Rob Gill
@robgill.bsky.social
"Extreme Centrist". Intelligence & Security Studies Postgrad. Sports; Film/Media; National and International Security; Conservation; History.
Imagine there's a lot of redundant agent handlers in the GRU and SVR now, why bother running agents when you can just read their comments on apps?
March 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Imagine there's a lot of redundant agent handlers in the GRU and SVR now, why bother running agents when you can just read their comments on apps?
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Four questions for the former leader of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Why didn’t you …
1) … ask why you were using Signal?
2) … ask why you weren’t using readily available govt secure comms systems?
3) … verify who was in the group?
4) … stop the chat when it got sensitive?
1) … ask why you were using Signal?
2) … ask why you weren’t using readily available govt secure comms systems?
3) … verify who was in the group?
4) … stop the chat when it got sensitive?
"Obviously someone made a mistake, someone made a big mistake."
Secretary of State Marco Rubio addresses the Signal group chat leak of military plans.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio addresses the Signal group chat leak of military plans.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
March 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Four questions for the former leader of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Why didn’t you …
1) … ask why you were using Signal?
2) … ask why you weren’t using readily available govt secure comms systems?
3) … verify who was in the group?
4) … stop the chat when it got sensitive?
1) … ask why you were using Signal?
2) … ask why you weren’t using readily available govt secure comms systems?
3) … verify who was in the group?
4) … stop the chat when it got sensitive?
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It’s exactly one month since @johnsipher.bsky.social and I wrote this Foreign Policy piece about how the US would now inevitably be seen as an unreliable intelligence sharing partner. The Signal debacle shows the article wasn’t pessimistic enough.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/27/t...
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/27/t...
March 26, 2025 at 5:43 AM
It’s exactly one month since @johnsipher.bsky.social and I wrote this Foreign Policy piece about how the US would now inevitably be seen as an unreliable intelligence sharing partner. The Signal debacle shows the article wasn’t pessimistic enough.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/27/t...
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/27/t...
So much to unpack re: Signal scandal. The lack of care handling sensitive/classified info; the contempt for Europe & total disregard for avoiding civilian casualties.
March 26, 2025 at 9:27 PM
So much to unpack re: Signal scandal. The lack of care handling sensitive/classified info; the contempt for Europe & total disregard for avoiding civilian casualties.
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It so oddly ironic reading this statement by the President of the U.S.A, as air raid sirens go off due to russia shooting their missiles & Iranian drones. And I just can’t help but laugh, cause there’s only ONE country mentioned in this post that DOESN’T look like a COMPLETE JOKE right now.
Ukraine.
Ukraine.
March 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
It so oddly ironic reading this statement by the President of the U.S.A, as air raid sirens go off due to russia shooting their missiles & Iranian drones. And I just can’t help but laugh, cause there’s only ONE country mentioned in this post that DOESN’T look like a COMPLETE JOKE right now.
Ukraine.
Ukraine.
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Hundreds of Mexican firefighters have arrived in Southern California to help combat the wildfires.
Thank you, Mexico🇺🇸🇲🇽
Thank you, Mexico🇺🇸🇲🇽
January 11, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Hundreds of Mexican firefighters have arrived in Southern California to help combat the wildfires.
Thank you, Mexico🇺🇸🇲🇽
Thank you, Mexico🇺🇸🇲🇽
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Interesting to see certain accounts remember Ukraine exists. They were silent while Russia pummelled Ukraine; silent as Iranian drones whirled overhead; silent as North Korean missiles and troops entered the fray. Then they find their voice over Biden's decision to remove some restrictions.
November 17, 2024 at 11:03 PM
Interesting to see certain accounts remember Ukraine exists. They were silent while Russia pummelled Ukraine; silent as Iranian drones whirled overhead; silent as North Korean missiles and troops entered the fray. Then they find their voice over Biden's decision to remove some restrictions.
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Security Situation off 🇮🇪 Coast
The vessel (Yantar) may also have been used as a decoy to draw attention away from a 🇷🇺 attack submarine thought to be operating off the south coast and whose whereabouts are the focus of continuing Nato operations.
www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...
The vessel (Yantar) may also have been used as a decoy to draw attention away from a 🇷🇺 attack submarine thought to be operating off the south coast and whose whereabouts are the focus of continuing Nato operations.
www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...
Russians in Irish Sea is ‘pre-vote message’
The Yantar, an intelligence-gathering ship equipped to cut undersea cables, entered the Irish Sea last week
www.thetimes.com
November 17, 2024 at 9:48 AM
Security Situation off 🇮🇪 Coast
The vessel (Yantar) may also have been used as a decoy to draw attention away from a 🇷🇺 attack submarine thought to be operating off the south coast and whose whereabouts are the focus of continuing Nato operations.
www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...
The vessel (Yantar) may also have been used as a decoy to draw attention away from a 🇷🇺 attack submarine thought to be operating off the south coast and whose whereabouts are the focus of continuing Nato operations.
www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...
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Thinking a lot on intelligence partnerships these days …. I was honored to contribute to this AC article. www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menaso...
Managing counterterrorism foreign liaison relationships in an increasingly competitive world
Robust investment in foreign liaison relationships enables the fundamental conditions required for an effective global counterterrorism strategy, and not just within the countries where these partners...
www.atlanticcouncil.org
November 16, 2024 at 8:49 AM
Thinking a lot on intelligence partnerships these days …. I was honored to contribute to this AC article. www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menaso...
There are people applying for jobs that require background checks, concerned one tweet from 10 years ago or a bad credit rating due to a missed credit card payment, might cost them their job. Turns out all you needed to do was be selected to be DNI, Sec Def or AG.
I feel like background checks are probably there for a reason.
November 16, 2024 at 6:39 PM
There are people applying for jobs that require background checks, concerned one tweet from 10 years ago or a bad credit rating due to a missed credit card payment, might cost them their job. Turns out all you needed to do was be selected to be DNI, Sec Def or AG.
We are completely unprepared for this - to prevent it or to respond to it. Hoping for the best isn't policy.
Russian poking around submarine cables ... not a new issue of course. I've written about Soviet trawlers severing submarine cables that carried nuclear command and control data during the Cold War. See the article in the first comment.
www.rte.ie/news/primeti...
www.rte.ie/news/primeti...
Russian spy ship confirmed to be operating near cables off Dublin
A Russian spy ship has been operating near subsea cables in the Irish Sea just north of Dublin in recent days, according to vessel tracking data and military sources.
www.rte.ie
November 16, 2024 at 6:36 PM
We are completely unprepared for this - to prevent it or to respond to it. Hoping for the best isn't policy.
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A frustrating thing for me right now is the media narrative that RFK Jr is just an “anti-vaxxer” when he has said so many crazy things about other stuff over the years. We compiled 10 nutty clips on various topics, which still barely scratches the surface. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
'Viruses Are Our Friend'— 10 Off the Wall Video Clips from RFK Jr. Resurface on Bluesky
Past comments include denying AIDS and calling vaccinated children "damaged"
open.substack.com
November 15, 2024 at 8:39 PM
A frustrating thing for me right now is the media narrative that RFK Jr is just an “anti-vaxxer” when he has said so many crazy things about other stuff over the years. We compiled 10 nutty clips on various topics, which still barely scratches the surface. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
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“His chief credential is not his mastery of the law but his contempt for it.”
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/o...
Opinion | Matt Gaetz Is the Perfect Man for the Job
Trump’s choice to lead the Justice Department is a flagrant provocation that is, like a pulpy B movie, so bad it’s good.
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2024 at 9:54 AM
“His chief credential is not his mastery of the law but his contempt for it.”
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/o...
In order to be considered for Trump's cabinet, do you have to have at least three wives, sexual assault allegations and also be a CI risk?
November 15, 2024 at 6:58 PM
In order to be considered for Trump's cabinet, do you have to have at least three wives, sexual assault allegations and also be a CI risk?
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someone actually wrote this for him and he actually read this? this week of all weeks?
October 18, 2024 at 2:04 PM
someone actually wrote this for him and he actually read this? this week of all weeks?