Anybody interested in the wild ups and downs of U.S.-Cuba relations will want to listen my new series: The Strange Story of Havana Syndrome.
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Fulton county DA Willis says “decisions are imminent” in Trump case but asks judge to delay release of special grand jury report to protect the rights of “future defendants.”
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Worth revisiting what with all these other podcasts dancing around the bottom line I reported six months ago.
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After intensive investigations, U.S. officials have found no evidence Havana Syndrome symptoms are the result of targeted attacks from a foreign power-- not the Cubans, not the Russians or anybody else. Check out my new @Conspiracyland pod series news.yahoo.com/top-us-officia
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From his shadowy troll farm to his shadowy army of bloodthirsty mercenaries, Putin’s chef Prigozhin yields ever more power, per
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The White House is spoiling for a fight with the House GOP over classified docs, hinting it won’t cooperate with probes that have a “total lack of credibility.” Meanwhile, Jordan threatens subpoenas. By and me
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You’re right. I just tried. Anyone know how or where we can listen?
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Totally looking forward to this event with on 4/15 where we'll screen and discuss ADVISE AND CONSENT, for my money the most fascinating Hollywood movie ever made about Washington.
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The greatest film about American politics was also the first to depict a gay character explicitly on screen.
Come see ADVISE AND CONSENT this April on the big screen @AFISilver and hear @Isikoff and me discuss its fascinating history.
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Key details on Fulton Co special grand jury wrapping up: 1) SGJ heard from witnesses (Meadows, Graham) who never testified before 1/6 com 2) there will be hearing 1/24 on whether to make report public 3) Charges could come by spring.
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A gentle reminder that Edwards got off and McDonnell's conviction was tossed by the Supreme Court.
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CNN reports: "He is adding two longtime associates who have specialized in public corruption cases...Raymond Hulser, the former chief of the DOJ’s public integrity section, and David Harbach, who conducted cases against former Sen. John Edwards and Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell."
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Jack Smith's investigation of Trump's insurrection on Jan 6th and so much more just took a big turn! Smith's staffing up with two more high-powered, right-hand prosecutors. Could Trump's future get any worse. Yup! Bring it. 
#IndictTrumpAndHisAccomplices cnn.com/2023/01/06/pol
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Remarkable exchange from Raffensperger depo when he's asked about Trump's reference to him as "an enemy of the people."
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Bittersweet moment- the final episode (for now) of with two great guests: and . And stick around to the end for the bloopers reel! . It’s been quite a ride.
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Jan. 6 report sidesteps DHS, federal intelligence failures before deadly Capitol attack, by me and .
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"We were just useful idiots or rubes at that point," Robert Sinners, who helped implement the fake elector scheme in Georgia, told the panel.
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In 1/6 report, panel notes that 3 top Trump campaign lawyers refused to participate in the fake electoral scheme but their legal qualms were never shared with staffers on the ground organizing the secret sessions in state capitals to name pro-Trump electors.
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Ouch! Jan. 6 committee - set up in part to evaluate the performance of US law enforcement and intel agencies- botches the name of the FBI
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Luttig: If convicted, “I don’t know that a district court judge would have any choice” but to sentence Trump to prison.
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Ok- JFK assassination freaks. What was Task No. 22 … and Task 11? (This from Landsdale’s Operation Mongoose Progress memo released in new batch of JFK docs)
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So what was the CIA hiding all these years? New JFK docs point to intriguing answers, tho its not what the conspiracy theorists were looking for. Listen to the new (and penultimate) with and
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which he publicly testified about, w/ Bortnikov about Russian interference in 2016 election. In March of this year-more than 5 years later! - responded denying my request in its entirety. So I filed suit, represented by FOIA gurus . And this week...
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Adventures in FOIAland: In 1/2017, I filed a FOIA for "all records" of a meeting CIA director Brennan & FSB Director Bortnikov had in Brennan's office in Feb. 2015- as reported in my book with , Russian Roulette. I also asked for records of Brennan's 8/16 call...
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A truly scary talk with of about the almost "god-like" spyware that autocratic govts. are using to infect and suck up data from the phones of anybody who criticizes them.
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NEW: We sit down w/ @RonDeibert, director @citizenlab, to talk about the “mercenary #spyware” industry and its proclivity for empowering autocrats with “almost god-like” spyware - assuming they can afford, of course. @Isikoff @dklaidman @VBass @YahooNews
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All of which explains why , among others, concluded that Museveni's invite to the WH Summit is a case, at the very least, of "terrible optics": the Chinese briber goes to prison while the accused bribe recipient gets feted by WH and State.
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As it turns out, Ho was actually trying to reach James' nephew, Hunter Biden who later got a $1 million retainer from Ho (although there is no evidence he played any role in Ho's defense.) This is part of $4.8 mill that flowed Ho's CEFC to the 2 Bidens
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Yet another wrinkle: After Ho was arrested by FBI at JFK for his bribes to Museveni & others, the first call he made (as first reported by & later confirmed by ) was to James Biden, the president's brother.
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More curiously, Museveni and his foreign minister were central players in DOJ's prosecution of Chinese businessman Patrick Ho who was convicted of paying them up to $1 million in bribes and sentenced to 3 years in prison.
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Curious for multiple reasons. The regime of Museveni, who has been in power since the 1980's, has been repeatedly criticized by the USG for human rights abuses- jailing of dissidents, extrajudicial killings, election rigging-including by
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One of the more curious attendees at the WH African Leaders summit is Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni who touted his arrival "at the invitation" of and posted his first bump with #VictoriaNuland
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Met with US under secretary for political Affairs, Victoria Nuland in Washington D.C and had a good discussion on regional security, democracy and human rights in the context of diversity and inclusion.
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The #ispy podcast today reposted the first episode of this season's -"The Strange Story of Havana Syndrome." If you haven't already, please listen--and if it intrigues you, check out our surprising conclusions
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Fascinating conversation with Ukrainian human rights activist in which she explains how “weird” it is to be asking for more weapons of war from the west while accepting the Nobel Peace Prize (which she’ll receive in Oslo next week)
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WATCH: @avalaina, Ukrainian Nobel Peace Prize winner, joins @YahooNews @Isikoff to discuss what it's like living through war and why she believes world leaders must create a special international tribunal to place #Putin & large numbers of his military on trial for war crimes.
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I reported all this three weeks ago.
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Interesting front page story by about Trump PAC paying legal bills of key witnesses in Trump probes that seems to have left out (to me at least) a significant detail...
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And the "termination" of the Constitution
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Trump, on Truth Social this morning. He is still arguing that either a) he be declared president, or b) there be a re-vote of the 2020 election.
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All too rare
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I make a very rare, yet brief, appearance on the most recent episode of @SkullduggeryPod. I knew there was a reason I became a #FIFA licensed referee. twitter.com/SkullduggeryPo…
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most notably, a Labor Department official, Louis Post, who challenged Hoover's attempts to deport "radical" immigrants. In another surprise twist, listen to our talk with Hochschild and learn which president commuted Debs' sentence.
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a young J. Edgar Hoover and the U.S. Supreme Court, including -- of all people-- Oliver Wendall Holmes, who wrote the opinion (Schenk v US) upholding the constitutionality of the Espionage Act (before later changing his mind.) But there are a few surprising heroes to the story...
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and imprisoned for violating the Espionage Act due to his opposition to World War I. Debs was among the high-profile targets of one of the most ferocious episodes of repression in U.S. history orchestrated by the administration of Woodrow Wilson, with starring roles played by...
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If Trump is indicted over MAL, he won't be the first presidential candidate to be prosecuted by DOJ. As #AdamHochshild-author of #AmericanMidnight- details on that distinction belongs to Eugene Debs, 5 time Socialist Party candidate, who was charged, convicted...
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