“If you shout at us we will cry, we are so sensitive” Abu Mohanad Al Mahamid told me on the 20th September 2018. Al Mahamid is the leader of the still-functioning White Helmet center in Dara’a Al Balad to the south of Damascus in Syria. Al Mahamid had donned his white helmet for the camera […]
279 White Helmets Leave Jordan to Resettle in West…
Mueller to Present Key Findings Related to Russia Probe After Midterms…
Special counsel Robert Mueller is reportedly expected to present findings related to key aspects of his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election after this November’s midterm elections. Bloomberg News, citing a pair of unidentified U.S. officials, reported on Wednesday that Mueller is close to finalizing his inquiry into a pair of the […]
Twitter Releases Large Datasets of Troll Farms to Further Research Efforts by Independent Researchers…
Today we are releasing all the accounts and related content associated with potential information operations that we have found on our service since 2016. We had previously disclosed these activities, but are now releasing substantially more information about them to enable independent academic research and investigation. This is the continuation of our overarching mission to […]
Here’s How a Major Western Bank Enabled a Suspected Russian Money Launderer…
A Western financial institution loaned millions of dollars to a Russian-owned real estate company in 2012, despite the fact that its owner had been fined after an Israeli money laundering investigation and suspicions that the company was a beneficiary of the largest tax fraud in Russian history. To combat financial crimes, banks are supposed to […]
Alleged Russian Spy Presses Feds for Arrest Docs, Other Records…
Accused Russian spy Maria Butina on Sunday filed a letter requesting the government turn over criminal records, arrest reports and details on witnesses prosecutors might use to build their case against her. The eight-page discovery letter Butina’s attorneys filed on Sunday is a common request for documents in a criminal case and seeks information the […]
Fusion GPS Co-Founder Glenn Simpson, Will Invoke 5th Amendment Protection to Avoid Congressional Testimony…
It is reported today that Fusion-GPS co-founder, Glenn Simpson, will not agree to testify to congress and will invoke his fifth amendment privilege to avoid answering questions. This is interesting for several reasons. Recent evidence and testimony has conflicted with Simpson’s prior testimony. Specifically testimony from DOJ official Bruce Ohr who testified to meeting with […]
Obama Had Secret Plan to Validate Clinton Victory If Trump Didn’t Accept It…
Former President Obama had a plan to validate the 2016 election in the event that then-candidate Donald Trump lost and challenged the results. Obama administration officials told New York magazine that a bipartisan plan was in place just in time for the election to certify the results and reveal the intelligence community’s claims that Russian […]
Soyuz Rocket Failure: Booster Separation Was to Blame for Botched Launch…
Russia says that a problem with the separation of first and second stage booster rockets was to blame for Thursday’s failed Soyuz launch. NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexei Ovchinin made a dramatic escape shortly after Thursday’s launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Sergei Krikalyov, the head of Russian space agency Roscosmos’ […]
Virginia Judge: Paul Manafort Plea Deal in Washington ‘Highly Unusual’…
The federal judge who oversaw the federal trial against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort in Virginia called the plea deal in the District to dismiss the deadlocked charges only after he has finished cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller “highly unusual.” In a Wednesday order made public Thursday morning, U.S. District Court Judge T.S. […]
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