Disgraced strongman wannabe? Confiscate Trump's passport? I subscribed for research and analysis - not hyperventilating partisan drivel. Try to outdo MSNBC please.
This is insanely partisan trash. The majority of the more recent articles posted up having been leaning more in the same direction. Starting to regret my annual subscription......
respectfully disagree. Trump would LOVE to get jailed. This would be the ultimate proof that the Democrats were determined to not let the 2024 election be fair and open. It would be clear for everyone to see, that we had become like Hong Kong.
All the while, Trump would not be getting jailed with common criminals. He would undoubtedly be kept in a higher end, private cell location, or perhaps considering his age/health, be ordered to house arrest. He would live a very comfortable life, and would be a legend among the Republican party for yrs to come.
I respect your writing, and your life's work Jeff, but may I suggest leaving the petty politics to the echo chamber at MSNBC? If there's no good national security stories to tell at the moment, go play with the grandkids or something like that. This political crap is junk food for the mind, it will turn your brain to mush. That said, this is your site, and you have every right to do with it as you wish. I completely respect your right to speak your mind. I'm just offering my 2 cents, which you're welcome to ignore
We'll take him! After all, the UK already hosts Julian Assange, so why not him too? He could sit in his golf course up on the Aberdeenshire coast and enjoy the wonderful North Sea climate. There's no land between it and the North Pole, just bone-chilling, penetrating seaborne damp.
Btw, doesn't Florida law ban convicted non-violent felons from voting? If Trump is found guilty on the hush money charges that would apply to him, right? Could be the final revenge of Ron de Santis.
I canceled my annual subscription. I guess you have until the time when this one runs out to “return to regular programming” but no one needs to pay for panicked anti- Trump screeds. There are more than enough available for free.
I have been in the intelligence business for over 50 years and, as I know most of your contributors, I subscribed for interesting, objective discussions and information on intelligence matters – not a platform for SpyTalk writers to vent their own political beliefs. Save that for personal websites, podcasts or Facebook. If I wanted a subscription to CNN, MSNBC, etc, I would get one at no cost. I have waited patiently for an end to your anti-Trump tirades and referrals to anti-Trump websites. Oddly, although it would have been equally out of place, I have seen no tirades against Democrats, Biden, Hunter, etc, although the role of the CIA in covering for Joe and Hunter Biden in the Ukraine and with an American lawyer/donor would have been suitable. Therefore, as I can only see this getting worse as the election nears, please cancel my subscription and drop me from you mailing list.
Well, the good news is that, over the past 30 days, over a quarter of a million people visited SpyTalk, which during the same time period gained 456 new subscribers—about 15 a day. We’ve had steady increases month after month since we launched in late August 2020 with a mission to cover “the intersection of intelligence with foreign policy and military operations.” Alas, I veered off that editorial pledge last night with a screed urging the feds to seize Donald Trump’s passport, prompted by the apparent bid of his like-minded and similarly criminally troubled friend, Jair Bolsonaro, to escape Brazilian justice by fleeing to strongman-friendly Hungary. A lot of readers clicked that they “liked’ it, with some sending me effusively appreciative emails. But a handful of others vehemently disagreed and acidly cancelled their subscriptions. Now, we can take the hits—they come with the territory—but I have to say the critics, however foul mouthed as some were, were right in this instance. I’ve preached to one and all that our remit is not politics, but national security, especially as regards the intelligence quadrant. In some cases, of course, politics is inextricable from the issue at hand—pro-Trump hate speech in IC chat rooms, for example, which I reported on exclusively a while back. Or when we’ve criticized Israel’s leadership as regards the Palestinians. But with the exception of my barnburner last night, our main focus has always been, and will remain, on “the intersection of intelligence with foreign policy and military operations.” You can count on that. In the meantime, I thank you for your attention—not to mention care for what we do. We do want engaged readers.
Actually, that would have been a good topic for Seymour. Address it objectively rather than just dismissing everything out of hand based on your personal feelings. Even the CIA has had to grudgingly admit ties to the Hunter activity in the Ukraine and trying to keep Hunter's lawyer friend out of court. Why not look closely into that. Have you or Seymour done. I can tell you that no is looking close enough at the money in/out of the Ukraine - which is not allowed to be audited. But, look at our specialty area which we do for large clients and governments, and don't share for newsletters.
Disgraced strongman wannabe? Confiscate Trump's passport? I subscribed for research and analysis - not hyperventilating partisan drivel. Try to outdo MSNBC please.
Time wasted writing this,
time wasted reading this.
This is insanely partisan trash. The majority of the more recent articles posted up having been leaning more in the same direction. Starting to regret my annual subscription......
respectfully disagree. Trump would LOVE to get jailed. This would be the ultimate proof that the Democrats were determined to not let the 2024 election be fair and open. It would be clear for everyone to see, that we had become like Hong Kong.
All the while, Trump would not be getting jailed with common criminals. He would undoubtedly be kept in a higher end, private cell location, or perhaps considering his age/health, be ordered to house arrest. He would live a very comfortable life, and would be a legend among the Republican party for yrs to come.
I respect your writing, and your life's work Jeff, but may I suggest leaving the petty politics to the echo chamber at MSNBC? If there's no good national security stories to tell at the moment, go play with the grandkids or something like that. This political crap is junk food for the mind, it will turn your brain to mush. That said, this is your site, and you have every right to do with it as you wish. I completely respect your right to speak your mind. I'm just offering my 2 cents, which you're welcome to ignore
We'll take him! After all, the UK already hosts Julian Assange, so why not him too? He could sit in his golf course up on the Aberdeenshire coast and enjoy the wonderful North Sea climate. There's no land between it and the North Pole, just bone-chilling, penetrating seaborne damp.
Btw, doesn't Florida law ban convicted non-violent felons from voting? If Trump is found guilty on the hush money charges that would apply to him, right? Could be the final revenge of Ron de Santis.
Time to end my subscription. What nonsense. Haha.
I canceled my annual subscription. I guess you have until the time when this one runs out to “return to regular programming” but no one needs to pay for panicked anti- Trump screeds. There are more than enough available for free.
I have been in the intelligence business for over 50 years and, as I know most of your contributors, I subscribed for interesting, objective discussions and information on intelligence matters – not a platform for SpyTalk writers to vent their own political beliefs. Save that for personal websites, podcasts or Facebook. If I wanted a subscription to CNN, MSNBC, etc, I would get one at no cost. I have waited patiently for an end to your anti-Trump tirades and referrals to anti-Trump websites. Oddly, although it would have been equally out of place, I have seen no tirades against Democrats, Biden, Hunter, etc, although the role of the CIA in covering for Joe and Hunter Biden in the Ukraine and with an American lawyer/donor would have been suitable. Therefore, as I can only see this getting worse as the election nears, please cancel my subscription and drop me from you mailing list.
Well, the good news is that, over the past 30 days, over a quarter of a million people visited SpyTalk, which during the same time period gained 456 new subscribers—about 15 a day. We’ve had steady increases month after month since we launched in late August 2020 with a mission to cover “the intersection of intelligence with foreign policy and military operations.” Alas, I veered off that editorial pledge last night with a screed urging the feds to seize Donald Trump’s passport, prompted by the apparent bid of his like-minded and similarly criminally troubled friend, Jair Bolsonaro, to escape Brazilian justice by fleeing to strongman-friendly Hungary. A lot of readers clicked that they “liked’ it, with some sending me effusively appreciative emails. But a handful of others vehemently disagreed and acidly cancelled their subscriptions. Now, we can take the hits—they come with the territory—but I have to say the critics, however foul mouthed as some were, were right in this instance. I’ve preached to one and all that our remit is not politics, but national security, especially as regards the intelligence quadrant. In some cases, of course, politics is inextricable from the issue at hand—pro-Trump hate speech in IC chat rooms, for example, which I reported on exclusively a while back. Or when we’ve criticized Israel’s leadership as regards the Palestinians. But with the exception of my barnburner last night, our main focus has always been, and will remain, on “the intersection of intelligence with foreign policy and military operations.” You can count on that. In the meantime, I thank you for your attention—not to mention care for what we do. We do want engaged readers.
Actually, that would have been a good topic for Seymour. Address it objectively rather than just dismissing everything out of hand based on your personal feelings. Even the CIA has had to grudgingly admit ties to the Hunter activity in the Ukraine and trying to keep Hunter's lawyer friend out of court. Why not look closely into that. Have you or Seymour done. I can tell you that no is looking close enough at the money in/out of the Ukraine - which is not allowed to be audited. But, look at our specialty area which we do for large clients and governments, and don't share for newsletters.