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The Morning Vertical — June 8, 2017

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THE MORNING VERTICAL by Brian Whitmore 08.06.2017 On My Mind: The trial of Crimean Tatar leader Ilmi Umerov is a farce and a travesty.   But it is also more than that.   It’s part of an elaborate Kremlin PR campaign. It’s a macabre exercise in guerrilla marketing. It’s part of a mind game designed… Continue reading The Morning Vertical — June 8, 2017

War by Other Means

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Russian Active Measures and the Weaponization of Information By Max Bergmann and Carolyn Kenney Posted on June 6, 2017, 6:00 pm OVERVIEW Russia is treating the online environment like a new theater for conflict and has invested in developing its capabilities just as it would in developing a new weapon system. Introduction and summary Liberal… Continue reading War by Other Means

White Paper on The Key Role of Human Geography, Culture and Language in Effective Communication

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White Paper onThe Key Role of Human Geography, Culture and Language in EffectiveCommunication   Approved for Public Release Foreword “Information” continues to demonstrate the vital and preeminent role it plays in enabling all of our sources of national power. From a military perspective, it must be adequately utilized and capitalized on to succeed in shaping the cognitive/human domain… Continue reading White Paper on The Key Role of Human Geography, Culture and Language in Effective Communication

EU East StratCom Task Force: MH17 disinformation: back in the headlines – Disinformation Review

Saudi Sets 10 Conditions For Normalcy With Qatar

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In a series of ten tweets, Faisal Edroos, a Journalist at AJENews revealed the ten conditions Saudi Arabia has set for a return to normal relations between Qatar and the seven Arab countries who have severed all ties. Immediate severance of diplomatic relations with Iran, Expulsion of all members of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas from… Continue reading Saudi Sets 10 Conditions For Normalcy With Qatar

Russia / Strategy Media Update – 8 June 2017

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Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. Two attachments available for download. Weaponizing Kleptocracy WeaponizingKleptocracy Public Opinion Survey of Residents of Ukraine April 21 – May 5, 2017 2017-may-survey-of-residents-of-ukraine_en </end editorial> Russia again dominating MSM and many of the reports are truly bizarre – Russia rejecting the outside world and medievalizing as fast as they can.… Continue reading Russia / Strategy Media Update – 8 June 2017

Al Jazeera media platforms under cyberattack

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Al Jazeera is under attack.  I’m not certain but I’ll venture a guess whoever wrote the tweet from Al Jazeera didn’t consult a computer expert. Multiple reports confirm this.  Al Jazeera Says Cyberattacks Are Intensifying Snopes.com 15:23 Al Jazeera says it’s under cyberattack USA Today 15:14 Al Jazeera hit by ‘cyber attack on all systems’… Continue reading Al Jazeera media platforms under cyberattack

US F-15E Shoots Down ‘Hostile’ Predator-Sized Drone in Syria


The Morning Vertical — June 9, 2017

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THE MORNING VERTICAL by Brian Whitmore 09.06.2017 On My Mind: What exactly is Russia’s National Guard and how is Vladimir Putin planning to use it?    Is it a revival of Josef Stalin’s NKVD? A 21st century version of Ivan the Terrible’s Oprichniki? Or is it just Putin’s scarecrow?   It’s been just over a… Continue reading The Morning Vertical — June 9, 2017

Housing Demolition Protests in Moscow Are Spiralling

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Housing Demolition Protests in Moscow Are Spiralling A controversial renovation scheme passed legal hurdles this week, with Mayor Sobyanin claiming overwhelming support June 8, 2017 — 17:30 — Update: 17:42 By Matthew Bodner m.bodner@imedia.ru @mattb0401 If you happened to find yourself in the State Duma on Tuesday, June 6, you might be forgiven for thinking Russia had… Continue reading Housing Demolition Protests in Moscow Are Spiralling

The New Oprichniki

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June 08, 2017 17:15 GMT Brian Whitmore A modern Praetorian Guard. A revival of Josef Stalin’s NKVD. And a 21st-century version of Ivan the Terrible’s Oprichniki. Russia’s National Guard has been called all these things, and not only by its critics. Ever since Vladimir Putin established the guard as a domestic security force last year… Continue reading The New Oprichniki

Bill requires Pentagon to report cyber operations outside of war zones

Amid Russia tensions, US Army continues to build up Ukrainian forces, training center

Soldiers deter simulated tank assault with cyber, electronic warfare

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By: Rachael Kalinyak, June 8, 2017 (Photo Credit: cybrain/Getty Images via iStockphoto) A simulated tank assault was deterred using cyber weapons and electronic warfare technology during a training exercise, according to Defense Systems. Trainers stopped a simulated assault by targeting the tank crew’s radio and communication systems during the exercise at the Army’s National Training Center… Continue reading Soldiers deter simulated tank assault with cyber, electronic warfare

How the Soviet Union Transformed Terrorism

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Both the Euromaidan Press and the Ukraine Information Army re-featured this article from 2011 today.  It puts a lot of what Russia is doing today into perspective.  This is the textbook example of state-sponsored terrorism. </end editorial> NICK LOCKWOOD DEC 23, 2011 The USSR developed two tools that changed the world: airplane hijackings and state-sponsorship of… Continue reading How the Soviet Union Transformed Terrorism

Event: iWar: War and Peace in the Information Age     

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Westminster Institute June 14 – Bill Gertz iWar: War and Peace in the Information Age When Reception at 7:00 pm Wednesday, June 14, 2017 from 7:30 PM to 8:45 PM EDT Add to Calendar Where Westminster Institute 6729 Curran Street McLean, VA 22101 Driving Directions Bill Gertz Author, iWar Covert information warfare is being waged… Continue reading Event: iWar: War and Peace in the Information Age     

VOA Captures Best in Show TV Prize at 2017 Chesapeake AP Awards

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Great professional journalism is recognized, finally </end editorial> WASHINGTON D.C., June 9, 2017 — Voice of America won Best in Show – Television, as well as awards for Outstanding Digital Feature Project and Outstanding News Series, at last weekend’s Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association (CAPBA) annual awards banquet. American Muslim Portraits, created by Carolyn Presutti,… Continue reading VOA Captures Best in Show TV Prize at 2017 Chesapeake AP Awards

Russia / Strategy Media Update 9 June 2017

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 Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Western MSM saturated with UK election and Comey testimony. Russia’s new “Oprichniki” possibly the dominant theme (NB bonus history reading today), while CNN present a terrifying report on Russia’s out-of-control self-inflicted HIV epidemic. Other reports detail the ongoing meltdown and crackdown on dissent. Ukraine has seen a… Continue reading Russia / Strategy Media Update 9 June 2017

Falsehoods and free press: how to fight the tide of online propaganda

Chinese authorities busted an underground network selling iPhone users’ personal data

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