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17 Oct, 8 tweets, 3 min read
Congrats @souza! #TheWayISeeIt was just fantastic. Miss those days. And thank you for all the terrific photos that you gave me to remind me of the incredible honor of serving @BarackObama. Posting a few now.

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18 Oct
Doing some research today about American development aid and stumbled on this article in @ForeignAffairs from 1995 about U.S. assistance to Russia, which I had not seen in decades. THREAD 1/
“The United States, in sum, has no national interest in promoting economic reforms in Russia that are not accompanied by a transformation of the political system. " 2/
"America’s greatest national security nightmare would be the emergence of an authoritarian, imperialist Russian regime supported by a thriving market economy.” 25 years later, that's what happened (though not "thriving"). The parallels to the current China debate are striking. 3/
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16 Oct
Please remember, Giuliani's closest partner in Ukraine for propagating various crazy, unsubstantiated stories is Andrii Derkach, who was sanctions by the TRUMP administration!
home.treasury.gov/news/press-rel… THREAD 1/
"Treasury designated Andrii Derkach (Derkach) pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13848 for his efforts to influence the 2020 U.S. presidential election." 2/
"Derkach, a Member of the Ukrainian Parliament, has been an active Russian agent for over a decade, maintaining close connections with the Russian Intelligence Services." 3/
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15 Oct
Biden: "The Trump Administration must tell Azerbaijan that it will not tolerate its efforts to impose a military solution to this conflict. It must make clear to Armenia that regions surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh cannot be occupied indefinitely" joebiden.com/2020/10/13/nag…
I have seen a single word on this conflict from Trump. If I missed it can you send it to me?
I also have not heard Trump say anything on Belarus. If I missed it can you send it to me?
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14 Oct
In the age of twitter and Tiktok, I understand why no one reads 1000 page reports anymore. Even I didn't read the entire things, but in light of news today, remember: "Why the Senate's Russia report should be one of America's biggest stories nbcnews.com/think/opinion/… THREAD 1/
Here is the conclusion of the Senate report, on page 948: 2/
Russian intelligence services' assault on the integrity of the 2016 U.S. electoral process & Trump & his associates' participation in& enabling of this Russian activity represents one of the single most grave counterintelligence threats to [US] national security in the modern era
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8 Oct
A great conversation with @NPRKelly just now helped me crystallize some thoughts on Russia and the West. In the spirit of twitter, written without nuance. Comments welcome. THREAD 1/
Conventional wisdom: Russia is a weak and declining power. In fact, Russia is much powerful today than 20 years ago. Russia has significant conventional military, nuclear, cyber, intelligence, economic & ideational power, second in the aggregate only to the US & China. 2/
Conventional wisdom: Putin plays his weak cards craftily. In fact, Putin's belligerent foreign policies -- interventions in Ukraine, Syria, U.S.; assassinations attempt in UK in 2018; support for dictators in former USSR -- have weakened Russia. 3/
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2 Oct
I don't think the craziness of DNI Ratcliffe's letter is being properly appreciated. This action is outrageous and dangerous on so many levels. THREAD 1/. judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…
First, the DNI released information/disinformation about an American from a foreign enemy! Why would the USG ever release information about assessments of Americans obtained from any foreign government, let alone from a hostile country? That is nuts. 2/
Second, as I know bitterly well from first-hand experience, Russian intel agents are masters at disinformation. Putin wanted to Trump to win, and Clinton to lose. Of course, they would release such disinformation. You don't need a PhD in Russian studies to figure that out. 3/
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