Daily Archives: 10. Juni 2023


10.06.2023 - 19:45 [ Haaretz ]

Meet the Hard-core Protesters Putting Their Lives on Pause to Defend Democracy

Far from being your typical extremists or “anarchists” – as the protesters are often denounced by representatives of Israel’s religious-right government – many of those devoting themselves full-time to the movement have never been involved in a political or social cause before (…)

In explaining the largely unanticipated, fierce pushback against the government by these mainstream Israelis, Ben-Porat likes to cite the famous parable about the frog in the pot of water: When the water’s temperature is turned up gradually, the frog fatally stays in the pot. But if it is thrown into the boiling water, it jumps out.

10.06.2023 - 19:19 [ Washington Post ]

Material on foreign nation’s nuclear capabilities seized at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago

(September 6, 2022)

A document describing a foreign government’s military defenses, including its nuclear capabilities, was found by FBI agents who searched former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence and private club last month, according to people familiar with the matter, underscoring concerns among U.S. intelligence officials about classified material stashed in the Florida property.

10.06.2023 - 19:15 [ Times of Israel ]

Indictment says Trump took nuclear docs and revealed a Pentagon attack plan

(9 June 2023)

“The classified documents Trump stored in the boxes included information regarding defense and weapons capabilities of both the United States and foreign countries,” the indictment said.

10.06.2023 - 18:52 [ Haaretz ]

Trump’s Trial: The Israel-Iran Connection

Matters came to a head during Trump’s final year in office, 2020, which started by the killing of Iran Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Force Chief Qassem Soleimani. Tensions between Tehran and Washington escalated. Netanyahu advocated for an American assault. The Pentagon, as directed, prepared and presented plans, but was reluctant to go on the attack.

In counts 33 and 34 of the indictment, Trump is described and quoted in a conversation with four people, none equipped with the essential top-security credentials to see and hear such secrets

10.06.2023 - 18:02 [ Truthout.org ]

Trump Will Face Espionage Act Charges in Mar-a-Lago Documents Case, Report Says

(June 8, 2023)

The Espionage Act is frequently used to target and prosecute federal whistleblowers. Many progressives have called for reforms to the law due to its use against figures like Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning, who exposed atrocities committed by the U.S. military and civil liberties violations by the U.S. government.

10.06.2023 - 17:44 [ New York Times ]

An Abrupt Move That Stunned Aides: Inside Trump’s Aborted Attack on Iran

(Sept. 21, 2019)

That about-face, so typically impulsive, instinctive and removed from any process, proved a decision point for a president who has often threatened to “totally destroy” enemies but at the same time has promised to extricate the United States from Middle East wars. It revealed a commander in chief more cautious than critics have assumed, yet underscored the limited options in a confrontation he had set in motion.

Three months later, some of Mr. Trump’s own allies fear the failure to follow through was taken by Iran as a sign of weakness, emboldening it to attack oil facilities in Saudi Arabia this month. Mr. Trump argues his decision was an expression of long-overdue restraint by a nation that has wasted too many lives and dollars overseas.

10.06.2023 - 16:57 [ El Pais ]

Recording reveals that Trump took a secret plan to attack Iran from the White House

One of the witnesses questioned was General Mark Milley, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, one of the highest-ranking national security positions of the Trump era.

The meeting that was recorded was held in July 2021 at Trump’s golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, with two people working on the autobiography of former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows, as well as aides employed by the former president, including communications specialist Margo Martin, according to CNN, which points out that Meadows talks about what appears to be the same meeting in his book.

10.06.2023 - 16:38 [ Truthout.org ]

Trump Recording Raises Threat of Potential Indictment in Mar-a-Lago Case

(June 1, 2023)

Federal prosecutors obtained an audio recording in which former President Donald Trump admits retaining a classified Pentagon document about a potential attack on Iran, raising the threat of a potential indictment in the Mar-a-Lago investigation, according to CNN. (…)

The meeting took place in July 2021 at Trump’s Bedminster, N.J., golf course with two people working on former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’ autobiography and Trump aides including communications specialist Margo Martin, according to the report. The individuals did not have security clearance required to see classified material.

10.06.2023 - 16:11 [ Seymour Hersh ]

THE NORD STREAM GHOST SHIP: The false details in the CIA‘s cover story

(Apr 5, 2023)

America’s Central Intelligence Agency is constantly running covert operations around the world, and all must have a cover story in case things go badly, as they often do. It is just as important to have an explanation when things go well, as they did in the Baltic Sea last fall. Within weeks of my report that Joe Biden ordered the destruction of the Nord Stream pipelines, the agency produced a cover story and found willing takers in the New York Times and two major German publications.

By creating a story of deep sea divers and a crew who did not exist, the agency was following protocol, and the story would have been part of the first days of secret planning to destroy the pipelines. The essential element was a mythical yacht ironically named the Andromeda—after the beautiful daughter of a mythical king who was chained to a rock, naked. The cover story was shared with and supported by the BND, Germany’s federal intelligence service.

10.06.2023 - 16:07 [ Washington Post ]

U.S. had intelligence of detailed Ukrainian plan to attack Nord Stream pipeline

(June 6, 2023)

Details about the plan, which have not been previously reported, were collected by a European intelligence service and shared with the CIA in June 2022. (…)

The source’s information could not immediately be corroborated, but the CIA shared the report with Germany and other European countries last June, according to multiple officials familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive intelligence operations and diplomatic discussions.

10.06.2023 - 16:04 [ Almayadeen.net ]

CIA reports Ukraine role in Nord Stream sabotage to yet another state

Germany‘s criminal office found that a Warsaw-based firm Feeria Lwowa – which has been dormant for years and is owned by a Ukrainian citizen – rented a luxury yacht called Andromeda from a German company, located near the pipelines, which was used in the terrorist operation.

10.06.2023 - 16:02 [ ORF.at ]

Medien: „Nord Stream“-Sabotage mit Spur nach Polen

Es gebe Hinweise, wonach ein mutmaßliches Sabotageteam Polen als Einsatzbasis genutzt haben könnte, so das „Wall Street Journal“ (Samstag-Ausgabe). Es beruft sich dabei auf die Auswertung von Daten der Segeljacht „Andromeda“, die im Verdacht stehe, bei der Sabotage der Pipelines genutzt worden zu sein.

Die Ermittler hätten die zweiwöchige Fahrt des Schiffes mit Hilfe von Daten aus dessen Funk- und Navigationsausrüstung, von Satelliten- und Mobiltelefonen sowie E-Mail-Konten vollständig rekonstruiert.