27 December 2019

A 2019 Re-View > A look Back at The Intercept's Must-Read National Security Stories

Revealing the Real Threats and the Manufactured Ones:

The Intercept’s 2019 National Security Coverage







There are ten (10) included


 
Erik Prince - The Intercept
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Interview / Amy Goodman Democracy Now May 2019
War & Peace
Ex-Blackwater CEO Erik Prince Makes a Comeback Under Trump
LINK > TruthOut.org VIDEO
".  . . Erik Prince in the spotlight after more than a decade of largely working in the shadows after Blackwater shut down.

In a major new report, The Intercept looks at Prince’s latest actions, including his pitch to privatize the war in Afghanistan
his creation of a mercenary army for the United Arab Emirates
a history of mismanaged projects that have soured his relationships with leaders around the world
and his comeback, made possible with the help of the Trump administration. We speak with Matthew Cole, the investigative journalist who wrote the story.
It’s titled “The Complete Mercenary: How Erik Prince Used the Rise of Trump to Make an Improbable Comeback.”

THE COMPLETE MERCENTARY:
HOW ERIC PRICE USED THE RISE OF TRUMP
TO MAKE AN IMPROBABLE COMEBACK
Erik Prince now offers a complete mercenary supply chain: anything from military hardware to social media manipulation in partnership with Project Veritas.
By Matthew Cole __________________________________________________________________________________
Complete List:
https://theintercept.com/2019/12/25/the-intercept-2019-national-security/

Who the Justice Department decides to prosecute as a domestic terrorist has little to do with the harm they’ve inflicted or the threat they pose to human life.
By Trevor Aaronson, Margot Williams, Alleen Brown, Alice Sperm
Rashid Al-Malik reported to UAE intelligence on the Trump administration’s Middle East policy as part of a broader influence effort.
By Alex Emmons, Matthew Cole

The writer Heshmat Alavi pushes regime change in Iran. But an MEK defector says the controversial, exiled opposition group created the persona.
By Murtaza Hussein
Erik Prince now offers a complete mercenary supply chain: anything from military hardware to social media manipulation in partnership with Project Veritas.
By Matthew Cole

Donald Trump says Saudi Arabia could turn to Russia or China for arms, but the French intelligence report emphasizes its dependence on the West.
By Alex Emmons

Many observers now seem to think this suddenly hot story came out of nowhere this year, but that is not true.
By James Risen

“I wasn’t running,” Sater told The Intercept. “I don’t need to worry about the morality of ‘should a candidate be involved in business?’”
By Johnny Dwyer

Giuliani’s entire post-government life has been a case study in ethical adventurism, if not actual criminal conduct.
By Johnny Dwyer

The rumor that Joe Biden abused his power to protect his son’s business interests in Ukraine is “absolute nonsense,” leading anti-corruption activist says.
By Robert Mackey

British authorities will have to decide whether to send the WikiLeaks founder to stand trial in the United States for publishing true information.
By Robert Mackey
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