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Ukraine Crisis: How Deep State Created Biden-Putin Rift? Submitted by Nauman Sadiq, Days before Bidens inauguration as president on January 20 last year, instigating Russian dissident and Putins longtime foe Alexei Navalny to return to Russia on January 17 from his sojourn in Germany for no apparent political advantage, after being allegedly poisoned in August 2020, was clearly the job of the US deep state that wanted to sabotage newly inaugurated Biden administrations relations with Russia and forestall the likelihood of rapprochement between the arch-rivals. Its pertinent to note that as a goodwill gesture before the Biden-Putin summit at Geneva in June, Russia significantly drewdown its troop build-up along Ukraines border. Reciprocating the courtesy, however, the ambience and body language of the summit, clearly choreographed by the US national security establishment, were kept as austere as possible. No joint press conferences were held, as is customary after such momentous meetings.

Taibbi: Let''s Not Have A War Authored by Matt Taibbi via TK News , Joe Biden last week said the American response in Ukraine would be proportional to Vladimir Putin’s actions. “It depends,” the president posited, thoughts drifting like blobs in a lava lamp. “It’s one thing if it’s a minor incursion…” Bad idea. Alarms sounded all over Washington. The rip in the national political illusion was so severe, Republicans and Democrats were forced to come out agreeing, leaping into each other’s arms in panic. Secretary of State Tony Blinken, who increasingly looks like a man about to miss a historically important free throw, said of a potential Russian invasion, “We can make crystal clear the stark consequences of that choice.” Republican Senator Ted Cruz said Biden “shocked the world by giving Putin a green light to invade Ukraine.” The National Security Council issued a statement through Jen Psaki that any Russian move into Ukraine would be “met with a swift, severe, and united response.” In a later press conference, Biden explained he had to cut things short because, “You guys will ask me all about Russia.” He appears days from pulling his pants down to show reporters the electrodes White House chief of staff Ron Klain has probably attached to his testicles by now.

Durham: DNC Lawyer Marc Elias Has Given Grand Jury Testimony Authored by Techno Fog via The Reactionary , Today, Special Counsel John Durham provided a discovery Update to the court in the Michael Sussmann case. In this filing, available here , he disclosed that his team has obtained a tremendous amount of information ranging from a variety of sources including Perkins Coie, the Hillary Clinton Campaign, and former DNC/Clinton lawyer Mark Elias. While Sussmann has been charged with giving false statements to then-FBI General Counsel James Baker regarding the Alfa Bank/Trump Organization hoax ( background here ), Durham notes that the Government also maintains an active, ongoing criminal investigation of Sussmanns conduct. In other words, Sussmanns criminal conduct likely is not limited to false statements. There is more. If we are to make an educated guess, it may have to do with the conspiracy to accuse the Trump Organization of having secret back-channel communications with Alfa Bank.

Hundreds of US diplomats and personnel across the world have reported mysterious symptoms, including in Cuba, China, Russia, and the US.

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US Special Forces Continue Mission Training Troops In Ukraine Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, US special operations forces are continuing a mission to train troops in Ukraine amid heightened tensions with Russia, Stars and Stripes reported on Wednesday. An undisclosed number of US special operators has been training Ukrainian forces inside Ukraine for several years under a mission led by US Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR). Image via Donbass Insider "The bottom line is that our training mission in Ukraine is ongoing," said Lt. Col. Juan Martinez, a spokesman for SOCEUR. "We continue to view our mission in Ukraine as part of an ongoing effort in enhancing Special Operations Forces capabilities as a keystone for regional stability." There is a renewed focus on the presence of US military personnel in Ukraine as the White House is claiming Russia is preparing to invade the country. Besides the special operations, there are also about 100 US National Guard troops in Ukraine.

CIA Belatedly Admits ''Havana Syndrome'' Not Caused By Russia Or Other Foes Yet another Russiagate-era conspiracy bites the dust. Starting in 2016, corresponding to the years of the Trump White House, reports persisted for years that secret ''directed energy'' weapons were being used against US diplomats and intelligence officers abroad, especially centering on the US Embassy in Havana. Officials and media pundits pointed to the ''nefarious Russians'' or their allies, despite the entire story being hotly disputed among scientists. But this week NBC - which it should be recalled was a leading outlet pushing the Havana Syndrome narrative in the first place - has this to report : " In a new intelligence assessment, the CIA has ruled out that the mysterious symptoms known as Havana Syndrome are the result of a sustained global campaign by a hostile power aimed at hundreds of U.S. diplomats and spies, six people briefed on the matter told NBC News." Out of literally hundreds of alleged instances, some which were claimed to have happened in the streets of D.C., the CIA says it only considers "about two dozen cases" instances where they "cannot rule out foreign involvement".

Tulsi Gabbard Blasts "Warmongers" Taking US Toward "Destruction Of The World" Over Ukraine Former US congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard is once again calling out the US hawks'' rush to escalate toward military confrontation with Russia over Ukraine. The Iraq War veteran and reserve officer who also became well-known for exposing the dirty war on Syria said in a Thursday video message posted to Twitter that confrontation between "two nuclear armed powers" can only end in "the destruction of the world and life as we know it." She deplored during the clip taken from a recent news appearance that the unhinged and dangerous jingoism is coming primarily from "warmongers" currently in office, who are now "influencing the decisions that are being made by this White House. As warmongers in the White House escalate tensions with Russia, lets be real about what were dealing with - open conflict between two nuclear armed powers. The only place this conflict can end is the destruction of the world and life as we know it.

Investigation finds majority of cases probably linked to pre-existing medical conditions, environmental factors or stress

A mysterious illness striking US diplomats can usually be explained by natural causes, a report finds.

Hundreds of US diplomats and personnel across the world have reported mysterious symptoms, including in Cuba, China, Russia, and the US.

Psaki Says Russia Attack On Ukraine Coming "At Any Point"; US Sanctions ''Pro-Russian Agents'' White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki in a Tuesday afternoon daily press briefing said "We believe we''re now at a stage where Russia could at any point launch an attack on Ukraine . I would say that''s more stark than we have been." She confirmed that Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet with Ukraine''s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kiev this week , just after it was recently revealed that CIA Director William Burns did the same last week. "What Secretary Blinken is going to do is highlight very clearly that there''s a diplomatic path forward,” Psaki said. "It is the choice of President Putin and the Russians to make whether they are going to suffer severe economic consequences or not." "No option is off the table" if #Russia "further invades Ukraine," @PressSec tells @WhiteHouse reporters. "We''re now at a stage where Russia at any time could launch an attack on Ukraine." pic.twitter.com/mTEesS4oCg — Steve Herman (@W7VOA) January 18, 2022 Crucially, Blinken will from there go to Geneva where he''s agreed to meet Russia''s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov .

Glenn Greenwald Exposes Deep State Effort To Stop Trump Pardoning Edward Snowden And Julian Assange Authored by Adam Dick via The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity, There was much speculation toward the end of Donald Trumps term as president of the United States that Trump would pardon Edward Snowden, Julian Assange, or both of these men who were responsible for exposing vast amounts of wrongdoing by the US government. But, it did not come to pass. Why? Glenn Greenwald, who played a key role in helping Snowden expose information about the US governments mass surveillance programs and who advocated in public and behind the scenes that Trump pardon both men, has some interesting thoughts about that. The reason Trump failed to issue a pardon for either Snowden or Assange centers on the deep state trying to protect itself by placing Trump in jeopardy, suggested Greenwald last week in an episode of his System Update show. In a written introduction for the episode, Greenwald notes that Trump, while president, had both raised the possibility that he might pardon Snowden and was actively considering a pardon for Assange. Greenwald, in the introduction, zeros in on a recent interview of Trump by Candace Owens.

The CIA Has Been Training Ukrainian Paramilitaries To ''Kill Russians'' Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, The CIA has been overseeing a secret training program for Ukrainian special operations forces and intelligence operatives since 2015, Yahoo News reported on Thursday, citing five former intelligence and national security officials. One former CIA official said the US is "training an insurgency" in Ukraine and that the program teaches the Ukrainians how "to kill Russians," although other officials downplayed the training and said it was not meant for offensive purposes. Illustrative image: Tansterra Media The training has been held at an undisclosed base in the southern United States . It was started by the Obama administration, was expanded by President Trump, and further expanded by President Biden. The program includes training in firearms, camouflage techniques, land navigation, and other areas, former officials told Yahoo . According the report : The program has involved "very specific training on skills that would enhance" the Ukrainians "ability to push back against the Russians," said the former senior intelligence official.

American Diplomats In Geneva, Paris Fall Victim To "Havana Syndrome" More cases of ''Havana Syndrome'' have just been reported at American embassies in Geneva and Paris, WSJ reports. Officials employed at both facilities have been afflicted by the neurological attacks, and at least one victim was evacuated back to the US for treatment. Like most prior reports on Havana Syndrome attacks, this one comes with a significant delay: the attacks were first reported internally last summer, and quickly made their way to the State Department back in Washington. At least three cases of the syndrome were reported in Geneva, and there was at least one in Paris, WSJ said, bringing the total number of Havana Syndrome victims to close to 200. While the Biden Administration''s State Department insists on calling the attacks "anomalous health incidents," the CIA doesn''t mince words. The "attacks" continue to befuddle America''s best analysts. Nobody has a clear idea of what''s causing them, or who might be behind it.