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Your article reminds me of another article I read about horrendous nuclear weapons security in the US that appeared years before bellingcat existed. It seemed a
by pydry 5y ago
Your article reminds me of another article I read about horrendous nuclear weapons security in the US that appeared years before bellingcat existed. It seemed as weird then as it is now that the US government would willingly embarrass itself, but I can see how it might come about as a result of interagency rivalry and/or frustration that deep-seated dangerous security lapses were getting bureaucratically buried.
I'd be deeply surprised if Bellingcat released anything that embarrassed the director of the CIA.
I glanced at the bellingcat page on Ethiopia to see if they really were undermining the integrity of a US ally as you implied. Top story is about the fact that they're using Iranian drones, which is a bit of a poke in the eye to the US, and, depressingly, probably is the aspect of the conflict the CIA feels most invested in.
- _djo_ 5y agoOr, the alternative and simpler explanation: Bellingcat aren't directed by the US government in the way you believe. Nor were the journalists who exposed lax nuclear weapons security in the past.
- pydry 5y agoI looked up one. It was announced by an air force general in a press conference. So yeah, real woodward and bernstein stuff.
- _djo_ 5y agoYou found one example of self-reporting and that suddenly invalidates all independent reporting? That makes zero sense.
- VSerge 5y agoAlso, the article says Bellingcat received under 100k last year from the NED, so maybe a salary for a permanent employee. This is a very light investment if the goal was to effect large impacts on major targets.
- tata71 5y ago> Bellingcat aren't directed by the US government in the way you believe. The CIA aren't directed by the US government in the way you believe.
- southerntofu 5y ago> horrendous nuclear weapons security in the US Nuclear security is a joke everywhere. This industry has one of the worst track records of reliability/security, not just in the US. > I'd be deeply surprised if Bellingcat released anything that embarrassed the director of the CIA. A New Platform Tracks Airstrikes in Yemen ( https://www.bellingcat.com/news/mena/2021/07/20/a-new-platform-tracks-airstrikes-in-yemen/ https://www.bellingcat.com/news/mena/2021/07/20/a-new-platfo... ) The Telltale Traces of the US Military’s New ‘Bladed’ Missile ( https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/how-tos/2021/08/26/the-telltale-traces-of-the-us-militarys-new-bladed-missile-r9x/ https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/how-tos/2021/08/26/the-... ) That's what i found in less than 5 minutes browsing links on that site. I would assume that's embarrassing for US intelligence services, but hey what do i know.
- pydry 5y agoThe top link is more embarrassing for their Saudi allies rather than the CIA directly, but fair point - it's clearly not targeted at an enemy but an ally using Western armaments. It did pop up not too long after a publicized "cooling" of relations between the two countries, though: https://en.qantara.de/content/under-joe-biden-us-cools-relations-with-saudi-crown-prince https://en.qantara.de/content/under-joe-biden-us-cools-relat... The second is practically a brag.
- iamacyborg 5y agoPotentially this? https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/03/09/break-in-at-y-12 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/03/09/break-in-at-y-...
- Hnrobert42 5y ago> I can see how it might come about as a result of interagency rivalry Maybe. Or maybe not everything is part of a conspiracy. I don’t mean that in a snarky way. This thread is straying pretty far from fact and relying a lot of suppositions about intent.