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Apr 14 • 4 tweets • 2 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
Contributing writer at The Atlantic @AmyZegart declares the real "heroes" of the week were all the amazing journalists who participated in a "dragnet" to identify the leaker, at which time the FBI "moved into action" and nabbed him. A true landmark feat of journalistic heroism Image
Notice she praises these "open-source investigators" (journalists) for being able to "move faster than governments." Which would have to imply that the journalists and the government are performing the same task -- the journalists are just able to accomplish it more efficiently Image
Hence her recommendation that US intel agencies find new ways to "work with leaders in this space." Very confident her wish is already well on its way to being granted Image
Amy's bio says she "specializes in US intelligence, emerging technologies and national security, grand strategy, and global political risk management." She also served on Bill Clinton's National Security Council staff and was adviser to the Bush 2000 presidential campaign

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Apr 13
Admiral John Aquilino, commander of US INDOPACOM -- which is running this unprecedented exercise in the South China Sea right now -- told the Senate last year: "There's no better training than operating in the space you would fight in"

But also denies this is "provocative" ImageImage
Aquilino insists his "deterrence" strategy could not possibly be seen as anything but peaceful. "We are not taking actions to provoke, we are taking actions to prevent," he said, at a forum hosted by the war-happy think tank IISS, which just produced a paper with this warning: Image
Here's the Admiral talking about the "rules-based order" and things at an IISS function in Singapore on March 16, 2023 Image
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Apr 13
Musk deciding on the fly which outlets to label "state-affiliated media" does seem pretty arbitrary, but when Twitter first introduced the label last year it was on the even-more arbitrary premise that it somehow only applied to official US "adversaries" Russia and China
The label was introduced in response to the Ukraine invasion as one of the measures Twitter was diligently employing to clamp down on war-related "misinformation," which meant arbitrarily targeting Russian media, while massively boosting Ukraine NGO media "affiliated" with the US
So it was completely arbitrary to begin with. But before, the arbitrariness was due to only ever slapping the label on officially-designated US "adversaries," as a boost for wartime info-ops. Now it's just the random whim of Elon. Latter seems preferable, even if still arbitrary
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Apr 13
Whenever you hear some guy whine that the document leaks threaten "national security," ask him why citizens gaining knowledge of the government's conduct -- done in their name, with their tax money -- is a threat to "national security." Then prepare for more disjointed whining
You will likely discover that the "national security" whiners aren't actually whining about the people of the "nation" having their physical "security" legitimately threatened -- the real threat is to "national security" as an ideological construct that they're loyally wedded to
If the whining persists, ask the guy to explain in specific detail how any of the Nation's citizens have suddenly had their "security" threatened by the public disclosure of the fact that the US is monitoring the Prime Minister of Hungary. Who's now at risk because of that
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Apr 12
The US just commenced its first "GLOBAL THUNDER" nuclear exercise since the Ukraine war started. At least 150,000 personnel worldwide will simulate nuclear war. Last year the head of STRATCOM said: "My command has been at battle stations since about January in crisis action mode" Image
In remarks last year, STRATCOM commander Charles A. Richard shared his theory that a reliance on "restraint" was no longer workable, because "absence of a provocation is not deterrence." Presumably meaning the Admiral believed the US must actively "provoke" Russia and China Image
Admiral Richard also discussed his fondness for the saying, "We have to love all the children," by which he meant actively preparing to wage simultaneous nuclear war on China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran Image
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Apr 11
Leaked doc says in late Feb., Zelensky "suggested striking unspecified Russian deployment locations" inside Russia with "unspecified UAVs." On Feb. 28, he complained about not having long-range missiles. Then on Feb. 28, the doc notes, there was a drone strike near Sochi, Russia: Image
Given that US intel apparently has no clue what drones Zelensky is "suggesting" be used other than that they're "unspecified UAVs," it would seem the US has no clue whether any US materials/resources are being used to execute these long-rage attacks by Ukraine deep inside Russia
Last summer, Zelensky made a slew of US media appearances vowing, "We are not planning to attack Russia" (May 31, 2022)

This was in concert with the US line: "We are not encouraging or enabling Ukraine to strike beyond its borders," said Biden (May 31, 2022)

Verdict: False
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Apr 10
Anyone who voted for Republicans in the midterms on the assumption that they'd bring some sort of "non-interventionist" policy shift in Ukraine was either deluding themselves or got scammed
Notice McCaul says McCarthy "always" had this position on Ukraine, despite the furious media outburst over his meaningless "blank check" comment last year, and despite the concomitant wish-casting by some GOP-aligned pundits that his comment indicated opposition to Ukraine policy
Flashback -- Mitch McConnell on GOP and Ukraine policy: "Don't look at Twitter, look at people in power. Look at me and Speaker Kevin McCarthy."

On that point, at least, McConnell was right on the money
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