officials in Lake County, Ohio and Mesa, colorado seemingly let lindell’s guy tap into their systems and looks like there is mucho evidence. “State & county officials…determined that a private laptop was plugged into the county network in Lake County comm. John Hamercheck’s
“office, and that the routine network traffic captured by the computer was circulated at the same Lindell conference as the data from the Colorado breach….County records.. show that Hamercheck…used his security badge to swipe into the 5th floor offices multiple times during
“the roughly six-hour period when, according to the leaked data, the laptop was intermittently connected to the county network on May 4, the date of Ohio’s spring primaries.”
“This week, the FBI searched the homes of Peters and several of her associates, including Sherronna Bishop, a conservative activist and former campaign manager for Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) who introduced Frank at his public talk in Grand Junction.”
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sobering & insightful @CFTNI event on Russia/Ukraine. hope someone gets WH a transcript. George Beebee and Dmitry Suslov remarks in particular since bit at odds with a lot of commentary in dc on how to try to deter escalation. M. Kofman: what happens when US & Russia can’t agree
all the speakers agree Russia is not bluffing. Kofman: only so many times can threaten to invade ukraine
future conflict on much larger scale…what ldrship signalling, conflict that involves a substantial part of UKR, encircle UKR mil & force new political agreement, trash Minsk
Dmitry Suslov (not verbatim/check trnscrpt): Russia does not perceive Ukraine as part of Russia sphere of influence...Ukraine w/its current borders, pop'n, will not accept becoming part of sphere of influence in Russia. Russia would prefer Ukraine neutral. Not anti Russia. ...
Fascinating , somewhat ominous CFR event with Fiona Hill and Andrea Kendall-Taylor. Both think Putin's multiple vectors of pressure --on Ukraine, energy, shutting down Normandy talks--may be aimed at getting to the table with US for some sort of more comprehensive settlement
Hill also said more reasons to think Putin will probably act on Ukraine than not, narrow window of opportunity to try to deter
Hill, noting Russia invasion of Georgia in summer of 2008 was when China was last hosting the Olympics, wonders if we can prevail on the Chinese to possibly suggest to Russia not to do offensive on Ukraine when China hosting Olympics this February.
🧵Political directors of UK, France, Germany, US Iran envoy Rob Malley, GCC, Jordan, Egypt met in Riyadh today on regional security situation, inc. Iran actions, per press statement. E3/US “welcomed our regional partners‘ efforts to deescalate tensions & promote dialogue in reg’n
“They discussed Iranian destabilizing activities in the region, including the use and transfer of ballistic missiles and UAVs that have led to attacks against regional partners...” 2/
“They underlined that enhanced regional dialogue & a return to mutual compliance with the JCPoA would benefit the entire Middle East, allow for more regional partnerships & economic exchange, with long-lasting implications for growth and the well-being of all people..inc.in Iran.
One key question where there is still uncertainty, one official described, is whether Iran expects to pick up the talks where they left off after six rounds of talks in June, start talks from scratch, or something in between. diplomatic.substack.com/p/iran-positio…
despite a flurry of maximalist-sounding public statements , Iran holding cards close to the vest on the details of what its position actually will be, diplomats suggested diplomatic.substack.com/p/iran-positio…
🧵This part of the interview with the head of the American Foreign Service Association Eric Rubin on Ted Cruz and others blocking the filling of ambassadorships and State Dept positions really stood out: “The other problem is our role in the world is different. 1/
“When I joined 36 years ago, we basically ran the world in competition with the Soviet Union, but we were unquestionably the leader. And in some ways, we still do but definitely not the way it was then, unquestionably not. And it's a different world, and it's harder. 2/
“And in some ways, it's definitely not the same job that people signed up for. But it's still not only as important as ever, I think it's more important right now when we have to fight for our interests and our country's place in the world.”
“even with the former president largely out of the public eye and after a deadly attack on the Capitol where rioters tried to overturn the presidential election, the Republican acceptance of violence has only spread.”
“Notably few Republican leaders have spoken out against violent language or behavior since Jan. 6, suggesting with their silent acquiescence that doing so would put them at odds with a significant share of their party’s voters.”