The proposed 2027 National Defense Authorization Act would authorize a record $1.15 trillion in U.S. military spending, and includes a provision to integrate U.S. and Israeli militaries.
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Kiriakou confirms that Israel openly conducts intelligence operations against the U.S. — including planting listening devices in gifts brought to CIA headquarters — while a longstanding political decision prohibits the CIA from spying on Israel in return. He describes Israel's reaction to being offered a slightly downgraded F-35: they accepted the plane but immediately tasked their intelligence services with stealing the upgraded avionics. The conversation shifts to Gaza, with both men describing the conflict as a genocide meeting international legal definitions. They discuss the killing of American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by an Israeli sniper while she wore press-marked body armor, and the subsequent IDF raid of her funeral procession. Theo raises the proposed 2027 NDAA provision that would effectively integrate U.S. and Israeli militaries.
On his first day at the CIA, Kiriakou was told the FBI had identified 187 undeclared Israeli intelligence officers spread across the U.S. stealing defense secrets.
A total of 8 states have filed lawsuits against social media platforms, including an ongoing case in Tennessee, using product liability and public nuisance theories to seek accountability.
France built 56 nuclear plants in the 1970s and now has the cheapest energy in Europe, making it independent of Russian or Middle Eastern energy geopolitics.
Estonia has a single tax form, a law preventing the government from asking citizens for the same information twice, and a flat rate of tax — enabling competitive taxation.
Portugal's Lisbon, once a city with a major heroin problem, legalised drugs and redirected enforcement spending into rehabilitation and housing, dramatically reducing crime.
The first Boland Amendment banning CIA and Defense Department funds for the Contras passed the House unanimously — yet the Reagan administration ignored it.
Over just two years, Saudi Arabia alone donated $32 million to the Contra rebels, giving loosely affiliated factions millions they had no way to spend on arms.
The National Endowment for the Preservation of Liberty raised $6.3 million for the Contras but only $3.3 million reached them — a shockingly low 52% program expense rate.
Richard Secord and Albert Hakim marked up their arms shipments to the Contras by as much as 300%, making enormous personal profits from the covert operation.
Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North, tapped to run the entire covert Contra support operation, had no prior experience in covert operations whatsoever — he was learning as he went.
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