Southeastern Europe is entering renewed crisis—and Moscow is fomenting more chaos at a dangerous time Friday brought good news for those who want Europe’s troubled Southeast to join Western security and political structures. Montenegro’s parliament officially approved the country’s invitation...
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We Need to Putin-Proof the Balkans Now
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Trump Administration Changes Its Tune on Ed Snowden, Moscow’s Star Defector
CIA Director Pompeo and AG Sessions blast celebrity leaker The recent statement by CIA Director Mike Pompeo that WikiLeaks is a fraud and an anti-American actor on the global stage has led to gnashing of teeth among fans of that...
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Why North Korea is a Black Hole for U.S. Intelligence
As tensions rise with Pyongyang, don’t expect answers from the CIA The failure of North Korea’s latest missile test last weekend was good news for pretty much everybody outside that strange country. The new-model medium-range ballistic missile exploded shortly after lift-off,...
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KremlinGate and the Limits of Classified Evidence
The FBI’s been investigating possible links between the Kremlin and President Trump for nearly a year—here’s why it’s moving so slowly President Trump’s Russia problem is off the front pages for the first time in months. In retaliation for the...
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100 Years Ago Today: America Enters the Great War
This is a momentous anniversary for our country—but is there anything to celebrate here? A century ago today, the United States Congress, acting on the request of President Woodrow Wilson, declared war on Imperial Germany. Four days before, on the...
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Trump Has a Problem With NSA — But So Does Obama
There’s a lot of misinformation about how SIGINT unmasking works Here we go again. The latest twist in President Donald Trump’s never-ending allegation that the Obama White House was spying on Team Trump before inauguration day involves an arcane, highly...