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7 ‘October Surprises’ That Disrupted US Presidential Elections

Presidential candidates have always understood that in a close election, any big news story in the last weeks of a campaign could be enough to tip the contest in November. Now known as an “October surprise,” the news story might take the form of a scandalous revelation about a candidate, the outbrea
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@mikenov: Deepfakes Are The New October Surprise – The Ring of Fire Network trofire.com/2024/10/17/dee…

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Intel agencies in an age of ‘nuclear’ cyberattacks, political assassinations

Regardless of who is leading their governments, U.S. and Israeli intelligence agencies maintain a quiet, steady relationship, as that link remains a vital part of national security for both countries.
During a talk last Thursday as part of a Harvard global youth conference on foreign affairs, forme
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The state of spy craft, according to former CIA director

Former U.S. and Israeli intelligence heads, John Brennan and Tamir Pardo, told students that it will be up to them to beat back the threats posed by cyberwarfare and politically driven disinformation.
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How did Israeli intelligence miss Hamas’ preparations to attack? A US counterterrorism expert explains how Israeli intelligence works

Israel is widely recognized as having highly sophisticated intelligence capabilities, both in terms of its ability to collect information about potential threats within its own country and outside of it. And so as details unfold about the full extent of Hamas’ unprecedented and surprise attack on 2