Russian agents made an attempt to assassinate a former Russian agent turned CIA informant on American soil in 2020, according to multiple sources.

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    1 year ago

    While the ultimate source is probably the CIA, this is the Jerusalem Post reporting about an upcoming book by an academic historian—so it’s presumably been vetted by a few other parties.

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      The term “vetted” is doing a lot of heavy work there. “Laundered” would be far more accurate in this context of imperialist invention of reality or consent manufacturing.

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      1 year ago

      this is the Jerusalem Post reporting

      it’s presumably been vetted

      Vetted it probably has been, as for it being vetted for truthfulness…