EEV: No current validation, two video sources posted in case one goes down…. Crimea is just the start, warn ambassadors, in unauthenticated tape of leaked conversation PUBLISHED : Saturday, 05 April, 2014, 1:34am The Guardian in Moscow A recording has… Read More ›
Victoria Nuland
US official apologises to EU counterparts for undiplomatic language
EEV: Report contains profanity: Low impact story Victoria Nuland reportedly said ‘F**k the EU’ speaking of Ukraine crisis, though department didn’t confirm it was her voice on tape Ed Pilkington in New York theguardian.com, Thursday 6 February 2014 18.18 EST… Read More ›
The Obama administration’s State Department had a direct hand in revising the official story on the 2012 Benghazi terror attack, new documents show
State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland objected to the CIA’s summary, which concluded that terrorists killed four Americans Attack came in the weeks before the 2012 election, as President Obama was campaigning on the strength of having defeated al Qaeda White… Read More ›
Abe: China radar-lock on Japan ship ‘dangerous’
Politics Feb. 06, 2013 – 12:45PM JST TOKYO — The radar-lock that a Chinese frigate put on a Japanese warship was “dangerous” and “provocative,” Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Wednesday, as tensions in a territorial row ratcheted up. “It was… Read More ›
Clinton won’t testify on Benghazi due to illness
Posted By Josh Rogin Saturday, December 15, 2012 – 7:55 PM Secretary of State Hillary Clinton won’t testify to Congress next week on Benghazi, after fainting and suffering a concussion Saturday and due to her ongoing stomach ailment. “While… Read More ›
State Department granted New York terror plotter a student visa
Posted By Josh Rogin Thursday, October 18, 2012 – 4:53 PM Last December, the State Department issued a student visa to the Bangladeshi man arrested this week for trying to blow up the Federal Reserve building with what he thought was… Read More ›
USAid ordered out of Moscow as Putin’s protest crackdown continues
American agency for international development has until 1 October to shut its office in Moscow Miriam Elder in Moscow and Chris McGreal in Washingtn guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 18 September 2012 16.43 EDT Vladimir Putin has drawn on stereotypes and conspiracy theories to… Read More ›