Rand gets it
>Do we have the answer for: Is Russia cabal controlled?
It would appear not
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2018/05/15/russias-security-chief-warns-of-satanic-opposition-influences-youth-a61456
Russia’s Involvement in Kazakhstan’s Crisis Could Have Wide Implications
Russia’s deployment of troops as part of a military alliance to put down growing protest in neighboring Kazakhstan will have major ramifications for Moscow’s foreign and domestic policy, experts told the Moscow Times on Thursday.
“For now, this is less an armed intervention than a police operation,” said Andrei Kortunov, head of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), a Kremlin-linked think tank.
“But if it drags on, consequences for Russia could mount up.”
The deployment of 3,000 Russian paratroopers came after Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev made a formal request for assistance to the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a post-Soviet military alliance led by Russia.
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/01/06/russias-involvement-in-kazakhstans-crisis-could-have-wide-implications-a75985
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GeoPoliticalAnon nailed it. Harassment on two fronts is the play.
>I think Xi is in on it but that needs to be proven, still. Remember the meeting at the Forbidden city, no listening devices.
Yes, Xi is very much the great unknown.
So many variables.
>Xi still looks promising.
Well…
Xi Jinping sends message of support to Kazakhstan’s Kassym-Jomart Tokayev as unrest continues
“China is willing to provide necessary support to Kazakhstan to help Kazakhstan tide over its difficulties. Regardless of the risks and challenges encountered, China is Kazakhstan’s trusted friend and reliable partner,” Xi said.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3162596/chinese-president-xi-jinping-sends-message-support-kazakhstans
Feds: FBI informant tried to help the Whitmer kidnap plot suspects
The feds caught a rat.
According to an explosive new court filing, a rogue undercover informant was a double agent, secretly trying to help the Gretchen Whitmer kidnap plot suspects snatch the governor, tipped one man off that the feds were onto the group, and tried to thwart their arrests and continue the scheme. This same informant offered to use a drone to carry out domestic terrorism acts, records show, and use charity funds to pay for attacks.
But the feds caught on to him and booted him from the case. He was known as Steve, one of four rogue actors in the Whitmer investigation who have been kicked off the case over misdeeds that the defense hopes to use to derail the government's case at trial in March.
"Steve was a 'double agent,' often working against the interests of the government," federal prosecutors disclosed in a Thursday court filing.
"Steve attempted to obstruct the defendants’ arrest and continue the kidnapping plot," the filing states, adding Steve also defied the instructions of his FBI handlers.
"Steve contacted at least one of the defendants shortly before their arrest and said he had been stopped by the feds," prosecutors wrote, alleging the informant also took measures to cover up his own acts.
After contacting one of the defendants, prosecutors said, Steve contacted another informant — not knowing they were an informant — and asked them to "delete the in-car recording of the surveillance of the governor's home."
"Steve told the informant that he would act as the leader in coordinating attacks in multiple states going forward," prosecutors added, noting that never happened. Steve got fired from the case and wound up getting criminally charged and convicted of being a felon in possession.
"Because (informant) Steve’s actions were so far outside the bounds of the cooperation agreement, it was terminated," wrote prosecutors, who are trying to keep any comments Steve made during the investigation out of the trial.
"As with all informants, before cooperating with the FBI, he agreed to a number of rules and terms. Those included following agent direction, not committing unsanctioned crimes, candid disclosure to his handling agents, and others … Steve violated those rules, ending his cooperation and relationship with the FBI," prosecutors wrote. "Steve also failed to record, and to disclose, the presence of existing recordings of pertinent conversations and events."
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/01/06/fbi-informant-tried-help-whitmer-kidnap-plot-suspects/9120090002/
The key to Nelson Mandela's Robben Island prison cell is returning to South Africa
January 7, 20223:41 PM ET
Mandela was held at Robben Island prison for 18 of his 27 years behind bars in South Africa. In 1964, he was sentenced to life in prison for plotting to overthrow South Africa's racist apartheid system. In 1994, he was elected the nation's first Black president and remains a global icon.
https://www.npr.org/2022/01/07/1071278075/nelson-mandela-robben-island-prison-cell-key-auction
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Interesting choice of photo.
Julian Assange: Campaigners mark 1,000 days since Wikileaks founder was imprisoned
Campaigners calling for the release of Julian Assange are staging events to mark the 1,000 days the WikiLeaks founder has spent in prison.
His supporters are set to gather outside Belmarsh Prison in London, where he is being held as the United States continues its attempt to have him extradited.
The 50-year-old is wanted in the US over an alleged conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information following WikiLeaks’ publication of hundreds of thousands of leaked documents relating to the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/julian-assange-wikileaks-founder-imprisoned-b1986804.html
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Thoughts on JA?