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Dead Drop

NOUN
- A location to secretly pass information without a face-to-face meeting.
Each week we hope to give our readers tidbits of gossip from the world of national security and intelligence. The Dead Drop is a source of fun or intriguing news you can’t get anywhere else.
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Dead Drop: Week of September 1
TUCKERED OUT: You may be getting as tired as we are hearing stuff about former Fox News talking head Tucker Carlson but he just keeps saying so much stupid stuff – and since he has some 16.5 million followers on X and an unknown number of subscribers to his Tucker Carlson Network – he probably shouldn’t be ignored. That’s why we paid attention when Mediaite noted Carlson calling Russian President Vladimir Putin the “most effective leader” of his lifetime and said that it is “insane” to think Vlad is more evil than former U.S. President Joe Biden. But wait, there’s more. Carlson added that [...] Read More
Dead Drop: Week of August 24
VENICE BRINGS THE DYNAMITE – Spies tell us that Oscar-winning Hollywood director Kathryn Bigelow is on her way to the Venice International Film [...] More
Dead Drop: Week of August 18
THE HOUSE WHERE IT HAPPENED: There was a ton of media interest on Friday surrounding the FBI search of former National Security Advisor John Bolton’s [...] More
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