U.S. charges four Americans with aiding Kremlin efforts + U.S. imposes economic sanctions on black community projects

Federal authorities charged four Americans on Tuesday with roles in a malign campaign pushing pro-Kremlin propaganda in Florida and Missouri — expanding a previous case that charged a Russian operative with running illegal influence agents within the United States.

U.S. charges four Americans with aiding Kremlin efforts

H/T: Natylie’s Place: Understanding Russia

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NAFO: Social-Media Account Overseen by Former Navy Noncommissioned Officer Helped Spread Secrets

Twitter thread on ThreadReader

Social-Media Account Overseen by Former Navy Noncommissioned Officer Helped Spread Secrets

There is no evidence that Ms. Bils, who had a security clearance during her Navy service, has used that access to steal any classified information herself. “I obviously know the gravity of top-secret classified materials. We didn’t leak them,” she said.

Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, a spokesman for the Pentagon, referred requests for comment on Ms. Bils and her role in reposting classified information to the Justice Department, which declined to comment

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“Ironically, if the same guy had leaked to the NYT, we’d be working feverishly to conceal it.”

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The NYT worked feverishly to find the identity of the guy leaking TS docs on Discord. Ironically, if they same guy had leaked to the NYT, we’d be working feverishly to conceal it.

David Philipps’ Tweet, archived)

New York Times military correspondent accuses paper of double standards for working ‘feverishly’ to find Pentagon leaker – whose identity colleagues would have ‘concealed’ if he’d given documents to them

His arrest was the culmination of a week-long scramble by the media and the U.S. security services to find him. The charge was led by [NED- & Soros-funded] Bellingcat, the investigative journalism group, and saw The New York Times and Washington Post battle to find more detail about the leaks and the person behind them.

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He guided a group of 20 to 30 people, mostly young men and teenagers, as they bonded over guns, racist memes, video games and international politics.

They’re making him out to be a ‘far-right anti-government extremist’! Kim Iversen mentioned that the media said that he talked about Ruby Ridge, and the Waco siege, among other things that they claim are ‘extremist’!

Leaked Document Appears to Show NATO Special Operations Forces are in Ukraine

SOF = Special Operation Forces. Pax = Personnel. DoS = Department of State, DoD = Department of Defense. DAO = Defense Attaché System. ODC = Office of Defense Cooperation. MSAU = Marine Security Guards (Marine Security Augmentation Unit). USSOF = United States Special Operation Forces.

A Pentagon document that has appeared on the internet as part of a trove of leaks shows the number of NATO special operations forces that are inside Ukraine, according to The Guardian.

Leaked Document Appears to Show NATO Special Operations Forces are in Ukraine

A Front Company and a Fake Identity: How the U.S. Came to Use Spyware It Was Trying to Kill.

A Front Company and a Fake Identity: How the U.S. Came to Use Spyware It Was Trying to Kill.

The secret contract — which The New York Times is disclosing for the first time — violates the Biden administration’s public policy, and still appears to be active. The contract, reviewed by The Times, stated that the “United States government” would be the ultimate user of the tool, although it is unclear which government agency authorized the deal and might be using the spyware. It specifically allowed the government to test, evaluate, and even deploy the spyware against targets of its choice in Mexico.

The secret November 2021 contract used the same American company — designated as “Cleopatra Holdings” but actually a small New Jersey-based government contractor called Riva Networks — that the F.B.I. used two years earlier to purchase Pegasus. Riva’s chief executive used a fake name in signing the 2021 contract and at least one contract Riva executed on behalf of the F.B.I.

The deal unfolded as the European private equity fund that owns NSO pursued a plan to get U.S. government business by establishing a holding company, Gideon Cyber Systems. The private equity fund’s ultimate goal was to find an American buyer for the company.

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