Aces Back to Back

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RT @TristanSnell
BREAKING: Senior FBI official who led 2016 investigation finding no link between Trump and Russia, Charles McGonigal, has now been arrested for taking and laundering money for Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.

The Kremlin infiltration of America goes VERY deep.

Maggie Haberman comes up in Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony. Trump lawyer: "Maggie's friendly to us. We'll be fine."

Hi! And thanks for joining me on this wild ride.

My colleague Paul Farhi wrote up the news on journalists' Twitter suspensions last night: https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/12/15/twitter-journalists-suspended-musk/

Twitter's owner joined us briefly on Twitter Spaces before vanishing into the night: https://twitter.com/ForeverEversley/status/1603612770892918784.

More news this morning from @rachellerman on the European Union's response: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/16/musk-journalists-suspension-europe-backlash/

Musk suspends journalists from Twitter, claims ‘assassination’ danger

Many of the journalists, including from The Washington Post and New York Times, had written about dramas surrounding billionaire Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter.

The Washington Post

My last two Washington Post stories on Elon Musk before Twitter suspended me and other journalists discussed his flirtation with QAnon and the public data about his private jet:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/14/qanon-musk-revival-twitter/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/14/elonjet-twitter-suspension-jack-sweeney-talks/

QAnon, adrift after Trump’s defeat, finds new life in Elon Musk’s Twitter

Musk has become so popular in QAnon circles that some regard him, not Trump, as the savior-like figure they’ve been waiting for.

The Washington Post

RT @ericgeller
This is a great story about an underappreciated relationship in the cyber defense realm. Two countries on Russia's border, both with a history of facing cyberattacks from Moscow, teaming up to fight back.

New details about regular 🇪🇪🇺🇦 coordination. https://twitter.com/magmill95/status/1600891411142180864

Maggie Miller on Twitter

“While in Estonia, I also had the chance to meet with some of the country's top cybersecurity leaders, who gave me an update on steps Estonia has taken to help Ukraine in its fight against Russian cyberattacks. More here: https://t.co/1u4PyPhQZl”

Twitter
1/ At least 125 more prisoners have been recruited from Russian penal colonies to fight in Ukraine – but this time it's Russian government officials doing the recruitment, not Wagner mercenaries, according to the independent Russian media outlet Verstka. ⬇️
1/ In what may be a bizarre case of mistaken identity, the Russian FSB has killed a group of Russian people it claims are pro-Ukrainian saboteurs – but who reportedly appear to be Airsoft enthusiasts who were engaged in live-action roleplay of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. video games. ⬇️