Month: September 2024

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Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) / Twitter

@mikenov: #FBI – FBI investigating Russian election interference and raiding homes in major crackdown



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Security and Intelligence

@SpiesVespers: IT’S TIME FOR STRANGE SPY FACTS! COSMETICS EDITION! According to legend, SOE’s Nancy wake had #Elizabeth_Arden cosmetics air dropped to her along with ammunition. “She is the most feminine woman I know, until the fighting starts. Then she is like five men,” said Henri Tardivat pic.twitter.com/V9xxrTEdSk



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@SpiesVespers: IT’S TIME FOR STRANGE SPY FACTS! COSMETICS EDITION! Olga_Chekhova, “Hitler’s favorite actress” likely #Soviet_spy, femme fatale in Hitchcock’s 1931 film Mary, wound down #acting career & started #cosmetics company Olga Tschechowa Kosmetik. Her niece, Vera Tschechowa, dated Elvis! pic.twitter.com/XjKAzT4fdE



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Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) / Twitter

@mikenov: FBI and Russian interference in election 2024



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Security and Intelligence

@SpiesVespers: IT’S TIME FOR STRANGE SPY FACTS! COSMETICS EDITION! Among the early commercial covers established by Soviet intelligence was the playfully named Phantom Red Cosmetics Co., which served as cover for multiple KGB/NKVD agents in early part of Cold War both in England and U.S. pic.twitter.com/jwwEkjrxDa



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Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) / Twitter

@SpiesVespers: RT by @mikenov: IT’S TIME FOR STRANGE SPY FACTS! COSMETICS EDITION! Although Coco Chanel had super sketchy WWII history, the guy who would become president of Chanel Inc, H. Gregory Thomas, served in the OSS and later at CIA’s front org Free Europe Committee/Radio Free Europe pic.twitter.com/ymYvdPBlzj



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@SpiesVespers: IT’S TIME FOR STRANGE SPY FACTS! COSMETICS EDITION! Although Coco Chanel had super sketchy WWII history, the guy who would become president of Chanel Inc, H. Gregory Thomas, served in the OSS and later at CIA’s front org Free Europe Committee/Radio Free Europe pic.twitter.com/ymYvdPBlzj



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@JuliaDavisNews: I’ve often highlighted Margarita Simonyan stupidly boasting about RT’s covert projects targeting Americans, like the ones for which RT’s employees were just indicted. Loose lips sink ships, Rita. Keep talking. https://t.co/j9u86q1lpX https://t.co/4lQvLlVoSR



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Operation "Doppelganger"

U.S. accuses Russia of sophisticated influence campaigns against U.S. voters – NPR


U.S. accuses Russia of sophisticated influence campaigns against U.S. voters  NPR

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@JuliaDavisNews: “Russian state broadcaster RT and its employees, including the charged defendants, co-opted online commentators by funneling them nearly $10 million to pump pro-Russia propaganda and disinformation across social media to U.S. audiences.” https://t.co/3gPVNHCIMG