The Lost Interview

“The Lost Interview” (just found by Judge Napolitano) for your weekend enjoyment. Yes, that’s I, talking from inner-city Washington where I had found my dream-job, before we set up the Tell the Word non-profit to free me to do full time what I still do.

No Backchannel Communication

Putin adviser bemoans fact that, amid the exchange of public threats, the absence of secure backchannel communication” raises pressure on BOTH SIDES to carry out such threats. And of course, the lack also greatly increases danger of accidental escalation.

The State of Wartime Russia

Nima shows inimitable EU chief Ursula von der Leyen saying Russian industry in such tatters that it is “taking chips from dishwashers for military hardware”. Rumor: Lockheed is now cannibalizing old Russian dishwashers; hopes to duplicate Oreshnik missile.

Ukraine Escalation and Adieu Netanyahu

UKRAINE ESCALATION & Adieu Netanyahu, with Scott Ritter, Ray McGovern & Ted Postol: Consortium News’s Joe Lauria asks the tough questions, and no one pretends to have all the answers. A lot of context as well as stories, good repartee. PLS JOIN US ON NOV 7