Yes, Eric Swalwell Was a National Security Risk The California Democrat's downfall isn't just a political story. It's a national security scandal.

Eric Swalwell sat on the House Intelligence Committee for eight years. He had access to the nation's deepest secrets. And the people who put him there looked the other way while he created the kind of vulnerability that foreign intelligence services exploit.
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Thanks Noah!

The CIA “Ghost Murmur” Story is Probably Bullshit America's spies can't rewrite the laws of physics.

@hettena.bsky.social calls out the ny post and the cia on their bullshit

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The CIA “Ghost Murmur” Story is Probably Bullshit America's spies can't rewrite the laws of physics.

Great post from @hettena.bsky.social

Trump threatened tonight to destroy every electricity plant in Iran.

That is not a military objective. That is collective punishment.

That is a war crime.

He said it on TV.

Will anyone care?

Thank you Andrew!

Wow. Under a traditional "2-and-20" fee structure, Jared's firm collects $124 million a year regardless of performance.

A CIA Medal, a Torture Scandal, and Jeffrey Epstein Jeffrey Epstein’s emails raise a question the CIA won’t answer: what did White House Counsel Kathy Ruemmler do to earn a medal from John Brennan?

The latest via

@hettena.bsky.social

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Brent is down below $100. @hettena.bsky.social and I just finished a podcast on oil and where to from here. I've been pushing back on the idea that Brent is heading for $150 or $200 for various reason, including the risk of a Trump TACO. And here we are...
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This was all over Reddit number stations channels yesterday - new Farsi number station transmission theiceman.substack.com/p/a-new-spy-...

The Pentagon Wanted a Spy Machine. Anthropic Said No (Updated) The press is covering the dispute over the use of AI in military systems as a contract squabble. They're missing what's actually at stake.

I updated my story about the Anthropic-Pentagon dispute with a quote from Sen. Ron Wyden. theiceman.substack.com/p/the-pentag...

This is the perfect bookend for a man who rocketed to the presidency on the back of the racist lie that Barack Obama was not born in the US.

Congress Is Asking Who We’re Killing at Sea. This San Diego Lawyer Has an Answer — and No One Has Called Attorney Jeremy Warren defended one of the few known survivors of US boat strikes and says he's no narco-terrorist: "He's a glorified bus driver."

I've been off Bluesky for a while. Wondering if there's any interest here in my military/intelligence writing on Substack. theiceman.substack.com/p/congress-i...

The Meidas Touch Meiselas brothers grew up with Diddy as a close family friend via their dad, his close friend and longtime attorney. They even went to a bunch of Those Parties and Ben interned with his dad for Diddy.

Law enforcement is violently targeting press at protests around Los Angeles, from easily recognizable "mainstream" outlets to freelancers and independents. ALL press have explicit legal protections in California. #JournalismIsNotACrime.

This evidence thread may get graphic. 🧵👇

Austin Tice: Secret files show missing US journalist was imprisoned by Syria The BBC has uncovered top secret files that confirm Austin Tice was imprisoned by Syria's Assad regime.

"Top secret intelligence files uncovered by the BBC confirm for the first time that missing American journalist Austin Tice was imprisoned by the regime of the now-deposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad." www.bbc.com/news/article...

Did Former U.S. Special Operators Train a Cartel’s Kill Squad? A former Delta Force soldier and two SEALs are accused of training Jalisco Cartel’s paramilitary force

Wanted to highlight this read by @hettena.bsky.social on his Substack

It is not a big stretch to say US SOF trained cartel members; we’ve already seen that back in the 1980s/90s in Colombia and Mexico with Israeli SOF
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People who haven’t done a lot of FOIA tend to think of it as some sort of magic spell.

It’s more like ordering delivery if everyone involved actively resented you.

And he will have billions more if and—let’s be honest—when some “unidentified party” buys his shitcoins to shift US policy.

Signal’s New Usernames Help Keep the Cops Out of Your Data Ephemeral usernames instead of phone numbers safeguard privacy — and makes the Signal messenger app even harder to subpoena.

When exchanging your @signal.org contact info over an insecure channel (like a text message or DM), it's a good idea to generate a Signal link (URL) from the app, then you should RESET that link after you connect with the other person on Signal.

Thanks to @micahflee.com for reporting.

On Elon’s trip to Auschwitz:

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Tame Impala’s Lonerism is good listening for a long run.

I somehow missed that Geragos & Geragos, the firm that counts Meidastouch’s Ben Meiselas as a partner, is now a litigation consultant to the RNC. www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...

Since I'm doing Betar USA news today, here's an interesting nexus: Famed defense attorney Jeffrey Lichtman (repped John Gotti and El Mayo, currently repping Diddy's son) has been doing work for the group since their June launch.

How Biden’s Inner Circle Protected a Faltering President “Your biggest issue is the perception of age,” Mike Donilon, the president’s longtime strategist, told him in 2022, according to people who heard him.

The NYTimes waits until the very end of Biden’s term to report how aides protected an aging and faltering president. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/u...

The truth the Navy SEALs couldn't handle The controversy over John Chapman's Medal of Honor is casting a shadow over a $270 million set to open in Texas

Great article from @hettena.bsky.social right here. Definitely go and give it a read theiceman.substack.com/p/the-truth-...

Call log showing multiple calls from the dept of justice

Sergeant Gonell @sergeantaqgo.bsky.social sent me this picture. This is his call log. Each call is an automated Dept of "Justice" notification saying "The defendant you testified against is being released from the dept of corrections."
Each defendant assaulted him.

Exactly why @bsky.app is so important. Engaging on this platform is important. As is growing this platform.

Which one of these men joins Tom Anderson and MySoace in the annals of history first ?

Their greed is our opportunity.

FBI acting director says in email that he's retiring from bureau A longtime FBI deputy director who had been expected to replace Director Christopher Wray on an acting basis is retiring from the bureau. That's according to an email deputy Paul Abbate sent to senior...

The FBI’s Acting Director announces he too is retiring today. www.whec.com/national-wor...