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Spy chiefs take the hot seat
DC’s intelligence chiefs have stepped out of the shadows and into the congressional spotlight for their annual grilling this week. Sure, it’s all tied to the unclassified Annual Threat Assessment, and spooks love to defer spicy answers to the off-camera closed-door briefings, but it’s still pretty revealing. So here are the week’s top five spymaster […]
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Can you bomb the Hormuz Strait open?
Come Monday morning, Asian and European leaders had a clear message for the White House: after getting labelled freeloaders and cowards, then blindsided by this new war, they won’t now rush their navies through a wartime Strait of Hormuz. Weird, huh? But the US president still insists “numerous countries” are on their way, so it’s […]
Iran grabs headlines, but China’s tech push marchs on
This is the first time we’ve ever focused nine consecutive briefings on the same topic (Iran) and, while that war keeps shaping history, the rest of the world ain’t slowing down. So let’s catch you up on three other stories worth your attention this week. Spoiler upfront — they all involve China: China’s annual political-legislative […]
Iran is targeting US radars, is the strategy paying off?
Here’s what’s happened in the 24 hours since Intrigue last cannon-balled into your inbox: The war: The markets: And the miscellaneous: As for this briefing’s quick focus? US radar systems. There’s little surprising about the US/Israeli ability to fry most of the regime’s military. What’s maybe surprising is the regime’s ability to land big hits […]
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