Category Archives: Russia

Two Years Ago — Leon Theremin & “The Thing” [UPDATE : FBI Report released after 70 years!]

Posted on March 17, 2024 by L

“Theremin did some of his best scientific work while imprisoned by one of the most repressive regimes of the 20th century. This brilliant scientist crossed path with the CIA more than once — to our detriment.” Benjamin R. Fisher CIA … Continue reading →

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Spy Quotes — Leon Theremin & “The Thing” [UPDATE : FBI Report released after 70 years!]

Posted on March 17, 2022 by L

“Theremin did some of his best scientific work while imprisoned by one of the most repressive regimes of the 20th century. This brilliant scientist crossed path with the CIA more than once — to our detriment.” Benjamin R. Fisher — … Continue reading →

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Five Years Ago — Russiagate Intel Report Suspiciously Anachronistic [Has anyone read annex A?]

Posted on January 9, 2022 by L

“The newly-released intelligence report describing Russia’s efforts to undermine the US election is a brick short of a load.” General Michael Hayden — Former head of the CIA and National Security Agency (January 7 2017) January 8 2017 — The … Continue reading →

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One Year Ago — New York Times Hiring Moscow Correspondent [UPDATE — Who got this wonderful job?]

Posted on November 22, 2021 by L

“Nobody reading this could have any doubt about what the editors of the New York Times expect of candidates for this post. Objective, balanced coverage of Russian realities is clearly not a priority. The chosen correspondent is to look at … Continue reading →

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Two Years Ago — Former Norway Border Inspector Frode Berg Is Released In Spy Swap [November 15 2019]

Posted on November 15, 2021 by L

“The time spent in prison has been a large burden for Frode Berg and his family. We are happy that he can now be reunited with his family.”  Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg November 15 2021 — On November 15 … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Former FSB Officer Alexander Litvinenko Dies (November 23 2006) [UPDATE — ECHR : “Assassination imputable to Russia”]

Posted on September 21, 2021 by L

“The evidence suggests that the only credible explanation is, in one way or another, that the Russian state is involved in Litvinenko’s murder.” Scotland Yard lawyer — Court hearing in London (2015)   November 23 2020 — On November 1st 2006, … Continue reading →

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On This Day — U.S. Ambassador to the UN Henry Cabot Lodge unveiled ‘The Thing’ [Microwave Spying & Compromise of the Great Seal] (May 26 1960) 

Posted on May 26, 2021 by L

“On this day in 1960 during a UN Security Council meeting, then-U.S. Ambassador to the UN Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. stunned the world when he revealed a covert listening device in a wooden carving of the U.S. Great Seal gifted … Continue reading →

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Four Years Ago — Russiagate Intel Report Suspiciously Anachronistic

Posted on January 8, 2021 by L

“The newly-released intelligence report describing Russia’s efforts to undermine the US election is a brick short of a load.” General Michael Hayden — Former head of the CIA and National Security Agency (January 7 2017) January 8 2017 — The … Continue reading →

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Four Years Ago — President Obama Announces Sanctions Against Russia For Elections Interference (December 29 2016)

Posted on December 29, 2020 by L

“I have issued an executive order that provides additional authority for responding to certain cyber activity that seeks to interfere with or undermine our election processes and institutions, or those of our allies or partners. Using this new authority, I … Continue reading →

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New York Times Hiring Moscow Correspondent [UPDATE — How MSM Select Their Foreign Correspondents]

Posted on November 24, 2020 by L

“Nobody reading this could have any doubt about what the editors of the New York Times expect of candidates for this post. Objective, balanced coverage of Russian realities is clearly not a priority. The chosen correspondent is to look at … Continue reading →

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