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If a President Is Dying, and Nobody Says Anything, Does It Make a Sound?

Please excuse my previous now deleted post about disinformation about CZ President Milos Zeman.  It turns out his health is truly failing.  One Czech doctor friend confided to me that he is basically a...

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Salisbury CW Attack / Syria / Iran / Russia Ad Hoc Update (100)

Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Good news from Salisbury it appears the second poisoning victim is recovering. Russians continue their toxic propaganda...

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NATO Summit Ad Hoc Update (1)

Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> POTUS comments to SECGEN NATO on Germany are priceless – and very sadly entirely true. While the SDP is the most guilty of...

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NATO Summit Ad Hoc Update (2)

Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. From both a professional and personal perspective, much of the reporting on the NATO Summit in US media reflects willful neglect of journalistic...

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Trump’s Political Warfare Tool – Belligerent Language

bel·lig·er·ence bəˈlij(ə)rəns noun aggressive or warlike behavior. After reading through mountains of reports about President Trump’s tough talk at the NATO Summit, I realized anyone quoted was a...

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Russian Influence Campaign Sought To Exploit Americans’ Trust In Local News

I first discovered Russia’s use of local websites in 2016, long before the election.  VisitWinchesterVirginia Is A Russian Proxy Site Winchester, Virginia is local to the Washington DC area, so I am...

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StopFake Exposes More On How Russia Spreads Their Message

StopFake, once again, is leading the way with this critically important reports exposing how Russia spreads their message.  Hat tip to Sarah Hurst.  Through a series of followers, many legitimate, this...

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Why Putin Is Not Okay

Excellent article but it misses one GIANT bit of information.  Russia has been waging Information Warfare against the world, nonstop, on an unbelievable scale, since late 2013 and perhaps earlier....

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Salisbury CW Attack / Syria / Iran / Russia Ad Hoc Update (101)

Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> No surprises in Russia’s continuing promotion of alternate reality, and continuing toxic rhetoric. All while Russia’s...

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Information, Communication, and Public Diplomacy (#92) July 15, 2018, Seen on...

Edited by Donald M. Bishop, Bren Chair of Strategic Communications, Marine Corps University Carter T. McCausland, Virginia Military Institute, Assistant TABLE OF CONTENTS Must Reads In the News ON...

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Grand Jury Indicts 12 Russian Intelligence Officers for Hacking Offenses...

This was released on Friday the 13th, three days before President Trump is supposed to meet President Putin.  Russia does not extradite people for American indictments.  I am not certain if this...

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U.S. indictments show technical evidence for Russian hacking accusations

A copy of the actual indictment is located here.  The 12 indicted individuals are all officers, ranging from a Senior Lieutenant to a Colonel, with five of unnamed rank.  </end editorial> JULY...

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John Brown’s Public Diplomacy Press and Blog Review

Nontraditional U.S. Public Diplomacy Posted: 13 Jul 2018 10:50 AM PDT uscpublicdiplomacy.org [JB note: This book (published and now online thanks to its editor and other colleagues) contains an article...

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Why Is the International Media Still Repeating Kremlin Propaganda about Ukraine?

Ukraine stands resolute in its stand against Russia.  Why does the media side with Russia, when Russia sides against the world? </end editorial? BY PETER DICKINSON When two members of Croatia’s...

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Salisbury CW Attack / Syria / Iran / Russia Ad Hoc Update (102)

Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> An interesting end to an interesting week. Wiltshire Police find a small bottle of Novichok agent in the residence of one...

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How To Operate And Communicate Securely In A Possibly Hostile Environment

I have quite a few friends in Finland.   Some of my friends in Finland are terrified of the SVR, Russia’s external intelligence service (much like the CIA).  These friends jump through every hoop...

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Russia Frantically Responds To Molly McKew’s Article About A Russian Invasion...

Paul Goble wrote a piece titled “Russians Dismiss Estonian Claim that a Russian Attack would Fail in Tallinn” about an interview that Politico’s Molly McKew wrote after interviewing Colonel Riho...

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An Overview of National AI Strategies

The United States has no National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence, it is following a free-market oriented approach.  This is a good, healthy comparative paper which will surely grow.   </end...

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Lawfare’s Writeup Of Mueller’s Indictment

When I originally published this article, I edited one phrase out of this article.  It was immature, unprofessional, and reflected poorly on what I consider a very good publication.  I sent out a tweet...

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Maidan PhotoJournalist Needs Ukraine Assistance

An American photographer is working on a documentary about Maidan. Please contact him if you know anyone in his photos. He wants to interview them. Click on the link for his Flickr account below or the...

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