It’s not your imagination, It’s been almost two weeks since my “weekly” list of links. Which means I’m still more serious about doing a weekly email than the Russians are about doing a cease-fire.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s not like the Russians aren’t serious about a lot of other things. Like flying spy planes over the US, Error! Hyperlink reference not valid. and helping our SF teams, or so John Kerry would have us believe. As Putin’s proxies in the Russian Orthodox Church co-opt the Pope, we are entering Cold War 2.0 with a vengeance. It’s not the worst time to read a first-hand account about the KGB background of Vladimir Putin.
Of course, Russia isn’t our only problem. It turns out that ISIS had roots even under Error! Hyperlink reference not valid., so it’s not surprising it’s using his same tactics. ISIS is using mustard gas, and, no biggie, but radioactive material has gone missing in Iraq. At least we can take them out quickly by air — oh, wait, ISIS has air defense now. Leaving Iraq aside, at least we’re doing great in Yemen. (Hint: we’re not doing great in Yemen.) So here’s the $64,000 question: how many of these problems could be solved with Error! Hyperlink reference not valid.? (You can click the link, it’s totally not-NSFW.)
In what may be the least shocking news of the past two weeks, South Korean spies are really scared about what the Norks are doing, and another ex-Gitmo detainee has shown up in an Al-Qaeda video.
In less sarcasm-inducing news, there’s a great interview with former NSA CI agent John Schindler, a famous playwright talks about tradecraft he learned from his CIA ops officer dad…and how much did you know about George Washington and spies? Oh, and there’s a secret army still fighting the Vietnam war. Which shows that success is 10% inspiration and 90% determination.
Closer to home, we’ve had another case of domestic terrorism which most media outlets have been quick to shrug off. Between that and the ongoing and shifting threats to our critical infrastructure, it’s probably not a bad time to restock your bug-out bag.
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