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If the political assassinations, at least some of them, are planned, designed, and arranged in advance, for the various reasons, from the propaganda purposes to tangible political benefits, they are in principle the same as the possibly pre-arranged mass killing. Both types of events may be the work of intelligence agencies, and studying them in comparison may yield the clues to the common underlying mechanisms. | Post Link Was Shinzo Abe's Killer Just Another Lone Nut? Look Closer - WhoWhatWhy posted at 11:19:48 UTC   via   "COINTELPRO" - Google News Was Shinzo Abe's Killer Just Another Lone Nut? Look Closer   WhoWhatWhy Shinzo Abe - GS

Michael Novakhov's favorite articles on  Inoreader  |  6:35 AM 7/18/2022 Ukraine's president fires spy chief and top state prosecutor posted at 10:17:37 UTC   via   reuters.com KYIV, July 17 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday abruptly fired the head of Ukraine's powerful domestic security agency, the SBU, and the state prosecutor general, citing dozens of cases of collaboration with Russia by officials in their agencies. The sackings of SBU chief Ivan Bakanov, a childhood friend of Zelenskiy, and Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova, who has played a key role in the prosecution of Russian war crimes, were announced in executive orders on the president's website. The firings are easily the biggest political sackings since Russia invaded on Feb. 24, forcing the entire Ukrainian state machine to focus on the war effort. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com In a Telegram post, Zelenskiy said he had fired the top officials because it had com