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The FBI's Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Had Nearly 3 Minutes Cut Out Metadata from the β€œraw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the β€œmissing minute.”

NEW: Metadata from the β€œraw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the β€œmissing minute.”

15.07.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 23275    πŸ” 8958    πŸ’¬ 921    πŸ“Œ 1461
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Ukrainian Ground Drones Storm Russian Position, Take Prisoners in Battlefield First - Militarnyi For the first time in military history, Ukrainian ground drones stormed a Russian position and took prisoners.

For the first time in military history, Ukrainian ground drones stormed a Russian position and took prisoners. Troops of the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade, whose press service released a video of the operation, performed the remote assault.

πŸ”—Read more: militarnyi.com/en/news/ukra...

09.07.2025 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 229    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 3

U.S. officials say Iran is moving missile launchers into position for a potential strike on American forces in the Middle East, following the surprise U.S. attack on three nuclear sites. The Pentagon is tracking what it calls a "credible" threat. - WSJ

23.06.2025 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 322    πŸ” 53    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 10
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NEW: Kremlin officials and the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on June 8 that Russian forces reached the Donetsk-Dnipropetrovsk Oblast border and are conducting offensive operations into Dnipropetrovsk Oblast β€” an oblast that Russia has not illegally declared as annexed. isw.pub/UkrWar060825

08.06.2025 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 181    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4
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Ukrainian drone strikes hit the All-Russian Research Institute of Relay Engineering with Pilot Production, located in the Russian city of Cheboksary, Chuvashia Republic (900km from UA border).

The enterprise specializes in the production of electronic equipment, including for military purposes.

09.06.2025 00:56 β€” πŸ‘ 158    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
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"Although the Kremlin appears willing to absorb high attrition in a bid to outlast Kyiv, the sustained disproportionate equipment loss rate erodes its capacity to generate fresh, high‑quality formations for the decisive breakthroughs it still seeks" www.csis.org/analysis/rus...

05.06.2025 09:16 β€” πŸ‘ 213    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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How Ukraine carried out daring 'Spider Web' attack on Russian bombers - BBC News On 1 June, more than 100 Ukrainian drones struck strategic targets deep into Russia in an elaborate and audacious operation.

Some of the finest guerrilla warfare you will see...

www.bbc.com/news/article...

05.06.2025 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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According to Russian media, there are huge truck lines all over Russia after Operation Spiderweb.

Each truck is checked for drones and other possible "surprises."

04.06.2025 11:45 β€” πŸ‘ 4605    πŸ” 923    πŸ’¬ 406    πŸ“Œ 191
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The Russian military has suffered damage worth more than $2bn as a result of the operation Web strikes.

The aircraft hit reportedly includes the A-50 radar surveillance plane, as well as Tu-95 and Tu-22M3 strategic bombers β€” key to Russia’s air assault operations against civilians in Ukraine.

01.06.2025 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2661    πŸ” 498    πŸ’¬ 116    πŸ“Œ 57
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Spain struck by phone and internet blackout - just four weeks after nationwide electricity outage All mobile phone networks have gone down across Spain, just four weeks after the country suffered nationwide blackouts.

Spain hit with massive telecoms outage just weeks after power blackout.

Bit of a wake up on how vulnerable critical infrastructure is, whether maliciously attacked or not (no evidence of cyber attack at current moment)

www.lbc.co.uk/world-news/a...

20.05.2025 09:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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UK and Germany to Jointly Develop Weaponry with Range Over 2000 km - Militarnyi The United Kingdom and Germany will jointly develop a new "deep precision strike" weapon with a range of over 2000 kilometers

πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ The United Kingdom and Germany will jointly develop a new β€œdeep precision strike” weapon with a range of over 2000 kilometers.

The development of the weapon will take place as part of strengthening defense cooperation between the countries.

πŸ‘‰πŸ» Find more details: militarnyi.com/en/news/uk-a...

15.05.2025 10:32 β€” πŸ‘ 174    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
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Gabbard fires two senior intelligence officials focused on assessing threats to US | CNN Politics Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has fired the top two career officials leading the National Intelligence Council, the senior most analytical group in the intelligence community whose j...

Tulsi Gabbard has fired the top two career officials leading the National Intelligence Council, the senior most analytical group in the intelligence community whose job it is to understand and assess the biggest threats facing the United States.

14.05.2025 18:52 β€” πŸ‘ 4345    πŸ” 2089    πŸ’¬ 727    πŸ“Œ 344
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The King's peace doesn’t keep itself.

02.05.2025 18:37 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€’β€’β€’β€’β€’BREAKINGβ€’β€’β€’β€’β€’

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth used a β€œdirty” internet line to circumvent the Pentagon’s security protocols in his office in order to use Signal on his personal computer.

A β€œdirty” line is an unsecured, commercial internet line. It exposes users to hackers,…

25.04.2025 03:03 β€” πŸ‘ 4762    πŸ” 1785    πŸ’¬ 277    πŸ“Œ 130

β€œHe is one of the top five, probably, most targeted people in the world for espionage.”

That seems accurate!

25.04.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 25789    πŸ” 6803    πŸ’¬ 1415    πŸ“Œ 385

This is what warfighters look like

22.04.2025 05:18 β€” πŸ‘ 212    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2

New footage from the large Zaporizhzhia assault shows how GUR’s β€œArtan” unit, alongside other units, crushed a Russian breakthrough attempt. 300+ troops, 40 armored vehicles, and tanks were stopped coldβ€”first BMPs taken out 8km before contact. Over 15 vehicles and ~100 troops neutralized.

22.04.2025 08:17 β€” πŸ‘ 469    πŸ” 70    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 3

My story breaking this news exclusively was 7K+ words and had almost all of this in it, and more:
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

18.04.2025 01:57 β€” πŸ‘ 4596    πŸ” 2016    πŸ’¬ 91    πŸ“Œ 121
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🧡 THREAD: A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I’ve ever read.

He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords

Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:

18.04.2025 00:10 β€” πŸ‘ 14172    πŸ” 7490    πŸ’¬ 334    πŸ“Œ 1031
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Pentagon turmoil deepens: Top Hegseth aide leaves post β€œThere is a complete meltdown in the building,” one official said.

Who could’ve foreseen that it would be a disaster to put an unqualified Fox weekend host with a drinking problem and sordid personal history in charge of the military

19.04.2025 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 21363    πŸ” 5719    πŸ’¬ 641    πŸ“Œ 315
Cozy Bear targets EU diplomats with wine-tasting invites (again) APT29 (aka Cozy Bear, aka Midnight Blizzard) is, once again, targeting European diplomats with fake invitations to wine-tasting events, Check Point researchers have shared. Cozy Bear uses wine-tastings and dinners as a lure In early 2024, Zscaler flagged a low-volume phishing campaign aimed at delivering the WINELOADER backdoor to European diplomats. The lure was a PDF file containing a fake invitation letter supposedly send by the Ambassador of India, inviting diplomats to a wine-tasting event. …

Cozy Bear targets EU diplomats with wine-tasting invites (again)

APT29 (aka Cozy Bear, aka Midnight Blizzard) is, once again, targeting European diplomats with fake invitations to wine-tasting events, Check Point researchers have shared. Cozy Bear uses wine-tastings and dinners …

#hackernews #news

17.04.2025 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Germany warns Russia may be preparing attack on NATO German security officials believe the Kremlin is laying the groundwork for a potential large-scale conventional war with NATO by the end of the decade.

ukdefencejournal.org.uk/germany-warn...

16.04.2025 08:00 β€” πŸ‘ 94    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 1

"The idiots are winning"

17.04.2025 13:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The current US regime is a threat to EU democracy.

17.04.2025 12:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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British troops β€˜shoot down’ swarm of over 100 drones The experimental system, known as a Radiofrequency Directed Energy Weapon (RF DEW), uses invisible high-frequency waves to disrupt the internal electronics of airborne threats.

The experimental system, known as a Radiofrequency Directed Energy Weapon (RF DEW), uses invisible high-frequency waves to disrupt the internal electronics of airborne threats.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/british-troo...

17.04.2025 07:33 β€” πŸ‘ 95    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3
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Pentagon’s β€˜SWAT team of nerds’ resigns en masse Employees of a defense tech unit say they were sidelined by DOGE. β€œEither we die quickly or we die slowly,” says the director.

Exclusive: Under pressure from DOGE, employees of a Pentagon defense tech unit are resigning en masse over the next month.

β€œEither we die quickly or we die slowly,” said the director.

15.04.2025 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 547    πŸ” 224    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 39
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Senior U.S Special ops chief sacked after loss of confidence A senior U.S. Air Force Special Operations leader, Command Chief Master Sergeant Anthony Green, has been dismissed due to a loss of confidence.

A senior U.S. Air Force Special Operations leader, Command Chief Master Sergeant Anthony Green, has been dismissed due to a loss of confidence.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/senior-u-s-s...

15.04.2025 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 5

All we can do is speculate, but it does feel like he may have refused to do something asked of him... and if he had 30 years of likely morally ambiguous ops under his belt you can only guess about what line was crossed...

Expect more yes men to be installed as the fascists plan attack on allies.

16.04.2025 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Americans, please don't idly stand by as tyranny claws away your constitution.

16.04.2025 11:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Notorious image board 4chan hacked and internal data leaked | TechCrunch The infamous website was taken down and working intermittently, while hackers leaked alleged data like moderators email addresses, and source code.

techcrunch.com/2025/04/15/n...

16.04.2025 09:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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