RT @criticalvas: “An unlikely firm linked to key #Intellexa figures has also sprung back to life online: a skincare company called Medovie.….

"'The only thing he ever talks about is prostitutes,' the official said.".

This week, we learned John Doe's fears were well-founded. Russian hackers lurked in US courts for years, took sealed files.

In 2023, Panama Papers whistleblower "John Doe" tried to sue the German government - but was stopped after the judge said they'd have to reveal their identity to the court. Doe said this would put their life at risk.

I have not tried them - clearly a gap in my reporting.

From spyware to skincare, companies linked to senior figures in 'Predator' developer Intellexa are back in business.

The Egyptian government did nothing to stop the vessel even after the owner's warnings, he wrote, and an EU naval mission was too slow. The cargo arrived in Benghazi, and the Med Sea Eagle remains stalled there to this day. Here's my story: .

In July 2024, the vessel passed through the Suez Canal with high-speed boats, Humvees, and dozens of trucks -- cargo the owner feared violated the arms embargo on Libya. He ordered the boat stopped, but wrote in emails that the charterer bribed the crew to continue the journey.

My latest story is about lawlessness on the high seas. In 2023, the Med Sea Eagle was abandoned off the coast of the UAE, and conditions grew so dire one crew member attempted suicide. In 2024, the cargo ship delivered military equipment to a warlord in eastern Libya.

RT @IBWellsSociety: Douglas Edelman rose from owning a bar in Kyrgyzstan to winning $7 billion in defense contracts, only to plead guilty t….

Oh my god, this xkcd comic has come to life.

How a Pentagon contractor went from bar owner to winning $7 billion in Pentagon contracts // My story on Douglas Edelman, whose global empire came crashing down this week when he pleaded guilty in one of the largest tax evasion cases in US history.

One surprise in reporting this story was how Russian support for Khalifa Haftar, the strongman in east Libya, has seemingly increased Europe's appetite for engaging w/ him. “What we don’t do in the East, Russia will do,” said the EU ambassador to Libya, according to leaked docs.

RT @ICIJorg: Russia is using vessels from its “ghost fleet” — hundreds of aging commercial ships with obscured ownership — to send military….

Russia is using its "ghost fleet" to ship military equipment to Libya -- here's how it gets away with it.

Bill Clinton in Riyadh: "Saudi Arabia has an inspiring leader who has created thousands and even millions of opportunities, for his citizens, to choose from these opportunities as if they were choosing them from a golden plate."

RT @ICIJorg: Senate Banking Committee member Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) is concerned the Federal Reserve may be “turning a blind eye” to a….

I truly appreciate @DEM_Offshore's policy of publishing every spurious legal (or in this case, physical) threat he receives from publishing public court records.

Now that's a great tweet to go out on.