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CIA Director Burns recently traveled to Ukraine to meet Zelenskiy - U.S. official

CIA Director William Burns recently traveled in secret to Ukraine's capital to meet President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a U.S. official told Reuters on Thursday.

Reuters

Best podcasts of the week: The sinister theories behind the ‘Havana syndrome’ phenomenon

In this week’s newsletter: American officials have for years been struck by a mystery illness on diplomatic visits. One journalist investigates why in The Sound. Plus: five of the best anthology podcasts

The Guardian - UK

Review: 'Code Name Blue Wren,' by Jim Popkin

NONFICTION: The fascinating story of Ana Belen Montes, an American bureaucrat — and spy for Cuba.

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Deep seabed mining plans pit renewable energy demand against ocean life in a largely unexplored frontier

As companies race to expand renewable energy and the batteries to store it, finding sufficient amounts of rare earth metals to build the technology is no easy feat. That’s leading mining companies to take a closer look at a largely unexplored frontier – the deep ocean seabed.

The Conversation

CIA director warned Zelensky of assassination threat at secret meeting before Russia invasion, book claims

Author Chris Whipple revealed the warning in his forthcoming book “The Fight of His Life: Inside Joe Biden’s White House”

The Independent UK

With Classified Documents, the Real Divide Is Between the Powerful and the Rest of Us

It's not Trump vs. Biden: High officials play fast and loose with government secrets, but only regular people face harsh penalties.

Reason

Despite our political differences, we must listen to each other

Let’s take a close look at the feelings of the electorate regarding the divisions between Republicans and Democrats. Most Americans want politicians who will work together.

Chicago Sun-Times

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GOP's new "Church Committee": Not quite!

There's definitely a history lesson behind the GOP's phony investigation. But it's not the one they claim

Salon

CIA Chief Meets Haftar, Dbeibah in Libya

US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief William Burns started an unannounced trip to Libya on Thursday. In his first official visit to the country, Burns met with Libyan National Army (LNA) commander Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi and then with the head of the interim government of national unity (GNU), Abdulhamid…

Asharq Al-Awsat

CIA chief makes rare visit to Libya

U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief William Burns made a rare trip to Libya on Thursday, meeting Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah in Tripoli, the Libyan government said.

Reuters

US spies lag rivals in seizing on data hiding in plain sight

Many current and former intelligence officials are increasingly warning that the $90 billion U.S. spy apparatus is falling behind because it has not embraced collecting open-source intelligence

The Independent UK

Forget Russia's Twitter Trolls—America's Censorious Officials Are a Bigger Threat

Researchers: Moscow’s social media meddling had little impact on the 2016 election.

Reason

House GOP is teeing up probes of Justice Department, Intelligence

The House is poised to set up a special panel to scrutinize investigations by the Justice Department and other agencies, including into ongoing criminal inquiries and alleged pressure on social media companies.

Tribune News Service

Into the 'Ryanverse'

After a three-year pause due to the pandemic, the long-awaited action-thriller series Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan is finally back to Prime Video and on our screens for its third season. Often referred to as America's version of James Bond, Jack Ryan is based on characters from the fictional "Ryanverse" political…

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Al Qaeda succession after al-Zawahiri's death still unclear -U.S. official

The succession of Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was believed to have been killed in a U.S. raid last year, remains unclear, a U.S. intelligence official said on Tuesday.

Daily Mirror

'UFOs are real!' Former Department of Defence official makes astonishing revelation

Luis Eiizondo worked on the US military's aerospace threat program and spoke out during a public event, saying that he believed UFOs are real and sightings are genuine

Chicago Tribune

Nina Metz: Spies like us — from the self-serious ‘Jack Ryan’ to the darkly funny ‘The Recruit’ streaming has embraced the espionage drama

A cluster of espionage dramas premiered over the last few weeks and it’s a genre that works best when the ratio of “piecing things together” to “there will be blood” is weighted toward the brainier side of things. I’m fine with a soupcon of action and violence, so long as…

The Independent UK

Elon Musk sparks heated debate on Twitter saying Ukraine shouldn’t use tanks against Russia

Social media users dismissed him as having ‘zero expertise’ on the issue

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The Independent UK

Ex-Bolivia official receives stiff jail sentence for bribes

A former Bolivian interior minister has been sentenced in the United States to nearly six years in prison for taking at least $532,000 in bribes to help a Florida company win a lucrative contract to sell tear gas to his country's government

Al Jazeera

Five ways the US Supreme Court reshaped policy in 2022

The court’s new conservative majority issued rulings over the past year on abortion, gun rights, religion and more.

Reason

Review: Why Does the CIA Need a Podcast?

The director worries that the public doesn't trust his spy agency.

Tribune News Service

The party never ends in spirited, radiant San Antonio

San Antonio may be America’s most vibrant city. It’s a city where cultures collide and the best of each is absorbed into its fabric. It’s a city of mariachis and margaritas, fiestas and fajitas, beer and brisket. A city with a history that few other American cities can equal.

The Independent UK

Treason review: For a show about intelligence, this Netflix spy saga is sadly lacking any

Charlie Cox fails to deliver as a high-flying MI6 operative

ABC News

Putin claims he's ready to negotiate, blames Ukraine for lack of talks

Speaking with state media, Mr Putin says that while Russia is acting in the "right direction" in Ukraine he is willing to pursue "acceptable solutions" to end the conflict.

Evening Standard

Vladimir Putin accuses West of trying to ‘tear apart’ Russia in Christmas Day message

Vladimir Putin has said the West is looking to “tear apart” Russia in an interview broadcast on Sunday.

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