Wondering Wassup,
I have been focused upon the assumption that Trump and Putin will meet to negotiate a Ukrainian peace deal in Alaska, as has everybody else. All interested parties are applying pressure to influence this assumed agenda. That makes something-else easier to accomplish quickly. America making a "completely acceptable offer" looks different, when cast in that light. It may have been an offer about something else.
Russia has said all along that the fundamental issue of European security arrangements, which respect Russian security needs, also, must be addressed first. How might that begin? Would nuclear-missile agreements cool down that stressful situation as a beginning? Gilbert Doctorow believes that to be the key first step for a win-win-win situation.
The question of a trans-Bering-Strait-train-tunnel is a new one to me, but Abraham Lincoln favored such a rail connection after the US bought Alaska from Russia, and before he died. There does not appear to be organized resistance to such an endeavor right now. It could be a bold initiative.
Air security is an issue for the Russian head of state. Russian air defense missiles have something like a 400 km range.
The closest US airport to Russia (45 miles?) is Gambell Airport, created in WW-2 to fly supplies to the Russian Allies from St. Lawrence Island, Alaska.
On 27 February 1974, a Soviet Union An-24LR carrying a crew of three and ten scientists on an ice-reconnaissance mission landed at Gambell due to fuel exhaustion in bad weather, causing a minor Cold War incident. Villagers, mostly Yupik Native Americans, provided space heaters and food. A U.S. Air Force C-130 flew in a load of fuel bladders with JP-1 fuel from Anchorage to refuel the An-24, which departed at 7:30 pm. She dipped her wings in salute in a pass over the airfield, then returned to Soviet airspace. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambell_Airport
Gilbert Doctorow, Transcript of Diesen interview, 8 August
What is the big issue that would have persuaded Mr. Putin and his close advisors that they should meet with Trump now? What could Mr. Witkoff have brought with him? Well, I think he had to have addressed the core issues. What he could have done to make the whole thing palatable to all sides, meaning also the Ukrainians if they are strong-armed and the Europeans, is to speak about phasing in what is essentially the Russian solution and presenting it in such a way that it would not look like what it is, which is virtual surrender. Virtual surrender is not acceptable to NATO, is not acceptable to the United States.
Mr. Trump will be pilloried if he does nothing to sweeten the settlement and to make it seem as though he’s in control. All the news we see on every possible subject these weeks has one newsmaker, and his name is Donald Trump. It gives you the sense that he’s in control of things even if he absolutely is not. And he is certainly not in control of how this war will end. But he has to have the appearance of that. And so he has decided that he should meet with Mr. Putin. And Mr. Putin has responded.
Although if you read yesterday’s and today’s “Financial Times”, oh, no, sorry, if you listened to the BBC this morning, you would understand that Putin was eagerly pursuing Trump for a meeting, because that will restore his prestige as an international player. That’s how they turn everything on its head.
Well, coming back to this answer to your question, I’ve been a bit long-winded, but the answer to your question: the Americans probably brought a phasing in, stage one, stage two, stage three, which makes it possible to sit and negotiate. The end result will be very much in accordance with the Russians’ demands, which are not maximalist. They haven’t changed one iota from where they were in June 2024, when Mr. Putin reiterated what he first said in February 2022, what Russia’s ambition is, although he put it more clearly and in easier-to- understand terms. But essentially it came to the same thing, what this denazification, well that’s regime change, the demilitarization, well the Ukrainian army goes, but mostly it’s evaporating in front of our eyes. So these things are being achieved and now they want to codify it, but they cannot do it in one session. That will be too awful for the West.
So I think the issue to discuss is how to phase this in, in a way that leaves Mr. Trump at least with an off-ramp that’s respectable and the Europeans can go to hell. They’ll have to accommodate to whatever the Americans and the Russians agree, because they will have no weapons to supply to the Ukraine and Ukraine will sink...
..What exactly? The overall overarching concept could be “separate the Russians from the Chinese so we can proceed with taking on China”.
However, that falls flat. There is no way conceivable that Russia is going to betray China... It is inconceivable that Mr. Putin will give free access to Russian rare-earth metals to spite China. That is off the table. So what exactly Mr. Trump hopes to achieve considering that Russia and China are inseparable, I’m not quite sure. So we really have to look a little bit further. And I’m not sure that Mr. Trump is, his advisors are blind to that reality. I also have mentioned the timing coming back to why 10 days or what 50 days because September 3rd is inconvenient.
It’s too close to the convening of this end of the Pacific war for World War Two the 80th anniversary celebrations will be in Beijing, to which Mr. Trump presumably is desperate to be invited. That is possible. It suggests that the Yalta type meeting that we all thought might possibly happen, when Moscow celebrated the 80th anniversary of the end of the European war, and didn’t happen. Maybe would happen now in the Pacific, in Beijing...
..Can’t see a solution on the ceasefire without the Europeans being brought in. But obviously not at the first meeting, just as it’s senseless to have Zelensky there when the only thing that could have motivated the Russians to agree to a meeting has nothing to do directly with the Ukraine conflict. It has to do, as you said, with revising the security architecture of Europe, for which Mr. Zelensky has no place at the table...
..What could they possibly have said to President Putin, what Witkoff could have brought with him, that would be considered constructive and could justify this meeting? And let’s take, put it in the historical context. What did the Americans and the Russians, who disliked one another, who didn’t necessarily respect one another, always put forward as the first topic for discussion? Arms control.
Arms control. That is the most value-neutral thing that they could discuss next week, which would set the tone for solving all the other issues, which would receive the undeserved acclaim in Europe and the United States. If they were to discuss restoring the intermediate and short-range missile agreement in a new form and preventing or removing the advance-positioned Russian missiles and the plans for stationing American missiles in Germany next year, that would be hailed by everybody. And from that good atmosphere, they could proceed to the really tough and miserable discussions about concluding the Ukraine war...
..If you take off this five-minute long delivery strike times of missiles within the European theatre, life gets a lot easier. You can breathe much easier, and the tension over European security would be toned down considerably. So that could be it, but it’s a guess, nothing more than a guess. https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2025/08/09/transcript-of-diesen-interview-8-august/ Arms control. That is the most value-neutral thing that they could discuss next week, which would set the tone for solving all the other issues, which would receive the undeserved acclaim in Europe and the United States. If they were to discuss restoring the intermediate and short-range missile agreement in a new form and preventing or removing the advance-positioned Russian missiles and the plans for stationing American missiles in Germany next year, that would be hailed by everybody. And from that good atmosphere, they could proceed to the really tough and miserable discussions about concluding the Ukraine war...
Gilbert Doctorow, Transcript of RT Interview, 8 August
And that’s what we’re going to see now in Ukraine. And nobody’s saying a word about it. But let’s use our minds. Let’s expand a little bit. Let’s be extravagant like Mr. Trump is. The Russians have $350 billion worth of assets that are now frozen in the West. Practically speaking, they have written that off. In their bookkeeping internally, they recouped most of that money by the extraordinary profitability of selling hydrocarbons in the first days of the war. So $350 billion, well, you can buy a lot in Ukraine with that, can’t you?
And the opinion of Mr. Zelensky about refusing or accepting the $350 billion in exchange for all of the territory of Ukraine that Russia wants, which is the whole Donbass, the four oblasts that were named. Well, that’s a deal. That is Mr. Trump’s great art of the deal...
..Joint projects, of course. Kirill Dmitriev, the head of the Direct Investment Fund, has been an integral part of all discussions. And everyone knows that he is a backer of the old idea of a tunnel bridge connecting Russia and the United States over the Bering Strait. So that, of course, is an element that cannot be excluded. At the same time, the real possibilities for further development of whatever is reached on the 15th of August are on a different level. They are at global security...
..Mr. Trump has this problem of navigating Congress, and he is stuck with this Zionist presence in Congress. And he cannot, he doesn’t have much wiggle room in dealing with Israel for that reason. For this very reason, it is incumbent on Europe to do something and to take a lead and do something of importance on the world stage and not just kick the tires about Trump’s policies here and there. So, Europe has a great opportunity to lead peace in Palestine. I hope they take it. https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2025/08/10/transcript-of-rt-interview-8-august/ Alex Krainer, The significance of Alaska
On Friday, 15 August Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will meet in Alaska. The choice of that location sends a very hopeful message to the world. The importance of this project was not lost on the Russian government under Czar Nicholas II and his Finance Minister Sergei Witte who hired a number of American and French railway engineers in 1905 to carry out feasibility studies for the project. Unfortunately, the Czar was soon forced to abdicate, his Prime Minister was assassinated and the project never saw light of day.
It was revived once more under Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s administration and discussed in 1942 by his Vice President Henry Wallace and Stalin’s Foreign Minister Molotov...
..However, Wallace would soon be sidelined and replaced with Harry Truman, the clueless tool of the British oligarchy. Once FDR was safely dead, the project was memory holed again: connecting the two superpowers, whether physically, politically, socially, culturally or commercially, fell into disfavor.
In his “Iron Curtain” speech in 1946, Winston Churchill declared the Soviet Union as the enemy of the West. He delivered that speech in front of Harry Truman. https://alexkrainer.substack.com/p/the-significance-of-alaska
Trump–Putin Alaska Summit: Peace Talks And Power Plays On Former Russian Soil
What might look like a PR coup in the headlines is in reality a move at the highest level of geopolitics. By inviting Putin onto US soil, Trump openly breaks with the prevailing doctrine of keeping Russia isolated. The ICC arrest warrant, the sanctions regime, years of carefully cultivated enemy imagery — all of it, should the meeting take place, would evaporate in significance with a single photograph.
The message: The rules the foreign-policy establishment holds as untouchable are negotiable — not carved in stone — at least if the President of the United States decides so.
Behind closed doors, the focus will likely be on redrawing spheres of influence: a possible Ukraine endgame in exchange for Russian concessions — energy, Arctic passage, perhaps even a gradual distancing from Beijing. https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/trump-putin-alaska-summit-peace-talks-and-power-plays-former-russian-soil
Window dressing: Kiev’s European backers make counter-offer ahead of Alaska talks – WSJ
Ukraine and several European states have reportedly told US officials that only a “reciprocal” territory swap with Russia is possible https://swentr.site/news/622711-wsj-europeans-ukraine-prepare-counterproposal-us/
Vance Says US 'Done Funding Ukraine War' - Demands Europe Step Up https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/vance-says-us-done-funding-ukraine-war-demands-europe-step
Floated to hush-up critics? Polish News Outlet Claims Insider Info on Trump-Putin Tentative Agreement
Orban calls for Russia-EU summit - The Hungarian PM says the bloc’s leading nations must take an active role in peacemaking or risk losing relevance https://swentr.site/news/622679-hungary-pm-orban-calls-for-eu-russia-summit-ukraine/
Palestinian prisoners ‘electrocuted, starved, and beaten’ in Israeli jails: Detainees commission https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250808-palestinian-prisoners-electrocuted-starved-and-beaten-in-israeli-jails-detainees-commission/
466 protesters arrested in London as hundreds rally in support of Palestine Action
Israeli Strike Kills 5 Al Jazeera Journalists In Gaza, IDF Says They Were Part Of Hamas Cell https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/israel-strike-kills-5-al-jazeera-journalists-gaza-idf-says-they-were-part-hamas-cell
Ahead of a planned Israeli assault on Gaza City which UN officials warn will further exacerbate death and suffering for the Palestinian people, Israel has chosen to assassinate five Al Jazeera journalists who’ve been stationed there. Among those killed was Anas al-Sharif, one of the most high-profile surviving reporters in Gaza.
The IDF is of course claiming that al-Sharif was Hamas, because that’s what they always do. They’ve been murdering a historically unprecedented number of journalists and defending their systematic effort to blind the world to their actions in Gaza by claiming that every journalist they kill is Hamas. The journalists are Hamas, the hospitals are Hamas, the UN is Hamas, the peace activists are Hamas, the demonstrations are Hamas, telling the truth is Hamas, human empathy is Hamas, objective reality is Hamas. It’s all Hamas. https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/israel-assassinates-more-journalists
Trump yelled at Netanyahu for dismissing Gaza starvation – media
The Israeli prime minister’s office has rejected global reporting of the crisis as “fake news” https://swentr.site/news/622656-trump-netanyahu-phone-call/
The venue of a negotiation often predefines the balance of power between opponents. In that sense, it must be read as a clear show of force that both European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer — notably without military fanfare — traveled to Trump’s private resort in Turnberry to be politically “placed” by the American president. Judging by the outcome of those talks, one conclusion is unavoidable: the European Union no longer plays in the league of the great powers...
..Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel on August 15 to “away territory” in Alaska — once part of Russia — to preliminarily negotiate peace terms in Ukraine with President Trump. Trump sees progress in the stalemated conflict and stresses that the talks will likely lead to a land-swap arrangement “to the benefit of both sides.” ...
..By hosting the Russian president at such a neuralgic spot, Trump fuses historical reconciliation with present-day power politics, creating a symbolic setting that suggests readiness for compromise without conceding sovereignty. What might look like a PR coup in the headlines is in reality a move at the highest level of geopolitics. By inviting Putin onto US soil, Trump openly breaks with the prevailing doctrine of keeping Russia isolated. The ICC arrest warrant, the sanctions regime, years of carefully cultivated enemy imagery — all of it, should the meeting take place, would evaporate in significance with a single photograph.
The message: The rules the foreign-policy establishment holds as untouchable are negotiable — not carved in stone — at least if the President of the United States decides so.
Behind closed doors, the focus will likely be on redrawing spheres of influence: a possible Ukraine endgame in exchange for Russian concessions — energy, Arctic passage, perhaps even a gradual distancing from Beijing. https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/trump-putin-alaska-summit-peace-talks-and-power-plays-former-russian-soil
Playing hard-to-get: European Leaders Call For Protection Of Ukraine As Trump-Putin Summit Looms https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/european-leaders-call-protection-ukraine-trump-putin-summit-looms
Ukraine and several European states have reportedly told US officials that only a “reciprocal” territory swap with Russia is possible https://swentr.site/news/622711-wsj-europeans-ukraine-prepare-counterproposal-us/
'These Are Dead Decisions' - Zelensky Rejects Ceding Territory After Trump Talks Land-Swap https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/zelesnky-rejects-rejects-ceding-territory-after-trump-talks-land-swap-these-are-dead
Ukraine in Shock - Russian Forces Have Fully Breached the Defenses!️ Military Summary For 2025.08.12 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TyrdyolTUI
'Vital' Poll Shows Ukrainians Are For Peace - Putin's Envoy Dmitriev
Xi Tells Putin China Ready to Promote Peace & Negotiations on Ukraine - Report https://sputnikglobe.com/20250808/putin-xi-hold-phone-call---report-1122576722.html
Dmitriev cited relevant sociological data from the American Gallup Institute, according to which 69% of Ukrainians (up from 20% in 2022) support the earliest possible achievement of peace through negotiations, rather than war. https://sputnikglobe.com/20250808/vital-poll-shows-ukrainians-are-for-peace---putins-envoy-dmitriev-1122575101.html
False Flag Alert: Putin-Trump summit sabotage risk is real – senior Russian negotiator
“Titanic” provocation and disinformation efforts are incoming, Kirill Dmitriev has warned https://swentr.site/russia/622702-trump-putin-summit-sabotage/Lukashenko in Belarus has been the man: The Secret White House Backchannel That Paved the Way For Trump’s Summit With Putin https://time.com/7308021/lukashenko-belarus-minsk-backchannel-trump-putin/
According to Onet, the US proposal includes:
・A ceasefire in Ukraine, though not a full peace agreement.
・De facto recognition of Russian-occupied territories by postponing the status issue for 49 or 99 years.
・The lifting of most sanctions imposed on Russia and, in the long term, a return to energy cooperation – namely, imports of Russian gas and oil.
Meanwhile, the proposal reportedly does not include guarantees against NATO expansion – one of Moscow’s consistent demands.
Russia did not receive any promises that military support for Ukraine would cease. However, according to the outlet, this last point is said to be acceptable to the Russians. https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/08/08/polish-news-outlet-claims-insider-info-on-trump-putin-tentative-agreement/#more-274742
・A ceasefire in Ukraine, though not a full peace agreement.
・De facto recognition of Russian-occupied territories by postponing the status issue for 49 or 99 years.
・The lifting of most sanctions imposed on Russia and, in the long term, a return to energy cooperation – namely, imports of Russian gas and oil.
Meanwhile, the proposal reportedly does not include guarantees against NATO expansion – one of Moscow’s consistent demands.
Russia did not receive any promises that military support for Ukraine would cease. However, according to the outlet, this last point is said to be acceptable to the Russians. https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/08/08/polish-news-outlet-claims-insider-info-on-trump-putin-tentative-agreement/#more-274742
Hundreds attend protest with signs reading 'I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action' https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/466-protesters-arrested-in-london-as-hundreds-rally-in-support-of-palestine-action/3655081
Caitlin Johnstone, Israel Assassinates More Journalists To Hide Its Planned War Crimes
The IDF is of course claiming that al-Sharif was Hamas, because that’s what they always do. They’ve been murdering a historically unprecedented number of journalists and defending their systematic effort to blind the world to their actions in Gaza by claiming that every journalist they kill is Hamas. The journalists are Hamas, the hospitals are Hamas, the UN is Hamas, the peace activists are Hamas, the demonstrations are Hamas, telling the truth is Hamas, human empathy is Hamas, objective reality is Hamas. It’s all Hamas. https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/israel-assassinates-more-journalists
The Israeli prime minister’s office has rejected global reporting of the crisis as “fake news” https://swentr.site/news/622656-trump-netanyahu-phone-call/
Woman among victims as Israeli airstrikes and gunfire hit several areas, say medical sources https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-strikes-kill-14-palestinians-including-3-waiting-for-aid-in-gaza/3654038
Six more people were killed and 30 wounded after Israeli troops targeted civilians assembling near an aid point in central Gaza
Thousands of Palestinians congregate daily near food distribution points in Gaza. https://www.arabnews.com/node/2611250/middle-east
Thousands of Palestinians congregate daily near food distribution points in Gaza. https://www.arabnews.com/node/2611250/middle-east
President Donald Trump in February suggested moving more than 2 million people out of Gaza into neighboring countries https://swentr.site/africa/622643-us-model-resettling-palestinians/
Simplicius, Israel Announces "Final Plan" to Occupy Gaza
Orthodox MP warns Israel HEADED TO CIVIL WAR between secular & Haredi Jews over IDF compulsory draft
'You can't go to war with 1.25 million Haredi over their lifestyle; I'm telling you, send message to everyone: BE AFRAID' — MK Porush warns from protest tent outside AG office...
..This includes large ongoing general protests against the new Gaza occupation plan.
Next is the fact that multiple world leaders have had enough of Bibi. Macron announced France would officially recognize Palestine at the coming September UN summit. Other major countries followed suit, including Australia—also to announce recognition at the same time. Meanwhile, Chancellor Merz took the unprecedented step of ordering the cessation of all weapons transfers to Israel unless Netanyahu calls off the Gaza operation...
..Yesterday, news broke that Trump had allegedly “yelled” at Bibi on the phone over the “inconvenience” of being forced to defend Israel’s starvation of Gaza. https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/israel-announces-final-plan-to-occupy Next is the fact that multiple world leaders have had enough of Bibi. Macron announced France would officially recognize Palestine at the coming September UN summit. Other major countries followed suit, including Australia—also to announce recognition at the same time. Meanwhile, Chancellor Merz took the unprecedented step of ordering the cessation of all weapons transfers to Israel unless Netanyahu calls off the Gaza operation...
US-based contractor hired by UK to continue spy flights over Gaza https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250808-us-based-contractor-hired-by-uk-to-continue-spy-flights-over-gaza/
Israel's Smotrich says 'lost faith' in Netanyahu's Gaza vision, favours more brutal approach
The notorious far-right minister favours an immediate sweeping carnage in Gaza coupled with illegal Israeli settlements in the blockaded enclave. https://trt.global/world/article/3eaee1c59a30
AIPAC Attacks Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for Calling Israel’s Actions in Gaza Genocide - The pro-Israel lobby called Greene's remarks 'disgusting' https://news.antiwar.com/2025/08/07/aipac-attacks-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-for-calling-israels-actions-in-gaza-genocide/
The notorious far-right minister favours an immediate sweeping carnage in Gaza coupled with illegal Israeli settlements in the blockaded enclave. https://trt.global/world/article/3eaee1c59a30
Netanyahu is pushing back against international criticism. On Friday, the Israeli leader struck back at Germany as “rewarding Hamas terrorism by embargoing arms to Israel.”
“We are not going to occupy Gaza – we are going to free Gaza from Hamas,” Netanyahu said in a statement Friday on the social platform X.
“Gaza will be demilitarized, and a peaceful civilian administration will be established, one that is not the Palestinian Authority, not Hamas, and not any other terrorist organization. This will help free our hostages and ensure Gaza does not pose a threat to Israel in the future.” https://thehill.com/policy/international/5444092-trump-netanyahu-gaza-takeover/
“We are not going to occupy Gaza – we are going to free Gaza from Hamas,” Netanyahu said in a statement Friday on the social platform X.
“Gaza will be demilitarized, and a peaceful civilian administration will be established, one that is not the Palestinian Authority, not Hamas, and not any other terrorist organization. This will help free our hostages and ensure Gaza does not pose a threat to Israel in the future.” https://thehill.com/policy/international/5444092-trump-netanyahu-gaza-takeover/
The foreign ministers of Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia wrote that "any attempts at annexation or of settlement extension violate international law." https://www.euronews.com/2025/08/09/five-foreign-ministers-condemn-israels-gaza-city-takeover-plans-in-joint-statement
Andrew Korybko, Trump's geostrategic threat to Russia, China and Iran: The TRIPP Corridor Threatens To Undermine Russia’s Broader Regional Position https://korybko.substack.com/p/the-tripp-corridor-threatens-to-undermine
Martin Armstrong, Militarizing the Capital
Trump’s decision to send the National Guard into Washington, D.C., will be defended as a matter of national security. History teaches us this is not about protecting the people at all. The National Guard was deployed to protect the political class from the people.
The United States is now following the same path we have seen throughout history. In ancient Rome, once the Praetorian Guard was stationed in the city to guard the emperor, it became the power behind the throne. Their loyalty was to themselves and the politicians in control at the moment. The guard was not sent to protect the Republic, and certainly not the people. By the time Commodus was in power, the Guard was deciding who would rule, and the Senate’s role was ceremonial at best. The same predicament happened in America’s short history. There was genuine fear in late 1860 and early 1861 that secessionist militias or Confederate sympathizers might attack Washington, capture federal buildings, or even seize Lincoln before his inauguration. At the start of 1861, Federal troops were quietly moved into the city...
..Historically, militarizing a capital is interpreted by foreign capital as a sign of internal instability. The US government fears its citizens, and the leaders believe they need added layers of protection. https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/north_america/americas-current-economy/militarizing-the-capital/
Uh Oh! Heads-Up !!! Trump Talking "1929 Depression" -- Setting Stage to Blame the Courts https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/uh-oh-heads-up-trump-talking-1929-depression-setting-stage-to-blame-the-courts
Tulsi in shining-armor: CIA Leakers Weaponize “Sources and Methods” Talking Points to Target DNI Tulsi Gabbard https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/08/09/cia-leakers-weaponize-sources-and-methods-talking-points-to-target-dni-tulsi-gabbard/#more-274782
After examining state-reported breaches of election networks, the whistleblower said, "It seemed only brief interaction was occurring – in some cases, no unauthorized access, or even attempted access, was detected on 'victim' systems." Though the suspicious activity initially was attributed to Russian actors, further analysis raised doubts.
But when he brought his findings to his boss, ODNI's national intelligence officer for cyber issues, he was ordered to stop investigating and not include his findings in the final ICA draft.
"After being directed to conduct analysis of Russian-attributed cyber activity for the ICA, I had been abruptly directed to abandon further investigation," the whistleblower analyst said.
He added that his boss, whose name was blacked out in the whistleblower statement, "directed me to abandon analysis of these events, stating reports of Russia-attributed cyber activity were 'something else.'"
While the names of the whistleblower and his boss are blacked out in the report, a RealClearInvestigations search of federal records shows Vinh Nguyen was the national intelligence officer for cyber issues at the time. The whistleblower would have been Nguyen's deputy. https://realclearwire.com/articles/2025/08/08/whistleblower_ties_clinton_campaign_to_fake_russia_hack_1127658.html
But when he brought his findings to his boss, ODNI's national intelligence officer for cyber issues, he was ordered to stop investigating and not include his findings in the final ICA draft.
"After being directed to conduct analysis of Russian-attributed cyber activity for the ICA, I had been abruptly directed to abandon further investigation," the whistleblower analyst said.
He added that his boss, whose name was blacked out in the whistleblower statement, "directed me to abandon analysis of these events, stating reports of Russia-attributed cyber activity were 'something else.'"
While the names of the whistleblower and his boss are blacked out in the report, a RealClearInvestigations search of federal records shows Vinh Nguyen was the national intelligence officer for cyber issues at the time. The whistleblower would have been Nguyen's deputy. https://realclearwire.com/articles/2025/08/08/whistleblower_ties_clinton_campaign_to_fake_russia_hack_1127658.html
John Leake and Peter McCullough MD document: The Censorship Empire Strikes Back - Our newsletter has been blacklisted by SPAMHAUS SBL. https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/the-censorship-empire-strikes-back
The self-proclaimed "authority on IP and domain reputation" claims to have removed the Focal Points from its blocklist in response to my request. https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/spamhaus-responded-to-my-protest
"Escape Key", From Hierarchy to Technocracy
These aren't separate policies responding to different problems. They're connected pieces of a single framework that treats you not as a free human being, but as a data point to be monitored, measured, and managed for the stability of a larger system. https://escapekey.substack.com/p/from-hierarchy-to-technocracy
Don't worry. They fixed it: Security Expert Reveals Hacker Could Remote Control Cars Through Major Automaker's 'Dealership Portal' https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/security-expert-reveals-hacker-could-remote-control-cars-through-major-automakers
Turning coal, natural-gas and water into money and control: Mapping Data Center Capacity Around The World
Today, the U.S. leads globally in data center capacity by a wide margin.
Driven by hyperscalers like AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure, billions in investment are supporting foundational AI models.As this momentum continues, these tech giants are expected to remain key drivers of global data center growth. https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/mapping-data-center-capacity-around-world
This would be convenient if there were a secret underground city: Denver airport eyes small nuclear reactor to reach ‘greenest airport’ goals
The study will cost up to $1.25 million and is expected to take between 6-12 months to complete. https://interestingengineering.com/energy/denver-airport-eyes-nuclear-reactorThe truck-mounted laser can destroy up to 20 drones per minute with pinpoint accuracy at the speed of light. https://interestingengineering.com/military/worlds-first-100kw-laser
The lawsuit, filed last week in a California Superior Court, also accuses the hospital of retaliating against whistleblower Michelle Spencer, after she made public an internal hospital email that revealed the skyrocketing rates. https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/michelle-spencer-whistleblower-lawsuit-california-hospital-stillbirth-surge-covid-vaccine/
New study of 1,745 healthcare workers finds mRNA boosters raise risk of influenza-like illness by up to 70% and increase workdays lost by 50%. https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/breaking-eighth-study-confirms-mrna
A Midwestern Doctor, The Deadly Campaign to Shield All Pesticides from Legal Liability
Unmasking Bayer and Monsanto's Cruel and Destructive Legacy and How Toxic Sludge is Destroying Our Farmlands https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/the-deadly-campaign-to-shield-allOrganic Gardener (pictured with a few ripe tomatoes in August)
