Crooked Bough News Round-up

+ From Nabulsi to Shtayyeh: Which Side Is the PA On?—The arrest of a prominent Palestinian activist, Musab Shtayyeh, and an...

+ Iraq Monthly Roundup: 179 Killed during September—During September at least 179 people were killed, and another two were...

+ Referendums and Joining Russia—On September 27, referendums on joining Russia in the Donbas republics...

+ Something Is Rotten in the US Military—Originally posted at TomDispatch. Heres the curious thing: since at le...

+ Edward Snowden: An American in Moscow—When the Trump administration obtained an indictment of Edward Snowden...

+ How To Turn a Friend Into an Enemy: A Brief History of US-Russia Relations—During the American Civil War Russian Tsar Alexander II helped save th...

+ Iraq Daily Roundup: 19 Killed, 200 Wounded—At least 19 people were killed, and 200 more were wounded in recent vi...

+ Washington’s Pointless War on Behalf of a Fake Nation—The messages are coming in loud and clear today – from the crashing po...

+ Fact-Checking Biden’s UN Speech—On September 21, President Biden addressed the United Nations General ...

+ The Democratic Party, Now the Leading Party of War—Last May a remarkable column by Stephen Kinzer appeared in the Boston ...

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+ Poland preps anti-radiation tablets over nuclear threat—DefenceTalkPolish officials said Friday they had distributed anti-radi...

+ Finnish air force turns highways into landing strips—DefenceTalkFighter jet engines whined this week on a stretch of highwa...

+ Sweden allows military exports to Turkey after NATO application—DefenceTalkSweden announced on Friday it had reauthorized exports of w...

+ US warns Russia of ‘catastrophic’ consequences of nuclear strike—DefenceTalkThe United States has warned Russia privately of catastroph...

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+ NATO Chief Slams Russia’s ‘Nuclear Blackmail,’ Remains Cool to Ukraine’s Membership Bid—As Moscow moves to annex more land, Kyiv seeks speedier alliance actio...

+ Defense Business Brief: Fiscal New Year’s Eve; General Dynamics teases new Abrams; Drone submarine problems; and more.— [Category: Business]

+ Baltic Worries Mount as Russian Draftees Flood into Regional Training Sites—“Imagine hundreds of thousands training 70 kilometers from a NATO bord...

+ Today's D Brief: Putin cites ‘Satanism,’ ‘neo-colonialism’ during Ukraine annexation speech; Kyiv requests accelerated NATO membership; Hurricane Ian swings up the east coast; And a bit more.— [Category: Threats]

+ The Army Brief: Abortion leave bill; Pre-ordered HIMARS; 5G’s potential; and more...— [Category: Threats]

+ After Jan. 6 Texts Were Wiped, DOD IG Is Scrutinizing Pentagon Records Management—A review begun last August has expanded "based on concerns identified ...

+ The Naval Brief: USS Ford deploying soon; Delayed mining drone; Electric jet-ski robots; and more...— [Category: Threats]

+ Much-Delayed Carrier Won’t Go Far in Its First Deployment—Five years into service, USS Ford will exercise in the Atlantic ahead ...

+ Today's D Brief: Nord Stream mystery continues; Putin's annexation timeline; 18 more HIMARS to Ukraine; Pacific Summit in DC; And a bit more.— [Category: Threats]

+ Explainer: Russia's Illegal Plan to Annex More of Ukraine—As Moscow clears Red Square for a Friday ceremony, a look at popular s...

+ US to Send 18 More HIMARS to Ukraine Under Latest $1B Aid Package —But they won’t be available for two years, Pentagon says. [Category: T...

+ Democrats Introduce New Path To Protect Troops’ Abortion Access —An NDAA amendment that would give troops the time and money to cross s...

+ After Big Pentagon Contract Wins, L3Harris CEO Eyes More Growth —Three years after merger of L3 Technologies and Harris, the company is...

+ Today's D Brief: VP Harris to Seoul; State of the Space Force; China's economy is slowing down; FB takes down 'largest and most complex' Russian op; And a bit more.— [Category: Threats]

+ How Will the Military Use 5G? A New Drone Experiment Offers Clues—High-speed networking promises to help bring AI to bear on floods of b...

+ Oversight Of Nuclear-Weapons Contractors' Cyber Practices Has Been ‘Inconsistent’: GAO—The National Nuclear Security Administration incompletely implemented ...

+ Nord Stream Leaks Underline Gray-Zone Risks—Damaging a neighbor’s environment can be easy, cheap, and deniable. [C...

+ The US Navy Accused Him of Arson. Its Own Investigation Showed Widespread Safety Failures.—After the USS Bonhomme Richard fire, investigators found missing fire ...

+ The Air & Space Brief: Robot wingmen, finally?; NASA smacks asteroid; Abortion flights; and more...— [Category: Threats]

+ Today's D Brief: Russia preps for annexation; Nord Stream 1, 2 spring leaks; Medvedev's nuclear warning; CENTCOM evacuates ahead of storm; And a bit more.— [Category: Threats]

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As of 10/1/22 2:29pm. Last new 9/30/22 11:01am.

+ Thai Navy to Operate Hermes-900 on Maritime Surveillance and SaR Missions—Elbit Systems has received a contract valued at $120 million to supply...

+ IDF Fields Thousands of Interactive Information Devices Assisting Dismounted Leaders—Israel Defense Forces have received thousands of ORION Systems, provid...

+ Israel’s Rafael Acquires British Land Systems’ Specialist Pearson Engineering—Israel's defense company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. has comp...

+ Yemeni Houthis Display Iranian Drones and Loitering Missiles—Among many types of loitering missiles and attack drones displayed by ...

+ New Ballistic Missiles Displayed at the Houthi Military Parade—New ballistic, cruise and loitering missiles were shown by the Houthis...

+ Houthis a New Cruise Missile, Quds-3—New ballistic, cruise and loitering missiles were shown by the Houthis...

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+ Aretha Franklin and the Counterintelligence Program (COINTELPRO)—All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating...

+ Video: Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons Rampant Criminality—All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating...

+ Enforcing Islamic Attire on Women Sparks Protests in Iran—All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating...

+ Why Are Corporations Blamed, Instead of the Billionaires Who Control Them?—All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating...

+ Towards a “Global Censorship System”? International Alliance to Censor Speech—All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating...

+ Post-referendum Sanctions Will Not Deter Russia From Uniting with New Territories—All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating...

+ The Rise of Public Health and ‘Green’ Police: Securitization Theory—All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating...

+ Nord Stream: US Might Have Sabotaged European Energy Security—All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating...

+ “Global Covid Response”: Health Officials Admit Bill Gates “Runs the World”—All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating...

+ ‘Unprecedented’ US Pressure on Turkish Banks Hinders Russia’s “Mir Payment System”—All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating...

+ Where Are Our Weapons Going? US Transparency Is Taking a Nosedive—All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating...

+ Opportunistic Interests: The US-Pacific Island Declaration—All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating...

+ Polling: Americans Give No-Confidence Vote to Rigged Two-Party System—All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating...

+ Why Capitalism Is Incongruous with Democracy—All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating...

+ Headscarf Protests in Iran Bring Death to Iraq—All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating...

+ The Road to World War III: How US-NATO Forces Turned Libya into Hell on Earth—All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating...

+ The Insanity That Grips Washington—All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating...

+ Fake Reporting on the Blown-up Pipelines and Russia’s “Annexation” of Donbas—All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating...

+ EU Parliamentarian Calls to Sanction Vanessa Beeley and All Observers of Donbass Referendums—All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating...

+ What a Coincidence! Poland Inaugurates New Gas Pipeline Amid Nord Stream Leaks—All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating...

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+ ADASI readies newest loitering munitions for production—Autonomous systems specialist ADASI expects to complete the developmen...

+ Oshkosh Defense receives new ROGUE Fires contract—The US Marine Corps (USMC) awarded Oshkosh Defense with a USD23.7 mill...

+ Unfazed: PLAAF continued modernisation during the Covid-19 pandemic—In 2016 when Xi Jinping instructed the People's Liberation Army (PLA) ...

+ US funding Jordanian armoured vehicles for Palestinian forces—The US embassy in Israel has ordered armoured vehicles from Jordan Lig...

+ Thai navy orders Hermes 900 UAVs—The Royal Thai Navy has placed an order for Hermes 900 maritime unmann...

+ Taiwan takes delivery of locally built amphibious assault ship—The Republic of China Navy (RoCN) has taken delivery of its first loca...

+ Thailand starts trials of D11A rocket launcher—Thailand's Defense Technology Institute (DTI) has started trials of a ...

+ India's DRDO tests indigenous VSHORADS—India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has compl...

+ JASDF to upgrade F-15s, procure F-35Bs—Japan is moving ahead with plans to upgrade or retire older combat air...

+ Carrier Ford ready to make its first official deployment in Atlantic—US Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford (CVN 78) is scheduled to le...

+ DTDT 2022: Royal Navy official calls for new experimentation facility—A Royal Navy (RN) official has called for an experimentation facility ...

+ Ukraine conflict: Details of Iranian attack UAV released—The Armed Forces of Ukraine's Strategic Communications service has rel...

+ DTDT 2022: Preferred bidders announced for systems and data roles for UK machine teaming project—Two companies – Rowden and IBM – have been announced as the preferred ...

+ Spain launches national FCAS concept of use study—Spain has launched a concept of use study for the Future Combat Air Sy...

+ Hyundai Rotem, Kongsberg to collaborate on unmanned turrets for next-generation vehicles—Hyundai Rotem and Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace have partnered to ...

+ Rafael buys mine plough maker Pearson Engineering—Israel's Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has expanded its land warfare...

+ Australia, Singapore enhance joint amphibious assault capabilities at Exercise ‘Trident'—The Australian Defence Force (ADF) and the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF...

+ New Saudi corvette patrolling Bab al-Mandab—The Royal Saudi Naval Forces' (RSNF's) new corvette Al-Jubail is condu...

+ Ukraine conflict: NATO enhanced Vigilance Activity battlegroup in Slovakia declared combat-ready—The NATO enhanced Vigilance Activity (eVA) battlegroup in Slovakia was...

+ Ukraine conflict: Parliament discusses record 2023 defence budget—Ukrainian Finance Minister Sergii Marchenko presented Kyiv's draft 202...

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+ Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 30—Kateryna Stepanenko, Katherine Lawlor, Grace Mappes, Riley Bailey, Geo...

+ Iran Crisis Update, September 30—Nicholas Carl, Kitaneh Fitzpatrick, Zachary Coles, and Frederick W. Ka...

+ Special Report: Assessing Putin’s Implicit Nuclear Threats After Annexation—Mason Clark, Katherine Lawlor, and Kateryna StepanenkoSeptember 30, 12...

+ Iran Crisis Update, September 29— Kitaneh Fitzpatrick, Nicholas Carl, Zachary Coles, and Frederick...

+ Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 29— Kateryna Stepanenko, Karolina Hird, George Barros, Riley Bailey,...

+ Iran Crisis Update, September 28—Nicholas Carl, Kitaneh Fitzpatrick, Zachary Coles, and Frederick W. Ka...

+ Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 28— Karolina Hird, Katherine Lawlor, Grace Mappes, Riley Bailey, and...

+ Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 27—Kateryna Stepanenko, Katherine Lawlor, Grace Mappes, Riley Bailey, and...

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+ Microsoft Exchange Server Has a Zero-Day Problem—Plus: CIA failures allegedly got US informants killed, a former NSA wo...

+ The Challenge of Cracking Iran’s Internet Blockade—People around the world are rallying to subvert Iran's internet shutdo...

+ Go Update iOS, Chrome, and HP Computers to Fix Serious Flaws—Plus: WhatsApp plugs holes that could be used for remote execution att...

+ A Matrix Update Patches Serious End-to-End Encryption Flaws—The messenger protocol had gained popularity for its robust security, ...

+ Mystery Hackers Are ‘Hyperjacking’ Targets for Insidious Spying—For decades, security researchers warned about techniques for hijackin...

+ The Race to Find the Nord Stream Saboteurs—Damage to the pipeline that runs between Russia and Germany is being t...

+ Cloudflare Takes a Stab at a Captcha That Doesn’t Suck—The internet infrastructure company has an alternative tool to check w...

+ This Chatbot Aims to Steer People Away From Child Abuse Material—Pornhub is trialing a new automated tool that pushes CSAM-searchers to...

+ How to Advocate for Data Privacy and Users' Rights—Want to speak up against Big Tech, unjust data collection, and surveil...

+ The Dire Warnings in the Lapsus$ Hacker Joyride—The fun-loving cybercriminals blamed for breaches of Uber and Rockstar...

+ The Best VPNs to Protect Yourself Online—It won’t solve all of your privacy problems, but a virtual private net...

+ This Vote Could Change the Course of Internet History—UN countries are preparing to pick a new head of the International Tel...

+ VPN Providers Flee India as a New Data Law Takes Hold—Many companies have pulled physical servers from the country as a mand...

+ Child Predators Mine Twitch to Prey on Kids—Plus: A leaked trove illuminates Russia’s internet regulator, a report...

+ Slack’s and Teams’ Lax App Security Raises Alarms—New research shows how third-party apps could be exploited to infiltra...

+ Iran’s Internet Shutdown Hides a Deadly Crackdown—Amid protests against the killing of Mahsa Amini, authorities have cut...

+ The Ungodly Surveillance of Anti-Porn ‘Shameware’ Apps—Churches are using invasive phone-monitoring tech to discourage “sinfu...

+ A New Linux Tool Aims to Guard Against Supply Chain Attacks—Security firm Chainguard has created a simple, open source way for org...

+ Shadowy Russian Cell Phone Companies Are Cropping Up in Ukraine—But as Ukrainians retake ground, some of the firms are erasing their o...

+ Telegram Has a Serious Doxing Problem—The encrypted messaging app is a haven for politically motivated vitri...

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