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The Morning Vertical — June 8, 2017
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...
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War by Other Means
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...
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White Paper on The Key Role of Human Geography, Culture and Language in...
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...
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EU East StratCom Task Force: MH17 disinformation: back in the headlines –...
8 June 2017 *TRENDS OF THE WEEK* MH17 disinformation: back in the headlines This week, one of the most infamous of disinformation stories in the pro-Kremlin echo-chamber made it back to the headlines:...
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Saudi Sets 10 Conditions For Normalcy With Qatar
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...
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Russia / Strategy Media Update – 8 June 2017
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. Two attachments available for download. Weaponizing Kleptocracy WeaponizingKleptocracy Public Opinion Survey of Residents of Ukraine April 21 –...
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Al Jazeera media platforms under cyberattack
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...
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US F-15E Shoots Down ‘Hostile’ Predator-Sized Drone in Syria
This escalation speaks volumes. It is a direct attack on the United States. Please note, the country owning and operating the drone is not identified, although it is surely known. Strategically, a...
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The Morning Vertical — June 9, 2017
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...
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Housing Demolition Protests in Moscow Are Spiralling
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:...
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The New Oprichniki
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...
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Bill requires Pentagon to report cyber operations outside of war zones
by Travis J. Tritten | Jun 8, 2017 A bill introduced Thursday by top lawmakers on the House Armed Services Committee requires the Pentagon to notify Congress about cyber operations it is waging outside...
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Amid Russia tensions, US Army continues to build up Ukrainian forces,...
By: Charlsy Panzino, June 8, 2017 (Photo Credit: Staff Sgt. Elizabeth Tarr/Army) A combat training center that U.S. troops helped establish in Ukraine plans to host brigade-sized rotations beginning in...
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Soldiers deter simulated tank assault with cyber, electronic warfare
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...
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How the Soviet Union Transformed Terrorism
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...
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Event: iWar: War and Peace in the Information Age
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...
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VOA Captures Best in Show TV Prize at 2017 Chesapeake AP Awards
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...
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Russia / Strategy Media Update 9 June 2017
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...
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Falsehoods and free press: how to fight the tide of online propaganda
The free world should never stop questioning, reporting and fighting the rising tide of online propaganda, says David Omand, former director of GCHQ By DAVID OMAND Friday 9 June 2017 Russian...
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Chinese authorities busted an underground network selling iPhone users’...
Scammers sold $7.36 million worth of data by Nick Statt@nickstatt Jun 8, 2017, 1:18pm EDT Chinese authorities announced today that a network of scammers extracted data from Apple databases and sold it...
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