by Dave Patterson | Jul 3, 2020 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
It all started when The New York Times (NYT) ran an article that alleged Russian intelligence operatives in Afghanistan had offered the Taliban a bounty for killing U.S. and U.S.-led coalition soldiers. As the story goes, “American intelligence officials have...
by Dave Patterson | Jun 27, 2020 | Articles, Intelligence, International, Military Affairs, Politics
In the latest round of talks between the U.S. and Russia on whether or not to extend the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), China was invited, but Beijing’s RSVP was “No Show.” There is no question that the U.S. and Russia have had their differences lately over...
by Graham J Noble | Jun 10, 2020 | Articles, Intelligence, Law, Politics, Social Issues
Attorney General William Barr, on June 9, guardedly provided an update on what is almost certainly the Department of Justice’s most consequential active investigation. Indeed, it is possibly the most politically important investigation in U.S. history. During an...
by Graham J Noble | May 31, 2020 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
The now-declassified transcripts of four phone calls between Michael Flynn and then-Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak reveal much about why the FBI suspected the former general and soon to be national security advisor of being, possibly, a Russian asset. Simply put,...
by Dave Patterson | May 27, 2020 | Articles, Intelligence, International, Military Affairs, Politics
Mischief is afoot in Libya as Russia deploys high-performance jet fighters to support the Libyan National Army (LNA). In an earlier article, Liberty Nation sounded the alarm as U.S. Commander of Africa Command explained that Libya could be “more dangerous than ISIS”...