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DavidKenner retweeted
Apr 28
NEW: we caught 🇨🇳Chinese hackers... again.
Twist: they're hacking journalists & activists, but we suspect they're private contractors.
State repression... with a profit margin.
Thread how to protect yourself 1/
By us @citizenlab in collab w/@ICIJorg
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Very normal behavior here.
"After you make us lose $900,000 we will invest no less than that to finish you."
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Mar 2
I reported last year that seven Arab states and Israel were participating in a U.S.-led "Regional Security Construct," deepening security cooperation to counter Iran.
Worthwhile time to point out: Kuwait wasn't one of those seven.
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Mar 2
Kuwaiti air defenses mistakenly shoot down three US fighter jets. All six American crew members safely ejected and were later recovered, military says. nytimes.com/2026/03/02/world…
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Feb 12
I feel like I’m taking crazy pills. He’s not a sultan, his name is Sultan. This is obvious to anyone with a passing familiarity with the Gulf.
.@PabloReports: There was a sultan who was named?
Khanna: That is the person that we're protecting. Why not put out his name. He's a sultan, a powerful person in Dubai. He's obviously allegedly involved in these crimes..
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Feb 12
This is not to downplay his position in the UAE, a country that does not use sultan as a title.
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Feb 10
This is neither here nor there but the individual’s name is Sultan, it’s not a title
You looked at the document. You know it’s an email address that was redacted. The law requires redactions for personally identifiable information, including if in an email address. And you know that the Sultan’s name is available unredacted in the files. See EFTA00666117.
Be honest, and stop grandstanding.
Community note
The Epstein Files Transparency Act allows redaction of PII only in very narrow circumstances, such as an unwarranted invasion of privacy or the risk of jeopardizing a federal investigation. It is unlikely the cited email would meet that criterion. - congress.gov/bill/119th-con…
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15 Dec 2025
Today @Sana__gov published:
-A Justice Ministry circular on how publishing Assad regime security files is "a crime that affects the security of the state."
-A description of an @snhr report based on Assad regime security files.
sana.sy/locals/2354459/
sana.sy/locals/2354006/
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DavidKenner retweeted
5 Dec 2025
Harrowing and deeply important work by @DavidKenner and @NicoleSadek on the survivors of Assad's killing machine -- relatives of the missing, left to pick up the pieces without answers from the old regime or the new. A telling anecdote at the end. icij.org/investigations/dama…
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4 Dec 2025
NEW: The United Nations paid $11 million to a Syrian security firm that documents show was owned by a branch of Assad's intelligence services guilty of torture, rape, and murder.
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11 Oct 2025
New from me: Israel and key Arab states quietly deepened military cooperation over the past three years, even as the Gaza war raged.
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18 Sep 2025
I have never seen a government agency respond to a FOIA request like this. Not just: "Hey, please tell us if you're still interested in a previously submitted FOIA?" But: "We're not going to tell you which FOIA requests are outstanding, but please write us about them."
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DavidKenner retweeted
13 Aug 2025
“An unlikely firm linked to key #Intellexa figures has also sprung back to life online: a skincare company called Medovie.”
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19 Aug 2025
"'The only thing he ever talks about is prostitutes,' the official said."
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15 Aug 2025
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.
icij.org/investigations/pana…
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15 Aug 2025
This week, we learned John Doe's fears were well-founded.
Russian hackers lurked in US courts for years, took sealed files.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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14 Aug 2025
I have not tried them - clearly a gap in my reporting.
Great piece by @DavidKenner. Still wondering though—are their skincare products actually any good? #spyware
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14 Aug 2025
From spyware to skincare, companies linked to senior figures in 'Predator' developer Intellexa are back in business. icij.org/investigations/cypr…
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11 Jun 2025
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.
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11 Jun 2025
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.
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11 Jun 2025
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:
icij.org/news/2025/06/after-…
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