Global Security Newsletter // January 24

January 24, 2019

Global Security Hotel Pennsylvania hosted CIA plots, a gangster’s excess and a Cuban dictator - PerthNow CIA launches media campaign to ignite protests against Venezuela's Maduro - Yeni Şafak English A Russian national is on trial in the US on charges of money laundering, bribing a U.S. public official and planning a “murder-for-hire” scheme targeting a man suspected of having an affair with his wife. https://t.co/T34mbBBzup Wondering what cyptocurrency actually is? It’s at once a software protocol, an online payment network, and the currency used to conduct transactions on that network. https://t.co/GGJKlidU4j 1. Podcasts from Michael_Novakhov (19 sites): Global News Podcast: Russia attacks 'US bid to usurp' Venezuela Hotel Pennsylvania hosted CIA plots, a gangster’s excess and a Cuban dictator - PerthNow PerthNow When CIA operative Frank Olson checked into the Hotel Statler in Manhattan in 1953, the building was already past its glory days. Once known as the Hotel Pennsylvania, it was more than 30 years old and had undergone renovations. Read More CIA launches media campaign to ignite protests against Venezuela's Maduro - Yeni Şafak English Yeni Şafak English CIA launches media campaign to ignite protests against Venezuela's Maduro  Yeni Şafak EnglishMillions of social media posts appeared to have been generated by the CIA on social media seek to manipulate the people to revolt Venezuelan President ... Read More A Russian national is on trial in the US on charges of money laundering, bribing a U.S. public official and planning a “murder-for-hire” scheme targeting a man suspected of having an affair with his wife. https://t.co/T34mbBBzup 10   @OCCRP Twitter Timeline A Russian national is on trial in the US on charges of money laundering, bribing a U.S. public official and planning a “murder-for-hire” scheme targeting a man suspected of having an affair with his wife. Read More Wondering what cyptocurrency actually is? It’s at once a software protocol, an online payment network, and the currency used to conduct transactions on that network. https://t.co/GGJKlidU4j @OCCRP Twitter Timeline Wondering what cyptocurrency actually is? It’s at once a software protocol, an online payment network, and the currency used to conduct transactions on that network. occrp.org/en/investigati… Read More 1. Podcasts from Michael_Novakhov (19 sites): Global News Podcast: Russia attacks 'US bid to usurp' Venezuela Global Security News from Michael_Novakhov (27 sites) Moscow says the move to declare a new head of state in Venezuela, backed by the US, is a "path of bloodshed". Also: President Felix Tshisekedi's swearing-in marks DR Congo's first peaceful transfer of power and the British writer Diana Athill dies aged 101. Read More

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