Raw File News Episode 13: A Little of This, a Little of That
CIA Files: True Stories of U.S IntelligenceShow Notes
This week on Raw File News (that’s what we’re calling the news now. What do you think?) –
Some progress in Ethiopia as a ceasefire has the potential to end the deadly conflict in Tigray…
Plus, Houthi rebels claim responsibility for a massive explosion that rocked an oil field in Saudi Arabia…
And mixed signals from Moscow as the bloody Russian invasion of Ukraine continues…
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright dies, and Guantanamo Bay gives her a strange send-off.
This is Raw File News…(seriously, what do you think of the name?)
Ethiopia: Tigray rebels agree ‘cessation of hostilities’ after government truce
Smoke plume seen after Houthi attack on Saudi oil facility ahead of Formula 1 race weekend
https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/25/middleeast/saudi-jeddah-aramco-attack-intl/index.html
Tensions rise again as Azerbaijani forces cross line of contact - report
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-702273
Russia says first phase of war is over as its advances in Ukraine appear to have stalled
Russia reasserts right to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine
McDonald's Flag at Half-Mast for Madeleine Albright Leaves Internet Baffled
https://www.newsweek.com/mcdonalds-guantanamo-bay-flag-half-mast-madeleine-albright-1691762
The CIA’s Psychic probing of Jupiter in 1973
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/NSA-RDP96X00790R000100040010-3.pdf
CIA Release of 1973 Controlled Remote Viewing of Jupiter
https://stillnessinthestorm.com/2017/06/cia-release-of-1973-controlled-remote-viewing-of-jupiter/
More from CIA Files: True Stories of U.S Intelligence
British aristocrat Donald Maclean, as a member of the Cambridge 5, worked his way to the top of the British Foreign Office while secretly working as KGB spy. His wife was in on it the whole time. How did an extremely wealthy and noticeable couple successfully spy for so long, and why? Learn about their backgrounds, deeds, and fates. This is the fourth episode to deal with the Cambridge 5. The other episodes are: Episode 7: Secret Agent Super Spy: Harold Kim Philby: The 1st in a series on the Cambridge 5, Episode 10: Kim Philby Part 2: I Really Must Be Going; The second episode on our series on the Cambridge 5, & Episode 11: Guy Burgess: I Gotta Be Me! This is the third episode in our series on the Cambridge 5. (First 2 are episodes 7 & 10)
This is our third episode in a three part series on CIA Directors who shaped US policy towards the Soviet Union and now Russie. I give an overview of the life of John Brennan, a straight talking Irishman from New Jersey. The episode ends with anecdotes about a stateside former American sailor pretending to be in the Donbass while promoting pro-Kremlin propaganda, a Ukrainian operation to trick Russians into burning down their own recruitment stations, a hacker who steals from the FSB and gives to Ukraine and the FBIs prosecution of alleged Chinese agents on US soil. The agents allegedly have set up a covert police station and are harassing dissidents.
This is our second episode in a three part series on CIA Directors who shaped US policy towards the Soviet Union. I give an overview of the life of Robert Gates a proverbial and literal boyscout. We also give a brief news update about Wagner in Sudan and Armenia's frustration with Russia.
From the OSS to CIA Director William Casey is the CIA Director who shaped America's Cold War policy and indirectly gave us GPS. Find out how. This is the first episode in a three part series on CIA Directors who influenced our present policy towards Russia. Though a sober man Casey was not without controversy.
We're taking a break from our weekly conversations to focus on our proper episodes. Look out for Frank Wisner, part 2 in two weeks. Then we're taking a short break to get things prepped for what we're generously calling Season 2 of CIA Files. Meanwhile, for international news, check out This Week Explained, which does a great job of covering current events around the globe.