...Presents Danger for Scotland Yard in Russia
>(excerpt):
LONDON—As one of Britain’s most senior counterterror investigators, former Detective Inspector Brian Tarpey conducted operations at the height of The Troubles in Northern Ireland; followed the trail of jihadis to North Africa; entered the notorious Black Beach prison in Equatorial Guinea; and tracked the 2005 London terrorists all the way back to their lawless training camps in Pakistan.
In all of his investigations, he says he was harmed only once: in Moscow, during the hunt for the killers of Alexander Litvinenko. The Russian dissident had died in London after being poisoned with a dose of the radioactive isotope polonium-210 that was slipped into a pot of tea."
>(italics mine; follow the link below to read the entire article)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/uk-co...inenkos-killers?via=newsletter&source=Weekend
>Also, for those still pretending the real issue about Russia is a few tweets or Facebook posts that merely inflamed the already-existing crazy that defines the two basic extreme political camps in the country today, with one side refusing to believe it happened for fear it would undermine Trump's victory and the other side still trying to "prove" something for which no proof has yet been made public (still no evidence he colluded with Putin during the election-- Putin was more than happy to help without being asked, using channels not necessarily conscious of what they were doing, and Hillary wasn't going to win anyway, her own fault) here is a two part Frontline expose on the truly nefarious force Putin is in the world today (this is part one, part two can be found below the player in the link below):
Putin’s Revenge
http://www.pbs.org/video/putins-revenge-mzz1lp/
>And of course, for those still in denial, how much do you like our electrical grid?
U.S. says Russian hackers targeted American energy grid
>(excerpt):
"The Trump administration on Thursday accused Russian government hackers of carrying out a deliberate, ongoing operation to penetrate vital U.S. industries, including the energy grid — a major ratcheting up of tensions between the two countries over cybersecurity."
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/15/dhs-fbi-russia-hackers-targeted-energy-grid-813745
>(excerpt):
LONDON—As one of Britain’s most senior counterterror investigators, former Detective Inspector Brian Tarpey conducted operations at the height of The Troubles in Northern Ireland; followed the trail of jihadis to North Africa; entered the notorious Black Beach prison in Equatorial Guinea; and tracked the 2005 London terrorists all the way back to their lawless training camps in Pakistan.
In all of his investigations, he says he was harmed only once: in Moscow, during the hunt for the killers of Alexander Litvinenko. The Russian dissident had died in London after being poisoned with a dose of the radioactive isotope polonium-210 that was slipped into a pot of tea."
>(italics mine; follow the link below to read the entire article)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/uk-co...inenkos-killers?via=newsletter&source=Weekend
>Also, for those still pretending the real issue about Russia is a few tweets or Facebook posts that merely inflamed the already-existing crazy that defines the two basic extreme political camps in the country today, with one side refusing to believe it happened for fear it would undermine Trump's victory and the other side still trying to "prove" something for which no proof has yet been made public (still no evidence he colluded with Putin during the election-- Putin was more than happy to help without being asked, using channels not necessarily conscious of what they were doing, and Hillary wasn't going to win anyway, her own fault) here is a two part Frontline expose on the truly nefarious force Putin is in the world today (this is part one, part two can be found below the player in the link below):
Putin’s Revenge
http://www.pbs.org/video/putins-revenge-mzz1lp/
>And of course, for those still in denial, how much do you like our electrical grid?
U.S. says Russian hackers targeted American energy grid
>(excerpt):
"The Trump administration on Thursday accused Russian government hackers of carrying out a deliberate, ongoing operation to penetrate vital U.S. industries, including the energy grid — a major ratcheting up of tensions between the two countries over cybersecurity."
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/15/dhs-fbi-russia-hackers-targeted-energy-grid-813745
