Fascinating look into how Russia is using chat platforms such as Telegram to recruit young, marginalized people in Europe, often immigrants and mostly men, to undertake mundane yet damaging acts of spying and sabotage wsj.com/world/europe/t…

This excellent Eliza Collins piece on Ruben Gallego doubles as a warning about Biden’s weakness w Hispanic men

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Biden's new China tariffs include ship-to-shore cranes, imposing a new duty of 25%. The Wall Street Journal first reported about the security concerns around China-built cranes last year and in March broke news about comms gear found within them.

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U.S. spy agencies are adopting new limits to their purchasing of commercial data gleaned from smartphone apps, cars and household appliances. But they will still collect those data troves without a warrant when the data is about Americans.

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Microsoft created an air-gapped ChatGPT for spies to use. Most generative AIs use the cloud, but US intel community wanted ability to run queries on classified info and not have it leak to the cloud or get hacked. 'it’s on a special network that’s only accessible by the US…

The 234-page report on the FDIC culture is out & includes many examples of brazen misconduct. A senior examiner was known for going to brothels with colleagues on work trips. A former exec was thrown out of a strip club for inappropriately touching dancers. Employees said they…

“It is inevitable that a significant number of birds will perish.”

Run as soon as you can to a screen near you to read this Eliot Brown story on construction woes confronting Saudi Arabia’s plans for 105-mile long twin skyscrapers in the desert. wsj.com/world/middle-e…

It’s Sunday May 5, 2024.

WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained by the FSB Mar 29, 2023.

1 year & 37 days ago

JOURNALISM IS NOT A CRIME!
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FREE EVAN NOW!

#IStandWithEvan

Fantastic job this morning by Vaughn Hillyard during his debut panel appearance on Meet the Press!

10/10 tie selection and 20/10 analysis of political state of play in Arizona. “No one knows Arizona better than you,” Kristen Welker gushed.

'In fact, when officials exaggerate the efficacy and impact of foreign influence operations, the ones who benefit the most are the very regimes that produce it.' foreignaffairs.com/russian-federa…

An important read from some smart people:

Thank you The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and The New York Times for this powerful letter and for coming together on #WorldPressFreedomDay2024 to advocate for something that puts all of us on the same team: It's time to bring Evan Gershkovich and Austin Tice home.
#IStandwithEvan #FreeAustin

Today marks 400 days since Evan was jailed for doing his job, another grim milestone that we hoped would never come. Evan has missed out on so much, isolated from the world that he loves and covered so well. There is a big hole in our hearts that won’t be filled until he is free

This Rebecca Ballhaus Eliza Collins story about the chaos inside RFK Jr's campaign is 👀
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Asked by Time why he hadn’t called for Gershkovich’s release earlier, Trump said: “I guess because I have so many other things I’m working on. I have hundreds of things.” wsj.com/politics/polic…

NEW: Border communities in Texas have purchased a technology that tracks people through their Bluetooth and WiFi signals. It can track you through your wireless earbuds. The product is called Trafficatch & it's integrated into license plate reader systems
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