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Ankit Panda
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Jaw drop: “The informant, according to people familiar with the matter, was outside of Mr. Putin’s inner circle, but saw him regularly and had access to high-level Kremlin decision-making — easily making the source one of the agency’s most valuable assets” nytimes.com/2019/09/09/us/…
The claims that are reported here are huge: “The Moscow informant was instrumental to the C.I.A.’s most explosive conclusion about Russia’s interference campaign: that President Vladimir V. Putin ordered and orchestrated it himself”
This would seem to be the biggest overseas CIA asset loss story since the 2017 story on China’s counterintel campaign: nytimes.com/2017/05/20/wor…
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Ankit Panda
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2 “projectiles” into the East Sea from #NorthKorea.
2019 is the year launches come into twos, it would seem. Candidates for this launch among the known new systems tested this year include the KN23, NK ATACMS, 400 mm MLRS, & 600 mm MLRS.
That’d be confirmed “projectiles” #18 and #19 for 2019. (Possibly #19 & #20, but there’s some question about whether the May 4 test included two KN23s.)
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The idea that the end of exercises would cause talks to materialize was borne of misplaced optimism. The North Korean position since April has been that serious talks can only resume once they have signs that the US is willing to talk about a “small” deal.
Going back to June 13, 2018, really: it’s about seeking those “corresponding measures” up front.
Post-June 30, North Korea policy in DC is effectively at a standstill at best and damage control at worst. I fear we’re counting down the days until Kim’s 2020 New Year’s Day address and escalation of North Korea’s “maximum pressure” campaign against the US.
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The president is sharing IMINT on Twitter now, apparently.
That’s real nice resolution. *Real* nice.
Sat-trackers like @Marco_Langbroek might have a shot at figuring out which sat took this.
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So many questions about this.
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CNN: Top CIA spy in Russia extracted after Trump's May 2017 meeting with Lavrov.

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