The intel on Zelensky’s troubles with Ukrainian intelligence
The timing and circumstances that led to President Volodymyr Zelensky’s decision to relieve Ivan Bakanov, chief of Ukraine’s domestic security service, the SBU, was more likely driven by internal political considerations than counterintelligence revelations. That’s not to say that challenges concerning Ukraine’s counterintelligence environment are cause for concern. Ukraine reports at least 1,234 individuals were being investigated for high treason and collaboration
Read MoreYounger Republicans significantly more concerned about environment than older ones: Gallup
Younger Republicans are significantly more likely to worry about the environment than older Republicans, according to a Gallup poll published Monday. Of Republicans aged 18 to 34, about 32 percent say they worry "a great deal" about the quality of the environment, while 37 percent said they worry a "fair amount." Those aged 35 to 54 worry less, with 18 percent worryi
Read MoreThe ugly America, at home and abroad
“The Ugly American,” a 1958 best seller, became a 1963 hit movie starring Marlon Brando. The book was a precursor to what would become the Vietnam War and the absolute failure of American policy, strategy and diplomacy. The ugly American was Homer Atkins, the unsung hero sent to help the mythical Southeast Asian country of Sarkhan. Today, unfortunately, the positive portrait of this ugly American has metastasized into the ugly America, because, in many parts o
Read MoreUS condemns executions of former lawmaker, detainees in Myanmar
The U.S. Embassy in Myanmar on Monday condemned the country's military regime for executing a former lawmaker, a pro-democracy activist and two other prisoners over the weekend. The embassy tweeted officials were mourning the loss of Ko Jimmy, Phyo Zeya Thaw, Hla Myo Aung, and Aung Thura Zaw, whom Myanmar military officials executed despite international pleas to grant clemency to the prisoners. "We condemn th
Read MoreRubio fires back at Buttigieg over same-sex marriage legislation
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