Constitutional Issues / Defence and Security / Law

No One’s Lapdog: How Britain Can Recover its Palmerstonian Instinct for Independence

"We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow." Lord Palmerston, Remarks in the House of Commons, March 1, 1848 The debate over the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union is paralleled by a debate over the future of the nation's foreign relations. While more hardline remainers tend to be in favour of a closer security arrangement with Europe as part of the European Union, there are parallel trends towards Atlanticism and promotion of the Anglosphere or cross-Commonwealth security arrangements among leavers.…

173

9 November 2019

Defence and Security / Geopolitics / Law

Deep State on the National Security Council: Colonel Vindman Is an ‘Expert’ With an Agenda

As more than likely the US government’s sole genuine Ukrainian expert, he should have become a source of viable options that the United States might exercise vis-à-vis its relationship with Ukraine, and, by extension, regarding Moscow’s involvement with Kiev.

360

8 November 2019

Elections / Intelligence / Law

Larry C. Johnson: Growing Indicators of Brennan’s CIA Trump Task Force

When I described this to one friend, a retired CIA Chief of Station, his first response was, "...that's illegal."

513

5 November 2019

Defence and Security / Free Speech / International Relations / Law

Killing Julian Assange: Justice Denied When Exposing Official Wrongdoing

Assange is undeniably hated by the American political Establishment and even much of the media in bipartisan fashion, with the Democrats blaming him for Hillary Clinton’s loss while Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has labeled him a “fraud, a coward and an enemy.”

110

31 October 2019

Business / Crime / Defence and Security

Visualizing the Massive Cost of Cybercrime

Cybercrime will remain a large-scale concern for years to come. From 2019–2023E, approximately $5.2 trillion in global value will be at risk from cyberattacks, creating an ongoing challenge for corporations and investors alike.

187

31 October 2019

Elections / Government / Intelligence / Law Enforcement

Larry C. Johnson: The Failed FBI Plot to Paint Trump Doing Deals with Putin

Another inconvenient fact excluded from the Mueller report is that one of Mueller's Chief Prosecutors, Andrew Weissman, signed the deal with Felix Sater in December 1998 that put Sater into the FBI Informant business.

383

30 October 2019

Defence and Security / Energy / International Relations / War and Peace

What about the Wagner Group? …It’s All About the Oil

According to most accounts, even if questionable, the US checked with Russian partners about Russian forces being present there before engaging in the firefight at the Conoco oil plant. If true, the most probable solution to this mystery is that the Russian military did not know that Russian contractors were present near the plant that day.

137

30 October 2019

Defence and Security / War and Peace

Larry C. Johnson: Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi Does Not Sleep with the Fishes

Don't believe the media reports that the U.S. forces launched from Iraq. Just look at a map.

105

28 October 2019

Defence and Security / History / International Relations / Politics / War and Peace

Paul Craig Roberts: Better Relations between the US and Russia Are Not on the Cards

During the Cold War both sides received false alarms of incoming attacks, but neither the Amerians nor the Soviets ever pushed the button in response to the warnings. Why?  The reason is that both sides understood that they were working to reduce tensions and to build trust.  Both sides understood that in this atmosphere the alarms had to be false.

88

28 October 2019

Defence and Security / Government Finances / War and Peace

Trump Ushers in Financially Responsible Empire

If Russia were to enter a long term expensive military conflict it could possibly sink the entire economy or eliminate for generations Moscow’s debt free status. Sending officially invited advisors and selling top-notch equipment – has no negative long term effects. Trump isn’t the only one who sees the value into playing geopolitics on a strict budget.

108

26 October 2019

Defence and Security / Elections / Law / Politics

Trump’s Foreign Policy Strategy Is All About the 2020 Elections

Trump’s threat to leave NATO was never real, but the shakedown worked, forcing European allies to hand over their cash to US arms manufacturers, the various components of the deep state coordinating with the administration to ensure a positive outcome for relevant stakeholders.

106

24 October 2019

Defence and Security / Geopolitics / Migration / War and Peace

The New Reality in Rojava

The current northern border is preserved. That is a huge win for Damascus. Turkey will be sending a substantial number of Syrian refugees back south of the border to areas not now populated by Kurds. This is a major plus for Erdogan.

119

24 October 2019

Midtown Manhattan, NYC

Business / Defence and Security / Economy

They Are Telling Us that the Next Recession “Won’t Be as Bad as 2008”. They Are Wrong.

Stock prices are absurdly overinflated, and at some point there is going to be a dramatic implosion.

107

23 October 2019

Brexit / Defence and Security / Economy

Civil Unrest Is Erupting All Over the World, but Just Wait until the United States Joins the Party…

All over the globe, the mood is turning sour.  Anger and frustration are bubbling over, and protests are becoming violent in major cities all across the planet. 

196

22 October 2019

Business / Defence and Security / Finance and Banking

International Theft of British Blue Chip Companies

Firms under foreign ownership see their profits and dividends flow overseas, their investment decisions taken to serve foreign interests, their assets stripped and risky long-term investments shut down to boost short-run profits and dividends; domestic investment in plant and machinery, in research and development, in skills training [...] are liable to be severely curtailed; we're flogging off of assets vital to our strategic national interest [...]; but, Lynn reassures us, the wave of takeovers that is likely in the months ahead ‘will keep the stock market buoyant’.

121

19 October 2019

Defence and Security / Geopolitics / War and Peace

Geopolitical Realism Utilized by Obama and Trump

Donald Trump’s stance towards the Turkish intervention in northern Syria has some (stress some) resemblance to his predecessor Barack Obama’s position on Ukraine. Obama like Trump, saw a reasoned basis for limiting US military involvement in Syria.

92

18 October 2019

Intelligence / Law / Politics

Trump Could Be Impeached Based on the Testimony of a Parade of “Whistleblowers” that Don’t Even Testify in Person

You can’t impeach a president just because you don’t like him or her.

103

15 October 2019

Defence and Security / International Relations / War and Peace

High Impact Conventionals: A Realist Approach to Nuclear Disarmament

Serious consideration should be given to laying the framework of a multilateral treaty in which the world's great powers commit to replacing their store of nuclear weapons with high-impact conventionals within a timeframe of, at most, twenty years.

253

9 October 2019

Criminal Justice / Defence and Security / Freedom / Government Finances / Law Enforcement / War and Peace

Guns for Hire: No, the Government Shouldn’t Be Using the Military to Police the Globe

The American Empire—with its endless wars waged by U.S. military servicepeople who have been reduced to little more than guns for hire: outsourced, stretched too thin, and deployed to far-flung places to police the globe—is approaching a breaking point.

104

7 October 2019

Intelligence / Law / Politics

There Is a Lot of Speculation that John Bolton Is the “Second Whistleblower”

The mainstream media will continue to breathlessly cover this process 24 hours a day, and they will put relentless pressure on Republican senators in an all-out effort to get some of them to crack.

99

7 October 2019

Defence and Security / Elections / Intelligence / Law Enforcement / Politics

Larry Johnson: My Whistleblower Complaint on the Alleged Russian Hack

The Intelligence Community claim that the DNC emails were taken via a Russian spearphising attack is a lie. All 35,813 DNC emails posted on Wikileaks are in a FAT format according to the metadata. This means the emails were downloaded onto a recordable media, such as a thumb drive.

123

3 October 2019

Defence and Security / War and Peace

Three Saudi Brigades Annihilated in Devastating Houthi Offensive in Saudi Arabia

Initial reports indicate that the forces of the Saudi-led coalition were lured into vulnerable positions and then, through a pincer movement conducted quickly within Saudi territory, the Houthis surrounded the town of Najran and its outskirts and got the better of three Saudi brigades numbering in the thousands and including dozens of senior officers as well as numerous combat vehicles.

109

1 October 2019

Defence and Security / Energy / Intelligence / International Relations / War and Peace

Trump Says that the Military Response to the Attack on Saudi Arabia Will Be “Proportionate”

It is quite likely that a “proportionate response” is coming, and that could set off a chain of events that nobody will be able to control.

113

17 September 2019

Defence and Security / Economy / Energy / War and Peace

If You Think the Price of Oil Is Skyrocketing Now, Just Wait until the War Starts…

Of course U.S. airstrikes against Iran itself could ultimately spark World War 3, and most Americans are completely clueless that we could literally be on the precipice of a major war.

117

17 September 2019