-federal-workers.html
"Several Trump-appointed agency leaders urged federal workers not to comply with Elon Musk’s [email]...
challenging the broad authority #Trump has given the[South African immigrant] to make drastic changes to the federal bureaucracy"
#USPol #News #US
Acc/to his military biography, Gen Caine was a part-time member of the Air National Guard from 2009 to 2016 & “a serial entrepreneur & investor.”
He was also an assoc director for #military affairs at the #CIA from 2021 to 2024, serving as the principal liaison to the #Pentagon & working w/the military on several highly classified programs & operations….
#law #USpol #NationalSecurity
DOGE techs Edward Coristine—the 19-yr-old known online as #BigBalls —& Kyle Schutt are now listed as staff at the #Cybersecurity & Infrastructure #Security Agency.
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-cisa-coristine-cybersecurity/
"working his way through numerous federal agencies & depts... access to systems containing sensitive #information about diplomats & many sources around the world who provide the US #government with #intelligence & expertise."
#Musk #Coup #News #US #USA
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/elon-musk-s-doge-posts-classified-data-on-its-new-website/ar-AA1z4LWL
"Elon Musk’s team... has posted classified information about the size & staff of a #US intelligence agency on its new website...
#Musk can’t claim he wasn’t aware that the National Reconnaissance Office is one of the nation’s #intelligence agencies. His company, #SpaceX, has a $1.8 billion contract with #NRO to build hundreds of spy satellites."
#ElonMusk #Data #Coup #Tech #Government #Politics #News #US #USA
Uncertainty About Access & Authority Will Worry Allies and Tempt Adversaries
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/elon-musk-does-doge-pose-national-security-risk
"what the #intelligence agencies of US allies & adversaries see when [ #Trump] grants sweeping access... to a team of young people who have no #government experience... and who work for an unelected figure w/extensive personal financial interests... American adversaries surely see an espionage & blackmail bonanza."
#Musk #Coup #Corruption #Security #US
Does DOGE Pose a National Security Risk? Uncertainty About Access and Authority Will Worry Allies and Tempt Adversaries
Uncertainty about access and authority will worry allies and tempt adversaries.James Goldgeier and Elizabeth N. Saunders (Foreign Affairs Magazine)
#US #intelligence officials warn that Israel may take advantage of Iran's weakness. Assessment: An #attack on #Fordow and #Natanz in the first half of 2025.
https://www.israelhayom.com/2025/02/13/israeli-strike-on-iran-within-next-six-months/
US intelligence warns Israel is considering strikes on Iranian nuclear sites: Report
WASHINGTONUS intelligence agencies have concluded that Israel is considering 'significant strikes' on Iran’s nuclear facilities this year, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
A halt to IT upgrades — along w/fresh access by outsiders w/the power to install new programs — could create novel vulnerabilities at an agency that has been repeatedly #hacked by foreign #intelligence services.
#security #law #Trump #ElonMusk
#NationalSecurity
'We could develop a Communist Cuban terror campaign in the Miami area, in other Florida cities and even in Washington,' the document states, among dozens of other violent ideas of how to incite American hostility against the island nation.
US officials even proposed killing their own soldiers, writing: 'We could blow up a US ship in Guantanamo Bay and blame Cuba,' and, 'casualty lists in US newspapers would cause a helpful wave of national indignation.'
JFK rejected Operation Northwoods when it came across his desk and was shot.
#USA #US #american #terrorism #lies #deception #Pentagon #CIA #intelligence #deepstate #Northwoods #anticommunism #Cuba #history
Chilling Pentagon document reveals war-provoking reason 'Deep State' has always feared release of...
The US military drafted plans to commit heinous acts against American citizens to provoke war with Cuba in the 1960s, a declassified CIA document reveals. Here are the shocking details.Ellyn Lapointe (Daily Mail)
To U.S. #allies, end the sharing now. You already should have done it, so I hope you completed your risk assessments long ago. Do not give anything to the Trump regime that you wouldn't print on the front page of a newspaper. He IS an enemy.
#intelligence #natsec #FiveEyes
Russian bots boosted NATO critic ahead of Croatian election, researchers say – POLITICO
With just under 50 percent of the vote in the first election round last month, Milanović failed to secure an outright victory. The runoff will take place Jan. 12, pitting him against Dragan Primorac from the ruling Croatian Democratic Union.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)