President Trump is trying save the U.S.-Saudi alliance (and his administration’s campaign against Iran) from the notoriety of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Who’s he going to listen to? Washington Post reports CIA director Gina Haspel has told Trump U.S. intelligence has concluded MbS ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Bolton told Trump the...
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South Korea’s NIS Shoots Down NY Times Story of North Korean ‘Deception’
The week’s hot news on Korea denuclearization was an allegation of a “great deception” by North Korea. The New York Times, relying on report from the hawkish Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, suggested that Kim Jong Un was secretly “moving ahead with its ballistic missile program at 16 hidden bases.” The news sounded dire:...
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Israeli Assassination Policy Triggers Hamas Rocket Retaliation
The assassination of a Hamas leader by an Israeli special forces team triggered a rocket barrage from the Islamist government of Gaza, and hastily arranged ceasefire. The exchange demonstrated the high priority that assassination holds in Israel’s strategy of occupation. A commando squad entered Gaza in civilian clothes and killed Nour Baraka, identified as senior...
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Documents Show Obama’s CIA Intercepted Emails About Whistleblowers
The leftist Consortium News and the rightist Daily Caller are on the same page about the findings of the whistleblower investigation of Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa). This week Grassley obtained CIA documents that show Charles McCullough III, who served as the Intelligence Community’s watchdog, informed Congress in 2014 that “routine counterintelligence” enabled the CIA’s security division to read...
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While U.S. Strikes al-Qaeda in Yemen, the Saudis Cut Deals With Them
The Long War Journal admits a little-known fact about Saudi Arabia’s starvation war in Yemen. While the U.S. Special Operations Command conducts regular strikes on Al Qaeda in the Arabia Peninsula (AQAP), America’s ally in the Yemen war does not. The Saudi-UAE coalition often avoids targeting AQAP and has cut deals with the group that have...