When CIA director Gina Haspel announced last month that the agency was giving new emphasis to “nation-state rivals,” she cited one example: China. When President Trump told the United Nations hat one nation-state was seeking to interfere in the 2018 elections, he cited China (although he provided no evidence to support the claim.) Now Reuters reports the Five Eyes...
Author: Jefferson Morley (Jefferson Morley)
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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 canvas: the headquarters of the FBI in downtown Washington.
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Mohammed bin Salman Is a Child of the Iraq War
Shibley Telhami of the University of Maryland wrote this Lawfare piece last spring but it is more relevant than ever. It explains why the Saudi crown prince is so aggressive. Read it: Mohammed bin Salman, Son of the Iraq War –
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The Rendition of Jamal Khashoggi
“It took seven minutes for Jamal Khashoggi to die,” a Turkish source tells the pro-government news site Yen Safak. The source claimed to have heard the audio recording of the Saudi dissident’s assassination inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Khashoggi, the source said, was drugged dismembered while still alive according to the unconfirmed report Mounting...
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Will Khashoggi Doom Saudi Arabia’s Hollywood Play?
Vanity Fair says yes. The Saudi crown prince, now suspected of ordering the assassination of Khashoggi, had positioned himself as a big player in Hollywood, promising to invest hundreds of millions in movie production. It was romantic. While Netflix was falling in love with the Mossad, other Hollywood titans were swooning for the Saudi crown...