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How 9/11 Reshaped Foreign Policy

2001 – 2004

The events of September 11, 2001, set in motion sweeping changes to U.S. intelligence and counterterrorism practices, launched two major wars, and altered Americans’ daily routines. This timeline traces three pivotal years whose reverberations continue today.

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9/11 and the reinvention of the US intelligence community

In the aftermath of 9/11 everyone, from elected officials and national security experts to ordinary citizens had one question: how could this happen to a nation with such an enormous and expensive military and intelligence architecture? The question was so ubiquitous that (in spite of some foot dragging by the Bush Administration) it eventually led […]
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RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: OTD May 15, 1962 #CIA’s brand new Original Headquarters Building fully occupied. More space will be needed soon. Attention Movie people: The CIA is not in Langley, Va for the simple reason Langley, Va does not exist.

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RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: Melania Trump is ‘counting the minutes until divorce’ when Donald leaves the White House, former aides claim #Election2020

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RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: Most #Spies are sent to prison or are freed in a prisoner spy swap. This 1950s Soviet #GRU #spy told #UK intelligence about the #SovietUnion placing nuclear missiles in #Cuba. He was caught, bound to a stretcher, and cremated live in a crematorium oven.

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RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: This. Very much this. Some very sane thoughts on the disquieting moral panic about #disinformation and – gah – “infodemic” doing the rounds The focus on foreign subversion ignores the damage being done at home – by @SevaUT in @ForeignPolicy

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RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: The EU has identified ‘pro-Kremlin sources’ as the architects of #COVID19 #disinformation, says Věra Jourová, EU Commission vice-president for values and transparency, in an exclusive interview with Euronews. #Globalconversation

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RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: 🇷🇺💰 #Russia spends 1.3 billion EUR annually on official media outlets, according to @ahonen_anneli, Head of East StratCom Task Force @EUvsDisinfo. 📺 Watch her commentary on how #EU counters Russian #disinformation 👇 #StrongerTogether #EU2019FI.

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RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: Russia’s #GRU spy agency runs an #assassination squad called Unit 29155 that hunts down and murders Russian intelligence defectors and/or critics of #Putin… anywhere in the world. #nationalsecurity

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Russia says small nuclear reactor blew up in deadly Arctic accident

The international community is racing to understand a mysterious explosion that released radiation off the coast of northern Russia last week, apparently during the test of a new type of nuclear-propelled cruise missile hailed by President Vladimir Putin as the centerpiece of Moscow’s arms race with the United States.