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Timestamps
0:00 The story, part 1
8:11 A word on geopolitics
12:04 The fallout
16:03 The takeaway
19:04 The story, part 2
24:56 You

Sources (in more or less chronological order)

The indictment: https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/136...

Chen and Donovan's business listings: https://www.washingtonpost.com/techno...

US drone strikes & imperialism:
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/ob...
https://theconversation.com/operation...

Civil liberties and war crimes in Russia:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/202...
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukr...

Siberan history:
https://www.britannica.com/place/Siberia

Russian revanchism:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...

Social media and psychology:
https://theconversation.com/social-me...
https://www.cell.com/trends/cognitive...
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/al...
https://www.latimes.com/science/story...

OII on Russian interference:    • Russia, Cambridge Analytica, and What Else...  

Disinfo campaigns & interference:
https://www.npr.org/2020/06/16/878169...
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-i...
https://time.com/5565991/russia-influ...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-6515...
https://www.theguardian.com/media/202...

Trump and isolationism:
https://www.politico.eu/article/donal...
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/14/us...

Tenet collaborators as victims:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c...

Russia and traditional values:
https://www.codastory.com/disinformat...
https://theconversation.com/as-russia...

Tenet personalities:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/07/bu...
https://boundingintocomics.com/2022/1...

Skyrim giant launch is clipped from:
   • Skyrim - First Giant Encounter