THE WIRE TAP
Chris Sampson, Brian J Karem, Frank Figliuzzi, Glenn Kirschner, John Jackson, Egberto Willies, Craig Unger, SVITLANA IUKHYMOVYCH, Mark S. Zaid, P.C., Shaun Pinner, John SipherIndependent reporting and live conversations from Kyiv on Russia's war, intelligence and extremism.
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THE STATION CHIEF: An Insider’s View of the Enemy
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The Death of Starlink: How Elon Musk Broke the One Thing His Network Was Selling
On Wednesday, October 21, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, picked up the phone and asked a private citizen to give Ukraine’s drone pilots their internet speed back. Yes, really.
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"I'm Not a Hero. I Just Survived Captivity."
In case you never saw him, this is my friend, Denys Zalizko.
“Sometimes I think to myself, does anyone really need me? Am I really... a hero? And I say I’m not a hero. I’m not a hero. I just survived captivity.”
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Journalist-Photographer - Videographer -Musician- Based in Ukraine - Writing about people and the war. I've been in country the entire full scale invasion and I'm not giving up on our people.
Columnist. Politics, crime, sports and conflict zone reporter. Jailed 4 times to protect a confidential source. Beat Trump in court 3 times to keep my press pass. Author of "Free the Press" and seven other books.
FBI Assistant Director (retired); 25 year veteran Special Agent; Author of national bestseller The FBI Way; and, Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers; speaker; democracy defender
Legal Analyst. Former 30-year federal prosecutor. Army vet. Rule of law guy. 100% independent.
Ukrainian infantry veteran, former trial lawyer, ex-GOP.
A political activist, author, blogger, radio show host, business owner, software developer, web designer, and mechanical engineer. He's a Progressive whose favorite phrase is “political involvement should be a requirement for citizenship.”
Craig is the NYT bestselling author of six books on the GOP's assault on democracy including American Kompromat, House of Trump, House of Putin and, most recently, Den of Spies. He has written for Vanity Fair, New York, and other publications.
Kyiv-based queer Ukrainian woman. Documenting ordinary life during war. All opinions strictly my own. Restack ≠ endorsement.
National Security Attorney; Co-founder of Whistleblower Aid; Nick Tahou's Garbage Plate lover
🇬🇧 Former British Soldier & 🇺🇦 Ukrainian Marine | Author of Live.Fight.Survive | Defender of Mariupol | Writer & Independent Journalist ✍️ | Proud Husband & Father
Former CIA officer, would-be Hollywood producer. Atlantic Council and Hayden Center Fellow.
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