Dispatches

COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating An agent messaged me privately, accusing journalists of “creating hate” with “mass negative media.” Serious, troubling questions surround the July 13 assassination attempt on Donald Trump. So far, I don’t have answers from officials; but I have been privately scolded by a Secret Service agent for …

The group posted the vid on the anniversary of Prigozhin’s ill-fated march on Moscow. COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating Remember this? The coup that wasn’t, only a year ago in Russia? The alleged coup-master, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has since died in a baffling plane crash. But today the self proclaimed descendants of …

COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating We thought we were being informative, but maybe we missed something. We wanted to show that soldiers do more than the high profile kinetic stuff, and that sometimes their work is mundane. Such as, when they fill sandbags. We posted this little clip, below, on …

Mail drop! Here’s the latest peek into our inbox at Soldier of Fortune. Send us a note, and you, too, might appear in a future edition of Mail Drop! Vomiting in the Balkans Susan: Hey I saw what you wrote about working on a story in Dubrovnik and then vomiting …

My own inquiry shows so far that this tragedy was incredibly sad, but not nefarious. ANALYSIS by Susan Katz Keating I frequently remind readers that when following current events, be mindful that first reports often are incomplete, misleading, or even wrong. This is one of those times. Alarming news emerged Thursday …

A JFK-style hit, where a sniper takes aim from afar, is not the only type of assassination that threatens a political leader’s life. ANALYSIS by Susan Katz Keating Important first lessons emerge from today’s assassination attempt on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico. Grainy footage from the attack seems to show that …

Wagner Group has been getting increased attention in the wake of a recent article that says they are chasing the depleted warlord Joseph Kony in Africa. I don’t buy that story, and I’m not convinced re this new vid. COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating A video on a Russian secure …

COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating Now that all the militias and terrorist groups are getting into the music video game, the parodies aren’t too far behind. One hilarious example shows the joys and pleasures of fighting alongside the Wagner Group. The vid is making the rounds privately, but Big Social won’t …

COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating On Easter weekend, I tend to think secular thoughts to go with the religious holiday. The purely secular portion is this: Jesus of Nazareth was arrested and executed for treason against Rome on this weekend, around 33 AD, according to the Gospel accounts.  Was this the …

One drone was “snuffed out” in new video from the field, but others kept flying. COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating The Russian state-funded Wagner Group says it is equipped with electronic warfare capabilities, to include the use of drones. The group uses a new video to showcase its drones in …