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Mar 18, 2025 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Putin convinced Trump a full ceasefire won't work right now. Ukraine had already proposed an energy/infrastructure/civilian & Black Sea ceasefire. US said, nope, full ceasefire right now. Today the White House is settling for far less.
A week ago in Jeddah I asked Rubio and Waltz to clarify what a ceasefire would look like. Waltz: "The President has made it clear and certainly made it clear to us that all fighting needs to stop...now we’ll take that to the Russians and get their response."
Oct 13, 2022 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
Exclusive: Musk's SpaceX says it can no longer pay for critical Starlink satellite services in Ukraine, asks Pentagon to pick up the tab cnn.com/2022/10/13/pol…
I obtained documents SpaceX sent the Pentagon last month with internal numbers and breakdowns. They're "facing the difficult choice of reducing or stopping service because [SpaceX] cannot sustain these losses indefinitely." They say they've donated almost $100m to Ukraine.
Mar 8, 2022 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
NEW: Russian families are being told little or nothing about their soldiers who were sent into Ukraine. As the death toll grows so does their worry and many are desperately turning to a Ukrainian hotline for information. W/ @sebshukla@cstreib@MVicabu@PIERREbairin@sebshukla@cstreib@MVicabu@PIERREbairin Operator: When was the last time he contacted you?
Wife: On the 23rd of February when he crossed the border.
Operator: Did he tell you where he was going?
Wife: He said towards Kyiv.
In a village south of Kyiv we met Ihor Mozhaev picking through the rubble of his home after a Russian air strike Friday. He lost 5 family members, including his wife and 12yo daughter. "Just leave Ukraine alone already. God help this to end as soon as possible." (W/ @gultuysuz)
Mozhaev lost his wife, their 12yo daughter who was in a wheelchair after an accident with a drunk driver, his mother-in-law and two sons-in-law. A family friend was also killed. (Photos from Mozhaev family)
Feb 28, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Curfew in Kyiv is now lifted for the day, starts again at 10pm. Kyiv City Council said Monday that last night was "calm" and grocery stores and public transportation will be open, but residents should leave their homes only when "absolutely necessary."
"Overall, last night was calm, excluding some skirmishes and fights with sabotage and reconnaissance groups...if you' happen to go to the city after 8, you'll see fortifications, tank traps, and other defensive structures that have appeared on the streets," the City Council said.
Jan 28, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
NEW: US to block millions for Egypt over human rights, sources tell me. This is the $130m withheld in September which Egypt will now not get because they didn't meet the conditions. cnn.com/2022/01/28/pol…
"The last place that needs $130 million is Egypt," a senior State Department official said, adding that Congress has been told and there is "complete consensus" within the department that Blinken not allow Egypt to receive the money.
Jan 27, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
A Russian invasion is now virtually certain once the ground freezes, Biden said to Zelensky, a senior Ukrainian official told @mchancecnn. Kyiv could be “sacked," Russian forces may attempt to occupy it, “prepare for impact”, Biden said, according to this official.
Here's how the WH says the Zelensky call went. Biden "underscored the commitment of the United States to Ukraine's sovereignty...The leaders discussed coordinated diplomatic efforts on European security..."
Aug 13, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
DHS head of intelligence John Cohen says the online extremist rhetoric they're seeing is similar to the lead up to Jan 6. Cohen told @Geneva_Sands the calls for violence are growing and while the conspiracies vary, much is centered on the lie that the election was stolen.
@Geneva_Sands Growing # of online comments like "the system is broken," "take action into their own hands," and "bring out the gallows" are fueling fears of violence, @DHSgov intel chief John Cohen told @Geneva_Sands in an exclusive interview cnn.com/2021/08/13/pol…
Mar 16, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Key line from new US intel report: We assess that Russian President Putin authorized, and a range of Russian government organizations conducted, influence operations aimed at denigrating President Biden's candidacy and the Democratic Party, supporting former President Trump
"Moscow's strategy this election cycle was its use of proxies linked to Russian intelligence to push influence narratives...to US media organizations, US officials, and prominent US individuals, including some close to former President Trump and his administration."
Feb 24, 2021 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
NEW: The long-awaited unclassified report from the intelligence community on the murder of Jamal Khashoggi will come as soon as tomorrow, sources tell me and @ZcohenCNN. Question is whether there be a smoking gun tying MBS to the murder.
Reminder of what the law requires in the intelligence report re the Khashoggi murder:
Jul 16, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
US/UK/Canada announce that cyber actors "almost certainly part of the Russian intelligence services" targeted organizations "highly likely with the intention of stealing information and intellectual property relating to the development and testing of COVID-19 vaccines."
"APT29 is using custom malware known as ‘WellMess’ and ‘WellMail’ to target a number of organisations globally. This includes those organisations involved with COVID-19 vaccine development."
Jul 1, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Nat'l Sec Advisor @robertcobrien pinning the lack of briefing to Trump on Russian bounties on PDB briefer: “The president’s career CIA briefer decided not to brief him because it was unverified intelligence… and knowing all the facts I know, I certainly support her decision.”
@robertcobrien More @robertcobrien: “At the NSC...we began writing a process, an interagency process bringing the government together to say, look if this eventually becomes something that’s proven or something we believe, we need to have options for the president to deal with the Russians..."
Jun 3, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Just after 12:30am, a bunch of people decided to try to push down the new fence at Lafayette Park. National Guard responded with pepper spray and rounds. An otherwise peaceful day that ends with unrest. I really don’t know how that helped anything.
It seems like that was the last straw for lots of folks. Most gave cleared out now, only a handful of stragglers and press left.
