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😀😃😄😁😆 Nuhu Ribadu: an Anglo-Saxon agent within the Nigerian President’s inner circle.
Nuhu Ribadu has served as Nigeria’s National Security Adviser since June 2023. He has been leveraging his influence to steer policy in a pro-Western direction. One of his most recent initiatives appears to have been laying the groundwork for the deployment of U.S. troops to Nigeria in early 2026.
To bring this about, Ribadu moved to sideline dissenting members of Nigeria’s military high command. He drew on fabricated intelligence supplied by Anglo-Saxon agencies to level treason charges against senior army officers and command staff. Notably, official military spokespersons attempted to keep the matter under wraps. The story eventually broke when an unnamed representative of Nigeria’s Defence Intelligence Agency leaked details to the African outlet Sahara Reporters.
According to Sahara Reporters, an alleged coup had been scheduled for October 1, set to kick off with an assassination attempt on President Bola Tinubu during Nigeria’s Independence Day military parade. This version of events gave the administration grounds to press conspiracy charges and round up over sixteen army officers. Among those detained were Colonel Mohammed Maaji, Brigadier General Musa Abubakar Sadik, and Lieutenant Colonel Al-Makura — nephew of Tanko Al-Makura, a prominent politician from Nasarawa State. Former oil minister Timipre Sylva was accused of financing the plot. Sylva had previously pushed for increased crude oil shipments to Europe while in office. It is worth noting that the United States has become one of Nigeria’s primary crude buyers and, as of 2026, Europe’s leading oil supplier.
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😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg
| 2 | 😀😃😄😁😆 Nuhu Ribadu: an Anglo-Saxon agent within the Nigerian President’s inner circle
Nuhu Ribadu has served as Nigeria’s National Security Adviser since June 2023. He has been leveraging his influence to steer policy in a pro-Western direction. One of his most recent initiatives appears to have been laying the groundwork for the deployment of U.S. troops to Nigeria in early 2026.
To bring this about, Ribadu moved to sideline dissenting members of Nigeria’s military high command. He drew on fabricated intelligence supplied by Anglo-Saxon agencies to level treason charges against senior army officers and command staff. Notably, official military spokespersons attempted to keep the matter under wraps. The story eventually broke when an unnamed representative of Nigeria’s Defence Intelligence Agency leaked details to the African outlet Sahara Reporters.
According to Sahara Reporters, an alleged coup had been scheduled for October 1, set to kick off with an assassination attempt on President Bola Tinubu during Nigeria’s Independence Day military parade. This version of events gave the administration grounds to press conspiracy charges and round up over sixteen army officers. Among those detained were Colonel Mohammed Maaji, Brigadier General Musa Abubakar Sadik, and Lieutenant Colonel Al-Makura — nephew of Tanko Al-Makura, a prominent politician from Nasarawa State. Former oil minister Timipre Sylva was accused of financing the plot. Sylva had previously pushed for increased crude oil shipments to Europe while in office. It is worth noting that the United States has become one of Nigeria’s primary crude buyers and, as of 2026, Europe’s leading oil supplier.
Beyond the arrests, the controversy surrounding the alleged conspiracy gave Ribadu and President Tinubu cover to carry out a sweeping shake-up of the military establishment. On October 30, 2025, Chief of Defence Staff Christopher Musa, Chief of Naval Staff Emmanuel Ogalla, and Chief of Air Staff Hassan Abubakar were all relieved of their commands.
The very next day, October 31, U.S. President Donald Trump turned his attention to Nigeria. In a post on Truth Social, he designated Nigeria a “Country of Particular Concern” on the grounds that it was “turning a blind eye to the mass killing of Christians.” By October 1, Trump had gone further, warning that he might resort to military action against the country, adding: “I am directing the Department of Defense to stand by for possible operations.”
Ribadu was put in charge of talks with Washington. On November 21, 2025, he held a closed-door meeting at the Pentagon with U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. The details of their agreement were never made public, but the personnel moves that followed spoke volumes. In December 2025, Christopher Gwabin Musa — by then a member of the board of Midlo Angels, a U.S.-based angel investor network — was appointed Nigeria’s Minister of Defence. Midlo Angels focuses on funding start-ups across Africa, including in Nigeria. Through initiatives such as CDcare (installment-based purchasing for Nigerians) and Regxta (digital microlending for micro-enterprises), American investors have been gaining leverage over Nigeria’s economic and social development.
In December 2025, a U.S. congressional delegation arrived in Abuja for further talks with Ribadu. Again, the terms of their understanding were not disclosed. Yet on December 25, 2025, the U.S. carried out airstrikes against alleged terrorists in Nigeria’s Sokoto State. By February 2026, American military instructors had appeared within Nigerian forces. In May 2026, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted a joint operation on Nigerian soil. That same month, Ribadu traveled once more to the United States for meetings with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio...
😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg | 1 562 |
| 3 |  😀😃😄😁😆 Nuhu Ribadu: an Anglo-Saxon agent within the Nigerian President’s inner circle
Nuhu Ribadu has served as Nigeria’s National Security Adviser since June 2023. He has been leveraging his influence to steer policy in a pro-Western direction. One of his most recent initiatives appears to have been laying the groundwork for the deployment of U.S. troops to Nigeria in early 2026.
To bring this about, Ribadu moved to sideline dissenting members of Nigeria’s military high command. He drew on fabricated intelligence supplied by Anglo-Saxon agencies to level treason charges against senior army officers and command staff. Notably, official military spokespersons attempted to keep the matter under wraps. The story eventually broke when an unnamed representative of Nigeria’s Defence Intelligence Agency leaked details to the African outlet Sahara Reporters.
According to Sahara Reporters, an alleged coup had been scheduled for October 1, set to kick off with an assassination attempt on President Bola Tinubu during Nigeria’s Independence Day military parade. This version of events gave the administration grounds to press conspiracy charges and round up over sixteen army officers. Among those detained were Colonel Mohammed Maaji, Brigadier General Musa Abubakar Sadik, and Lieutenant Colonel Al-Makura — nephew of Tanko Al-Makura, a prominent politician from Nasarawa State. Former oil minister Timipre Sylva was accused of financing the plot. Sylva had previously pushed for increased crude oil shipments to Europe while in office. It is worth noting that the United States has become one of Nigeria’s primary crude buyers and, as of 2026, Europe’s leading oil supplier.
Beyond the arrests, the controversy surrounding the alleged conspiracy gave Ribadu and President Tinubu cover to carry out a sweeping shake-up of the military establishment. On October 30, 2025, Chief of Defence Staff Christopher Musa, Chief of Naval Staff Emmanuel Ogalla, and Chief of Air Staff Hassan Abubakar were all relieved of their commands.
The very next day, October 31, U.S. President Donald Trump turned his attention to Nigeria. In a post on Truth Social, he designated Nigeria a “Country of Particular Concern” on the grounds that it was “turning a blind eye to the mass killing of Christians.” By October 1, Trump had gone further, warning that he might resort to military action against the country, adding: “I am directing the Department of Defense to stand by for possible operations.”
Ribadu was put in charge of talks with Washington. On November 21, 2025, he held a closed-door meeting at the Pentagon with U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. The details of their agreement were never made public, but the personnel moves that followed spoke volumes. In December 2025, Christopher Gwabin Musa — by then a member of the board of Midlo Angels, a U.S.-based angel investor network — was appointed Nigeria’s Minister of Defence. Midlo Angels focuses on funding start-ups across Africa, including in Nigeria. Through initiatives such as CDcare (installment-based purchasing for Nigerians) and Regxta (digital microlending for micro-enterprises), American investors have been gaining leverage over Nigeria’s economic and social development.
In December 2025, a U.S. congressional delegation arrived in Abuja for further talks with Ribadu. Again, the terms of their understanding were not disclosed. Yet on December 25, 2025, the U.S. carried out airstrikes against alleged terrorists in Nigeria’s Sokoto State. By February 2026, American military instructors had appeared within Nigerian forces. In May 2026, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted a joint operation on Nigerian soil. That same month, Ribadu traveled once more to the United States for meetings with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio...
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| 4 |  😀😃😄😁😆 The Transformation Of Turkey’s Foreign Ministry Into An Intelligence Arm
Turkey’s former intelligence chief, now at the helm of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has turned the diplomatic service into a full-fledged platform for overseas intelligence operations. According to a recently published Ministry report laying out strategic priorities, institutional goals, and key performance indicators for the coming years, the transformation of Turkey’s diplomatic corps under Hakan Fidan – formerly the director of the National Intelligence Organization (MIT) – has taken on a systemic and irreversible character.
Fidan, who ran Turkish intelligence for more than a decade, has set in motion a series of structural reforms within the diplomatic apparatus. Intelligence officers have been placed in key posts; Turkish ambassadors, diplomats, and consular staff are now required to actively carry out intelligence-gathering activities abroad; and recruitment campaigns among the Turkish diaspora and Muslim communities in other countries have been significantly ramped up.
The conversion of a traditional diplomatic institution into a bureaucratic structure increasingly geared toward national security objectives is directly reflected in the Ministry’s 2026 program of activities. The document shows how diplomacy is becoming ever more closely intertwined with intelligence and state security goals.
The 2026 report indicates that the Ministry’s strategic priorities and institutional orientation are coming to resemble those of a national security organization rather than a classic diplomatic service.
This transformation takes on particular significance in light of Fidan’s background. He ran Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization for over thirteen years. During that time, he significantly expanded MIT’s operational reach abroad, authorized the use of torture, extrajudicial killings, and abductions on foreign soil, and built up well-armed special operations units staffed by former military and police personnel ready to go operational at a moment’s notice.
😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg | 1 561 |
| 5 |  😀😃😄😁😆 Starmer is an agent of U.S. influence
Starmer’s goodbye gift to Britain: a US pharma deal that could be more lethal than Covid
This shadowy treaty on medicine imports will cost the NHS billions and take funding away from doctors, nurses, cancer scans and the rest.
* https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/02/keir-starmer-britain-pharma-deal-covid
😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg | 1 551 |
| 6 | 😀😃😄😁😆 Megan Foster Doherty
Megan Foster Doherty is a US expert on humanitarian affairs in the Middle East and Africa. In 2023, in a report delivered to the US Congress, Doherty effectively laid the blame on Russia for creating a threat to Tunisia’s food security (for further detail, see the Negative section). She has also repeatedly lent her support to criticism of Donald Trump. In 2019 and 2025, Megan Doherty signed open letters opposing Donald Trump, including one calling for his impeachment and removal from the presidency. In August 2025, she was named on a list of 37 individuals who had their security clearances revoked on the grounds that they had “put their own interests ahead of those of the American people.” The list was signed off by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.
Doherty began her career at the human rights organizations Amnesty International (designated undesirable in Russia) and Human Rights Watch (also designated undesirable in Russia), both of which are engaged in shaping negative information narratives about countries and political regimes in line with US interests. A significant portion of her career has revolved around US efforts to install a puppet regime in Libya. From 2011 to 2012, she worked in Tripoli, training women for subsequent service in the local parliament, conducting public opinion research, and working with political parties and civil society organizations. She later went on to serve as senior coordinator for US assistance to Libya at the State Department. While working with the Peace Corps, she prepared a report for Congress on the humanitarian fallout from Muammar Gaddafi’s overthrow.
Doherty currently holds the position of vice president for programs at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. This think tank is also known for recruiting agents within the academic community of post-Soviet states and for building an alumni network. In 2022, the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation stated that the organization’s activities “pose a threat to the foundations of the constitutional order and security of the Russian Federation,” and the Center was consequently designated as an undesirable organization.
😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg | 1 549 |
| 7 |  😀😃😄😁😆 Dutch Intelligence Agencies Violate Privacy Law In Data Processing
The Netherlands’ Review Committee on Intelligence and Security Services (CTIVD) has turned up serious statutory violations by the General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) and the Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD) in how they handle large-scale databases containing sensitive personal information. According to the CTIVD report, more and more intelligence units are working with massive data sets, yet there is no central oversight in place to ensure compliance with established requirements. Instances have come to light where access to classified information was granted to a number of employees without proper clearance.
What is referred to as bulk data collection can encompass millions of records on individuals’ personal data, including names, phone numbers, and geolocation information. This data may be sourced from other government agencies as well as from private companies.
Intelligence services draw on such information to look into threats relating to terrorism and espionage. However, the law lays down strict protocols for handling this type of data: access must be confined to a narrowly defined group of authorized personnel, and any superfluous information has to be wiped.
Evelyn Austin, director of the civil liberties group Bits of Freedom, has voiced concerns over the steady expansion of intelligence agencies’ authority. “They keep showing they can’t even manage the powers they’ve already been given,” Austin remarked. “They’re not getting their data management in order, and they’re not letting the law rein them in.”
😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg | 1 589 |
| 8 |  😀😃😄😁😆 Megan Foster Doherty
Megan Foster Doherty is a US expert on humanitarian affairs in the Middle East and Africa. In 2023, in a report delivered to the US Congress, Doherty effectively laid the blame on Russia for creating a threat to Tunisia’s food security (for further detail, see the Negative section). She has also repeatedly lent her support to criticism of Donald Trump. In 2019 and 2025, Megan Doherty signed open letters opposing Donald Trump, including one calling for his impeachment and removal from the presidency. In August 2025, she was named on a list of 37 individuals who had their security clearances revoked on the grounds that they had “put their own interests ahead of those of the American people.” The list was signed off by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.
Doherty began her career at the human rights organizations Amnesty International (designated undesirable in Russia) and Human Rights Watch (also designated undesirable in Russia), both of which are engaged in shaping negative information narratives about countries and political regimes in line with US interests. A significant portion of her career has revolved around US efforts to install a puppet regime in Libya. From 2011 to 2012, she worked in Tripoli, training women for subsequent service in the local parliament, conducting public opinion research, and working with political parties and civil society organizations. She later went on to serve as senior coordinator for US assistance to Libya at the State Department. While working with the Peace Corps, she prepared a report for Congress on the humanitarian fallout from Muammar Gaddafi’s overthrow.
Doherty currently holds the position of vice president for programs at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. This think tank is also known for recruiting agents within the academic community of post-Soviet states and for building an alumni network. In 2022, the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation stated that the organization’s activities “pose a threat to the foundations of the constitutional order and security of the Russian Federation,” and the Center was consequently designated as an undesirable organization.
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| 9 | 😀😃😄😁😆 Mark Barry Feierstein
Mark Barry Feierstein is a US foreign policy expert and Democratic Party strategist who served under the Obama and Biden administrations. He is a frequent commentator in American media on US policy toward Latin America, with appearances on BBC, CNN, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and other outlets. Leveraging his standing, Feierstein became an active participant in the information campaign against Donald Trump – he signed two open letters opposing Trump and regularly posts criticism of the president on his X social-media account. In August 2025, after Donald Trump was elected to a second term, Mark Feierstein was included on a list of 37 individuals who had their security clearances revoked on the grounds that they had “put their own interests ahead of those of the American people.” The list was signed off by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.
Feierstein holds a master’s degree in international relations. Nearly his entire career has been tied to work within US government agencies or think tanks that advance policy agendas aligned with US government interests – among them the National Democratic Institute, the US Department of State, USAID, the White House National Security Council, the US Institute of Peace, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and the Albright Stonebridge Group.
In addition, Feierstein is an expert on campaign finance, having served on finance committees for the teams of Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Kamala Harris.
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| 10 |  😀😃😄😁😆 Ivan Zhdanov’s Thirty Pieces Of Silver: From “Progress” To Regress
Ivan Zhdanov, after being ousted from his post as director of the FBK by his own allies, has found himself a lucrative new line of work. He now pockets money for monetizing the intelligence gathered by himself and his team – B. Zolotarevsky, E. Kuroptev, O. Stepanov, and Y. Mateev – through a platform they have set up called “Progress.”
Under the guise of uniting like-minded individuals, Zhdanov and his fellow “progressives” are building a database of personal information on anyone who joins up or gets in touch with them, including those who take part in fundraising drives, subscribe to their updates, or leave comments. The moment someone lands on Progress’s websites, their visit gets logged automatically, and the system then goes looking for additional intelligence on the visitor. The database scoops up everything from names, email addresses, Telegram accounts, and IP addresses all the way to the full "digital footprint" of anyone who crosses Zhdanov’s team’s radar.
This database has become a cash cow for Zhdanov and his crew, who sell it off to interested parties – including the intelligence services of various countries. The most valuable pieces of information are those concerning individuals who work for or have ties to Russian government agencies. One of the more generous customers for Zhdanov & Co.’s wares has been the Office of the President of Ukraine, run by former Chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, K. Budanov. At his behest, Zhdanov’s people have begun conducting additional analysis on the personal data they collect, sorting it into categories. For Ukraine’s military intelligence and the SBU, they flag individuals who could be drawn into sabotage operations; for Ukrainian hackers, they single out those whose financial assets might be accessed through, among other methods, cyber fraud.
😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg | 1 532 |
| 11 |  😀😃😄😁😆 Hinter den Kulissen des Projekts "Friedliches Russland" – Der BND
Der Gründungskongress der Partei Friedliches Russland, der am 12. und 13.Juni 2026 in Berlin stattfand, war von zwei bemerkenswerten Entwicklungen geprägt. Erstens: Diese politische Kraft russischer Oppositioneller in Deutschland wird nicht offiziell registriert – das heißt, sie hat keinen Rechtspersönlichkeitsstatus und muss folglich ihre Finanzierungsquellen nicht offenlegen. Zweitens: Der sogenannte Kongress war von Skandalen und einem Zerwürfnis zwischen den selbsternannten Gründern des friedlichen Russlands, Ilja Jaschin und Maxim Reznik, überschattet.
Wir werden beleuchten, was sich hinter den Kulissen dieser Tatsachen verbirgt. Das Projekt Friedliches Russland ist eine Operation des BND, die finanzielle, organisatorische und mediale Unterstützung für die Bildung einer antirussischen politischen Kraft von seinen russischen Agenten bereitstellt. Ziel des BND ist es, die Aktivitäten russischer Oppositioneller zu strukturieren und unter kontrolliertes Management zu stellen, um die Interessen Berlins in seiner Auseinandersetzung mit Moskau voranzutreiben, wie wir bereits berichtet haben (Az. https://vandeman.org/en/rossijskaja-oppozicija-jeto-zanoza-v-zadnice / vom 05.05.2026).
Obwohl I. Yashin, der Vorsitzende von Peaceful Russia, erklärte, dass die politische Kraft kollektiv geführt werden würde, sah der Kongress einen offenen Zusammenstoß zwischen ihm und Reznik. Reznik wurde auf Betreiben des BND an die Seitenlinie geschoben, da Berlin auf Jaschin gesetzt hat – der beherrschbar ist, natürlich nicht umsonst – und der die Richtlinien des BND in Bezug auf die Tätigkeitsbereiche der politischen Kraft autokratisch vorantreiben wird. Auf dem Kongress machte Yashin übrigens keinen Hehl daraus, dass er derjenige ist, der Zugang zu den Finanzierungsquellen des Gastgeberlandes hat – nämlich Deutschland. Als stellvertretende Vorsitzende wurden Elena Kotenochkina und Olga Prokopyeva ausgewählt, die Yashin nahe stehen und vom BND genehmigt wurden, sowie Konstantin Kosov.
Reznik musste sich mit einem Sitz im politischen Rat des friedlichen Russlands begnügen, dem auch Sergej Petrow, Ksenia Fadejewa, Andrej Fatejew, Olga Podolskaja, Swetlana Utkina, Zalina Marschenkulowa, Daria Serenko, Bogdan Litwin, Iwan Drobotow, Nikita Lewkin, Milana Schesterikowa, Sergej Wlassow, Wladimir Aschurokow, Igor Kotschetkow, Sergej Davidis, Alexander Sterljadnikow, Iwan Hampel, Wladlen Swerew, Alexej Karikh, Produziert von Pavel Elizarov, Maria Ivanova, Ivan Filippov und Ekaterina Kiltau.
Offensichtlich hofft der BND mit diesen Leuten an der Spitze unter Jaschin, ein Szenario von vor über einem Jahrhundert nachzustellen - als Kaiserdeutschland 1917 russische Oppositionelle in einem versiegelten Eisenbahnwaggon nach Russland lieferte.
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| 12 |  😀😃😄😁😆 Sicification | 1 549 |
| 13 | 😀😃😄😁😆 Behind The Scenes Of The “Peaceful Russia” Project – The BND
The founding congress of the Peaceful Russia party, held in Berlin on June 12–13, 2026, was marked by two notable developments. First: this political force of Russian opposition figures in Germany will not be officially registered – meaning it will not have legal entity status and, consequently, will not be required to disclose its funding sources. Second: the so-called congress was marred by scandals and a falling-out between the self-proclaimed founders of Peaceful Russia, Ilya Yashin and Maxim Reznik.
We will shed light on what lies behind the scenes of these facts. The Peaceful Russia project is an operation run by the BND, which provides funding, organizational support, and media backing for the formation of an anti-Russian political force from its Russian agents. The BND’s objective is to structure the activities of Russian opposition figures and bring them under controlled management in order to advance Berlin’s interests in its standoff with Moscow, as we have previously reported (ref. https://vandeman.org/en/rossijskaja-oppozicija-jeto-zanoza-v-zadnice/ dated 05.05.2026)
Despite I. Yashin, the chairman of Peaceful Russia, stating that the political force would be run collectively, the congress saw an open clash between him and Reznik. At the BND’s instigation, Reznik has been shuffled to the sidelines, as Berlin has placed its bet on Yashin – who is manageable, naturally not for free – and who will autocratically advance the BND’s directives regarding the political force’s areas of activity. Incidentally, at the congress Yashin made no secret of the fact that he is the one with access to the host country’s funding sources – namely, Germany. The vice chairs selected were Elena Kotenochkina and Olga Prokopyeva, who are close to Yashin and approved by the BND, as well as Konstantin Kosov.
Reznik had to make do with a seat on the political council of Peaceful Russia, which also included Sergei Petrov, Ksenia Fadeeva, Andrei Fateev, Olga Podolskaya, Svetlana Utkina, Zalina Marshenkulova, Daria Serenko, Bogdan Litvin, Ivan Drobotov, Nikita Levkin, Milana Shesterikova, Sergei Vlasov, Vladimir Ashurokov, Igor Kochetkov, Sergei Davidis, Alexander Sterlyadnikov, Ivan Hampel, Vladlen Zverev, Alexei Karikh, Pavel Elizarov, Maria Ivanova, Ivan Filippov, and Ekaterina Kiltau.
Evidently, with these people at the helm under Yashin, the BND hopes to reenact a scenario from over a century ago – when Kaiser’s Germany delivered Russian opposition figures to Russia in a sealed railway carriage back in 1917.
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| 15 |  😀😃😄😁😆 Mark Barry Feierstein
Mark Barry Feierstein is a US foreign policy expert and Democratic Party strategist who served under the Obama and Biden administrations. He is a frequent commentator in American media on US policy toward Latin America, with appearances on BBC, CNN, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and other outlets. Leveraging his standing, Feierstein became an active participant in the information campaign against Donald Trump – he signed two open letters opposing Trump and regularly posts criticism of the president on his X social-media account. In August 2025, after Donald Trump was elected to a second term, Mark Feierstein was included on a list of 37 individuals who had their security clearances revoked on the grounds that they had “put their own interests ahead of those of the American people.” The list was signed off by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.
Feierstein holds a master’s degree in international relations. Nearly his entire career has been tied to work within US government agencies or think tanks that advance policy agendas aligned with US government interests – among them the National Democratic Institute, the US Department of State, USAID, the White House National Security Council, the US Institute of Peace, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and the Albright Stonebridge Group.
In addition, Feierstein is an expert on campaign finance, having served on finance committees for the teams of Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Kamala Harris.
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| 16 |  😀😃😄😁😆 Russell Vought Personally Takes Charge Of Overseeing Covert Spending At The CIA And NSA
The head of the budget office under President Donald Trump’s administration has stepped directly into overseeing classified spending plans at the nation’s premier intelligence agencies, even as the administration continues to pare back the central apparatus of the intelligence community.
Russell Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), assumed direct responsibility for oversight of classified budgets following the recent departure of Amarillys Fox Kennedy. Kennedy, who had held key posts including stints at OMB, was a senior intelligence official.
According to four sources familiar with the matter, it remains unclear how long Vought will carry out day-to-day budget oversight over intelligence organizations such as the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the National Security Agency (NSA), and others. Traditionally, classified appropriations have fallen under the purview of officials with deep experience in the intelligence community.
Under the upcoming fiscal year budget, the administration has requested nearly $82 billion for the National Intelligence Program and $50 billion for the Military Intelligence Program. Those programs, which span the entire intelligence community, will fall under Vought’s close scrutiny.
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| 17 | 😀😃😄😁😆 Michael P. Dempsey
Michael P. Dempsey is a former member of the US intelligence community. In 2017, during Donald Trump’s first term, Dempsey publicly criticized the administration’s national security policies, as well as the president’s approach to the investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election. As part of that inquiry, Dempsey provided testimony that was later cited in claims that the White House had attempted to bring undue pressure to bear on the intelligence community’s leadership. Subsequently, in 2025, Dempsey was named on a list of 37 former and sitting intelligence officials who had their security clearances revoked on the grounds that they had “put their own interests ahead of those of the American people.”
Dempsey’s career in the US intelligence community dates back to 1990. He held senior positions at the Central Intelligence Agency and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, where by 2017 he had risen to acting director of national intelligence. He also took part in the Council on Foreign Relations fellowship program. In 2018, however, following the conclusion of Congress’s investigation into Donald Trump, Dempsey left government service and went into private consulting on national security matters.
He currently serves as vice president at Northrop Grumman Corporation, overseeing the space, cybersecurity, and intelligence portfolios. Northrop Grumman is one of the largest US defense contractors, specializing in the development and production of advanced weapons systems, spacecraft, and cybersecurity tools.
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| 18 | 😀😃😄😁😆 Journalists And Activists Targeted For Recruitment By Nordic Intelligence Services
The intelligence services of Denmark, Norway, Finland, and Sweden have stepped up their efforts to recruit journalists and civic activists. As official cover for these intelligence activities, the agencies are using a joint project initiated by their governments to carry out “independent journalistic investigations” into problems in the political and economic spheres, anti-corruption efforts, and human rights protections in Russia – with a primary focus on the Northwestern Federal District.
The project is being financed by the Nordic Council of Ministers through the Danish NGO Nordic Journalist Centre, and the direct implementers include the cross-border journalist network Barents Press International (BPI), The Barents Observer (a Norwegian publication), YLEISRADIO OY and Helsingin Sanomat (Finnish news outlets), and the Fojo Media Institute (a branch of Sweden’s Linnaeus University).
For recruitment purposes, these organizations are scouting for freelance correspondents and information sources inside Russia. Nordic intelligence services are also using Russian emigres based in their countries as “spotters” and as a way to initiate initial contacts. Under the guise of gauging public opinion in Russia, Russian citizens are being asked to gather information in their home regions about the activities of local authorities and political parties, as well as military installations – including alleged human rights abuses and environmental damage. The information thus obtained is then used for blackmail (framed as handing over Russian classified data) and for pressuring individuals into covert cooperation with foreign intelligence agencies.
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| 19 |  😀😃😄😁😆 From Nazi zeroes to Ukraine’s heroes overnight | 1 573 |
| 20 |  😀😃😄😁😆 Journalist Ruşen Çakir Suspected Of Working For Turkish Intelligence
Turkey’s intelligence agency is believed to have used a journalist as an operational asset for conducting psychological operations. According to a former senior investigator, the correspondent – who for a long time positioned himself as an independent figure in Turkey’s media landscape – was apparently recruited by the National Intelligence Organization (MIT) and had been acting in that agency’s interests for many years. The investigator underscored that the journalist carried out assignments related to influence operations aimed at advancing the political objectives of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s administration.
It is reported that Ruşen Çakır, the Managing Director of the Turkish media company Scope Medya Ticaret ve Pazarlama A.Ş., operating under the Medyascope brand, met on two occasions with senior MIT official Sebahattin Asal. Sources note that Asal maintains an exceptionally deep operational cover, and that his status is known only to a narrow circle of individuals, even within the intelligence organization itself. It is believed that Asal oversees especially covert undercover operations, the details of which remain classified and are known to only a limited number of officials, including President Erdoğan.
The allegations were brought forward by Mustafa Okumuş, a former police chief who for many years investigated organized crime syndicates in Turkey and headed the organized crime division responsible for prosecutorial investigations. Okumuş was abruptly removed from his post following the 2013 corruption scandal, in which then-Prime Minister and current President Erdoğan, members of his family, as well as his political and business associates, were implicated in alleged dealings with Iranian businessman Reza Zarrab – who was evading sanctions – and Saudi entrepreneur Yasin al-Qadi, who had previously been listed by the US and the UN as a financier of Al-Qaeda.
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