Watch: Israel's Game-Changing 'Iron Beam' Intercept System Declared Operational
Watch: Israel's Game-Changing 'Iron Beam' Intercept System Declared Operational
The past nearly two years of war in Gaza, and accompanying conflicts from Lebanon to Iran to Yemen - has seen Israel's air defenses work harder than ever. Recent ballistic missile and drone attacks out of Yemen have meanwhile resulted in at least some missiles getting through, even hitting Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion International Airport. Replenishments of Israel's sophisticated anti-air defense layers are extremely expensive as well, which is why starting over a decade ago Tel Aviv began actively developing other means of aerial defense.
The IDF military has just rolled out its new high-powered laser defense system, known as the "Iron Beam". It has passed a final round of testing, announced the defense ministry on Wednesday, and could be ready for active deployment as soon as by close of 2025.
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Developed by the defense company Rafael in partnership with the Defense Ministry and the Israeli Air Force, the Iron Beam was first introduced in 2014.
In some instances, a lower-powered version of the laser has already been used successfully, such as to shoot down drones over Israel's norther amid the war with Hezbollah, Israeli media says.
According to the defense ministry, the system recently went through a series of successful operational tests which lasted several weeks. The Iron Beam is touted as being proven in intercepting rockets, mortars, and drones - only using high-energy laser technology.
The development and battle testing has been led ministry’s Directorate of Defense Research & Development (DDR&D).
Rafael announced upon releasing the below video that together with Israel's Ministry of Defense, it "has completed the final series of trials for the Iron Beam 450, the world’s first operational high-energy laser defense system."
"In these landmark tests, Iron Beam 450 intercepted rockets, mortars, and UAVs with unmatched speed, precision, and near-zero cost per engagement — a breakthrough that sets a new global benchmark in air defense."
Iron Beam 450 Reaches Final Development and Readiness for Delivery
Rafael, together with Israel’s Ministry of Defense, has completed the final series of trials for the Iron Beam 450, the world’s first operational high-energy laser defense system.
In these landmark tests, Iron… https://t.co/fhKrB9rL5i
— Rafael Advanced Defense Systems (@RAFAELdefense) https://twitter.com/RAFAELdefense/status/1968375646716854698?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
But there is a big caveat, per the https://www.timesofisrael.com/laser-based-iron-beam-interception-system-declared-operational/
: "The main downside of a laser system is that it does not function well in low visibility, including heavy cloud cover or other inclement weather."
Likely the thinking in Netanyahu's government is that Israel can't get this deployed to the battlefield fast enough - again, given recent developments and headlines like the following: https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/houthi-hypersonic-missile-renders-iron-dome-useless-slams-tel-aviv-area
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The Houthis have vowed not to stop so long as the IDF military offensive in Gaza persists, and now they are increasingly targeting Israeli airports.
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Did The Polish Deep State Try To Manipulate The President Into War With Russia?
Did The Polish Deep State Try To Manipulate The President Into War With Russia?
https://korybko.substack.com/p/did-the-polish-deep-state-try-to
Leading Polish outlet https://www.rp.pl/wojsko/art43015001-polska-rakieta-uderzyla-w-dom-na-lubelszczyznie
actually came from an unexploded missile launched by an F-16 that was trying to down the incoming projectiles.
The National Security Bureau https://x.com/bbn_pl/status/1967925405676888363?s=46
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He represents the conservative-nationalist opposition and https://notesfrompoland.com/2025/05/22/polish-opposition-presidential-candidate-signs-far-right-leaders-list-of-demands/
there. Some therefore speculate that members of the Polish permanent military, intelligence, and diplomatic bureaucracies, or “deep state”, kept Nawrocki out of the loop in order to manipulate him into escalating against Russia.
Given what’s now known about how an F-16’s unexploded munition was responsible for damaging a Polish home, which Tusk’s government https://x.com/dd_geopolitics/status/1967955199630459115?s=46
argues that Russia’s drone incursion was due to NATO jamming causing Ukrainian-directed decoys (possibly launched from Belarus) to veer into Poland.
A compelling sequence of events is therefore beginning to take shape. It was likely the case that Russia’s drone incursion into Poland was accidentally caused by NATO jamming and only involved decoys that naturally weren’t outfitted with countermeasures against electronic jamming. A Polish F-16 then missed when firing an air-to-air missile that tried to intercept one of these out-of-control decoys, regardless of whether they knew that they were decoys at the time or not, which is a separate matter of speculation.
In any case, the munition didn’t explode after it missed, but the military would have known the entire time that a wayward missile must have landed somewhere and thus quickly realized that this was the cause of the damage to that home (especially after investigators arrived on the scene and found it). The National Security Bureau and the President were kept in the dark until a source leaked this to the media all while Tusk’s government blamed Russia for the damage at the UNSC and agitated for a no-fly zone.
Extrapolating from the above, Poland’s “deep state” dynamics are such that the National Security Bureau and the President oppose any escalation against Russia that risks sparking a direct war, which contrasts with some members of the armed forces and Tusk’s government as a whole who favor this scenario. That’s why they hid these facts from the first two in order to manipulate them into escalating. The domestic and international implications of this scandal could lead to the collapse of Tusk’s government.
Former President Andrzej Duda https://korybko.substack.com/p/duda-belatedly-confirmed-that-zelensky
that Zelensky tried to manipulate Poland into war with Russia during November 2022’s Przewodow incident yet now some from the Polish “deep state” in collusion with the now-ruling liberal-globalists just tried to do the same.
The black swan events of NATO jamming causing Russian decoy drones to veer into Poland and an F-16 missing one of its attempted interceptions were therefore exploited by them to spark a crisis that might have led to World War III.
Views expressed in this article are opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ZeroHedge.
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Trump Repeatedly Says Putin 'Let Me Down' During UK State Visit
Trump Repeatedly Says Putin 'Let Me Down' During UK State Visit
Much of President Trump's base has long demanded that he bring real pressure to bear on the Zelensky government, by halting weapons flows and American taxpayers' billions going to Kiev's coffers, and by urging territorial concessions in the east. Washington does have immense leverage over at least one side of this conflict which could be used to achieve lasting peace, but Trump acts as if this is not the case. Do average Americans really care enough about the fate of places like Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia (regions that most would fail to locate on a map) to keep risking build-up toward WW3?
Instead of pushing hard for compromise, we get https://www.newsmax.com/world/globaltalk/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-war/2025/09/18/id/1226897/
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President Donald Trump said Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has "let me down" by failing to resolve the war in Ukraine.
"I'm very honored to tell you that we've solved seven wars, wars that were unsolvable, wars that couldn't be negotiated or done," Trump said in his opening remarks in a joint news conference with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, vowing the U.S. and U.K. "will always be friends."
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"The US has done seven of them," he again emphasized in the comments, while also making reference to Azerbaijan and https://x.com/nexta_tv/status/1968690852751872089
- when he meant to say Armenia.
Though we are left wondering what the six other wars Trump is claiming to have put an end to were. It seems he's claiming Iran-Israel too, though that was by actually bombing the Islamic Republic, which posed no direct threat to America. Perhaps Syria?... did 'peace' come by installing a 'former' ISIS/AQ leader?
Trump added, "The one that I thought would be easiest would be because of my relationship with President Putin. But he's let me down. He's really let me down."
Trump: If oil prices come down, Putin will leave Ukraine. It's very simple.
Trump: If oil prices fall, Putin will leave Ukraine. It's very simple.
— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) https://twitter.com/Mylovanov/status/1968742387821248802?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Musing further on the issue, Trump explained, "You thought you were going to have an easy time or a hard time - and it turns out to be the reverse." And he said further, "It doesn't feel like the time to ask Putin for a ceasefire."
Again, the reality remains that he's unwilling to do what is necessary to actually solve it. There would be three easy steps:
Agree for all time that Ukraine can never be in NATO
Recognize Russia's hold over the Donbass & Crimea, essentially give up the 'annexed' terriotiries
Stop NATO's military infrastructure in Ukraine by cutting off the arms
For the time being, Putin knows he's winning the war, given superior firepower and manpower - though without doubt Russia is https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/ten-russian-refineries-have-been-hit-ukrainian-drones-early-august
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Trump is frustrated about Putin. Keeps repeating that Russian President let him down
Trump: Putin let me down. [first time]
Of all the wars, I thought this would be the easiest because of my relationship with Putin.
But he really let me down.
— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) https://twitter.com/Mylovanov/status/1968742381232025918?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
As a reminder, below is some of our coverage of Jeffrey Sachs speaking to a Ron Paul conference https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/how-ukraine-war-could-end-tomorrow-if-us-wanted-jeffrey-sachs-addresses-ron-pauls-dc
. The war could end tomorrow if the US really wanted it to...
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Sachs explained the war could end rather quickly: The Ukraine war could have been avoided - by simply stating that NATO would not expand to Ukraine. Even Jake Sullivan privately told me it wouldn't happen. But when I asked him to say it publicly to avoid war, he refused.
The war can be ended tomorrow if the US declares NATO will not expand to Ukraine. That’s all. It's not about territory. Russia didn’t demand land - just neutrality. Even in Crimea, Russia sought a lease renewal, not annexation - until the U.S.-backed coup. This war is entirely provoked and entirely avoidable.
We will, as the Rand Corporation wrote in 2019 in one of the most absurd, dangerous, ridiculous exemplars of American foreign policy, we will extend you. 'Extending Russia': a document of a think tank. How to annoy Russia in 27 different ways. Is this really what we pay them for? How to provoke the other nuclear superpower with 6,000 nuclear weapons and then wonder why the hand of the doomsday clock is 89 seconds to midnight? These people are crazy. Honestly, it's very very dangerous. ...Let me just say that all the major conflicts can be ended straightforwardly. The casus belli of the Ukraine war is NATO enlargement, and US coup operations all over Ukraine. Even the New York Times reported that one a couple of months ago.
All of these conflicts - Ukraine, Gaza, potential war with China - can be resolved quickly, if we tell the truth, act with courage, and demand accountability. Our government must stop listening to the war profiteers and start listening to the people.
We need brave leaders, honest media, and informed citizens. That’s how peace begins.
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US Seeking To Regain Control Of Bagram Air Base In Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan: Trump
US Seeking To Regain Control Of Bagram Air Base In Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan: Trump
The United States is actively working to regain control over Bagram Air Base in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, President Trump told reporters this morning in a joint press conference with UK PM Starmer in England.
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U.S. forces relinquished control over the major air base in 2021, during the force drawdown from the country.
The United States handed over control of the base to the U.S.-backed Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, which collapsed in August 2021 as the Taliban seized control over the Afghan capital city of Kabul.
Trump has criticized former President Joe Biden over the tumultuous US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, claiming that the move left in the hands of the Taliban government American weaponry and other military assets, including the base at Bagram.
Trump has repeatedly said that the facility is now under the control of China, a claim that Afghan authorities have disputed, and that it still holds strategic value for the US.
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Speaking during the press conference, Trump suggested that the current Taliban authority in Afghanistan needs things that the United States can provide, and may be amenable to a deal allowing a renewed U.S. presence at the key base.
“We’re trying to get it back, because they need things from us. We want that base back,” Trump said.
The president stressed the potential strategic significance of a renewed U.S. presence in Afghanistan, including as a strategic counterbalance to China.
“One of the reasons we want the base is, as you know, it’s an hour away from where China makes its nuclear weapons,” he said.
Watch the full exchange below:
We are trying to get the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan back.
That base is an hour away from where China makes its nuclear weapons.
-Trump https://t.co/BPtxrzVKW4
— Osint Reports (@OTWR_) https://twitter.com/OTWR_/status/1968700190518358150?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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Leading Hamas Official Targeted In Israel's Qatar Strike Appears Alive & Well On Al Jazeera
Leading Hamas Official Targeted In Israel's Qatar Strike Appears Alive & Well On Al Jazeera
A top Hamas official who was directly targeted by Israel during its September 9 strike on a residential compound in Doha, Qatar has appeared on Al Jazeera for the first time since surviving the attack.
Ghazi Hamad was one of the prime targets of the assassination attempt last week, but he appeared alive and well during the Al Jazeera broadcast on Wednesday evening.
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"Hamad is the second Hamas official to be interviewed since the strike, following a similar interview earlier this week with Taher al-Nunu, who was not among the targets," writes https://www.newsmax.com/globaltalk/hamas-ghazi-hamad-interview/2025/09/18/id/1226851/
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Hamad in his fresh remarks paints a picture of being lured to the Doha compound specifically to consider a new US-backed peace proposal for Gaza, describing of his entourage, "We were sitting to discuss the American proposal to end the war. Less than an hour later, we heard explosions and immediately realized it was an assassination attempt."
He continued, "As residents of Gaza, we recognize these sounds. We tried to flee the area as quickly as possible – and we succeeded." According to https://www.barrons.com/news/hamas-official-ghazi-hamad-appears-on-al-jazeera-after-israel-strike-on-doha-413300e9
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"The rockets came down consecutively, without a pause, around 12 missiles in less than a minute," he added, saying the group "learned with complete certainty that it is an Israeli attack".
Some officials, and even Israeli media reports, have called the risky strike a 'failure'. Though five Hamas officials (and a Qatari security guard) were killed, there are reports that Netanyahu's intelligence officials fiercely opposed the plan - and that they didn't get their main targets.
Ghazi Hamad, a top Hamas official, appeared on Wednesday in a live interview broadcast by Al Jazeera, in the first appearance by a Hamas leader since the Israeli attack on Doha on 9 September. https://t.co/BjWnNY16nk
— Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) https://twitter.com/MiddleEastEye/status/1968646010613141827?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Instead of a more localized covert operation, Israeli jets had fired long-range missiles all the way from the https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/how-israels-audacious-qatar-strike-left-trump-little-time-to-object-c2369608?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=ASWzDAiLoJ2WLqfouNN-Yft7XB6qfvjy3fZa6iBER9A9eGIcoKRX2hNTz1GAhoLAAbE%3D&gaa_ts=68cc2096&gaa_sig=CVWBkYwU-gmN0yODj80xQL5JOVXl1hrWwb0nQRUuY3GEqSSTqdNSFFLzB1FzpyGdmoEZI4inrPoByNkpOg9iig%3D%3D
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As Israeli war planners plotted a secret strike on Hamas political leaders in Qatar, they chose a plan that enabled them to attack quickly and limited the opportunity for the U.S. to object.
The operation, which was carried out Tuesday, relied on warplanes that fired long range missiles, avoided the airspace of Arab countries and left the Trump administration in the dark until the last moments.
Israeli jet fighters, eight F-15s and four F-35s, flew to the Red Sea, on the opposite side of the Arabian Peninsula from Qatar. From there, some of the planes fired the air-launched ballistic missiles into space over Saudi Arabia at Doha, several U.S. officials said.
Israeli media has also suggested that the force of the warheads on the missiles were intentionally limited, to prevent civilians deaths and not anger Qatar too much, allowing other targeted leaders like Hamad to survive.
Trump has been expressing anger at the Israeli government over the attack on US ally Qatar, but some have said he could be feigning frustration, and that the US may have actually greenlighted it...
Raging Trump 'declared Netanyahu "is f***ing me" after Israel carried out Qatar attack' and 'is very frustrated by his handling of Gaza'https://t.co/HOEZBM6R2U
— EndGameWW3 🇺🇸 (@EndGameWW3) https://twitter.com/EndGameWW3/status/1968677048462823470?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Interestingly, Hamad also said in the interview that "We are not afraid of Trump's threats to unleash hell upon us" - and that "We do not take orders from him on how to treat enemy prisoners. We treat them according to our own methods." and according to our religion."
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Ich hab mir jetzt mal diverse Videos von Charlie Kirk, den ich vorher nicht kannte, angeguckt. Er hat u.a. gesagt, dass
- Rasse ein soziales Konstrukt ist und kulturelle Werte und soziale Milieus entscheidend sind, nicht Genetik,
- Homosexuelle absolut willkommen sind in der konservativen Bewegung,
- er als Christ Homosexualität als "Lifestyle" zwar nicht gutheißt, aber ihn eigentlich nicht interessiert, was Leute im Schlafzimmer machen, es also Wichtigeres gebe,
- Staat und Kirche getrennt sein sollen und er nicht in einer Theokratie leben will,
- im Job so wie im Sport allein die Leistung zählen soll, nicht die Hautfarbe,
- wir miteinander immer im Gespräch bleiben sollen, weil sonst schlimme Dinge passieren,
- seine persönlichen Positionen zwar christlich motiviert sind, aber mit Vernunft begründet werden müssen,
- Männer eine Verantwortung gegenüber ihrer Frau und Familie haben und zu ihnen stehen sollen,
- Israel ein tolles Land ist und er sich von den Juden dort immer willkommen gefühlt hat, auch wenn man die israelische Regierung kritisieren kann.
Wenn ich mir dagegen anschaue, was (nicht nur linke) Medien über ihn berichten, war Charlie Kirk
- Nazi
- Rassist
- homophob
- Hassprediger
- Scharfmacher
- Spalter
- Frauenfeind.
Ich habe noch nie eine so krasse Diskrepanz gesehen zwischen dem, wer jemand tatsächlich war, und dem medialen Zerrbild von ihm. Das Einzige, worin die Medien richtig lagen: Er war Abtreibungsgegner (mein Gott, wie furchtbar).
Ansonsten bin ich zu folgendem Urteil gekommen: Selbst wenn ich seine politischen Positionen nicht vollständig teile, war der Mann ein absolutes Vorbild, insbesondere in seinem Willen, die Debatte zu suchen und sowohl politischen Gegnern als auch den Radikalen aus seinem eigenen Lager in klaren ruhigen Worten immer sachlich und respektvoll seine Argumente entgegenzuhalten. Davon könnten sich alle politisch Engagierten eine Menge von abschneiden.
Quelle: https://x.com/MarcBuergi/status/1968257367188861101?t=NfQGOPEcjmS2aTrJMjzE0g&s=09
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'Who Did Epstein Traffic Women To?' House Oversight Grills FBI Director During Tense Testimony
'Who Did Epstein Traffic Women To?' House Oversight Grills FBI Director During Tense Testimony
FBI Director Kash Patel appeared before the House Oversight Committee on Sept. 17, facing lawmakers’ statements and questions for five hours.
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Members on both sides of the aisle questioned him on a variety of topics, spanning from crime and immigration to the National Guard’s anticipated arrival in Memphis, illicit drugs, and agency leaks to the media.
Patel was extremely evasive on the topic of Jeffrey Epstein, effectively committing to the narrative that Epstein only trafficked women to himself.
"Who, if anyone, did Epstein traffic these young women to?" asked Rep. John Kennedy (R-LA).
"Himself. There is no credible information, none. If there were, I would bring the case yesterday - that he trafficked to other individuals"
KENNEDY: "Who, if anyone, did Epstein traffic these young women to?"
PATEL: "There is no credible information, none ... that he trafficked to other individuals." https://t.co/KwE5mjENjy
— Acyn (@Acyn) https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1967971043404025889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
In today’s hearing, I told FBI Director Kash Patel that we know FBI still has unreleased documents which contain 20 names of rich and politically connected men who Epstein trafficked girls and young women to.
FBI needs to release the Epstein files and investigate these men. https://t.co/xe2Fy9s2Ow
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) https://twitter.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1968407757939204559?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
MOSKOWITZ: Will you be opening up an investigation into the Epstein state for putting out a fake document with the president's signature linking him to the world's largest pedophile ring?
PATEL: On what basis?
M: They literally put out a fake document according to the… https://t.co/mEC84pq4z2
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At one point Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) played a clip of Patel from the past five years in which he repeatedly claims Epstein's black book is under the direct control of the FBI Director.
Jamie Raskin shows Kash Patel videos of all the podcasts he's been on for the last several years, where he repeatedly claims Epstein's black book is under the direct control of the FBI Director.
This is the cover-up you get when you put a podcaster in charge. https://t.co/meQbptlYqY
— Blue Georgia (@BlueATLGeorgia) https://twitter.com/BlueATLGeorgia/status/1968331093553078684?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) to the rescue with a series of rapid fire questions meant to highlight progress Patel has made within the agency:
🚨 BREAKING: Jim Jordan just asked Kash Patel a flurry of rapid fire questions and embarrassed every Democrat who has continuously smeared Kash's performance at the FBI.
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Here are five more takeaways from https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/5-key-takeaways-from-patels-testimony-before-house-oversight-committee-5916613?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=ZeroHedge
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1. 1,000 Agents From DC Deployed Across US
The FBI director said 1,000 agents from the headquarters in Washington have been permanently deployed across the United States.
This is in accordance with his promise on Sept. 12 to “let good cops be cops.”
“One-third of the FBI workforce resided in the National Capital Region before I got there. One-third of the crimes do not happen in Washington D.C., not anymore,” Patel told the committee.
“So 1,000 personnel of the FBI were deployed across this country on a permanent basis, and every single state in this union is getting a plus-up, not a reduction, a plus-up of 1,811 intel analysts and support staff, and that is why the crime rates are going down in record numbers.”
2. Cohen Praises Memphis Anti-Crime Efforts
FBI agents have also been deployed for special operations, such as Project Viper, which has been underway for several months in Memphis.
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) asked Patel about his agency’s work with local law enforcement in the first phase of the federal anti-crime surge in Memphis and praised the director.
“You did a good job,” Cohen said. “The police director and the mayor told me ... that has been helpful. The FBI worked with the police, and the FBI are trained in law enforcement. They know Miranda rights, they know how to do policing, and they do a good job working with the police.”
The lawmaker also expressed concern about the incoming National Guard and asked if it was necessary to do the work the FBI is doing.
Patel explained that he thought it was necessary to utilize National Guard members to have the manpower to establish physical perimeters around areas where criminal activity remains high.
He assured the congressman that the National Guard would not have control over his agents and that an interagency coalition featuring the heads of the U.S. Marshals, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the FBI, and the Department of Homeland Security would remain in control.
However, the Democratic lawmaker remained concerned and said he hoped the deployment didn’t go ahead, citing that its members are not trained in law enforcement.
3. Patel Implies Comey Under Investigation
Patel told lawmakers that his bureau continues to investigate leaks of classified information to the media, including information relating to the prior Trump–Russia probe.
During an exchange with Rep. Ben Cline (R-Va.), Patel said that “generally speaking, the leaks of classified information are detrimental to any work the FBI is doing.”
He also implied that former FBI Director James Comey may be under investigation for alleged leaks during his tenure.
“That entire matter is currently under investigation by the people at the FBI that handle leaks of classified information,” Patel said.
He also said that he was limited in what he was able to say specifically on the Comey allegations, “because of what the current status of those matters are with the FBI and the Department of Justice.”
4. Agents Who Improperly Use Surveillance Barred
The discussion of leaks transitioned to a discussion about what Cline said was the way past directors weaponized the surveillance inquiry process authorized under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
The House Oversight Committee noted there had been hundreds of thousands of violations of the querying standards and asked Patel what action the FBI was taking to ensure that those abuses don’t occur in the future.
He responded that the FBI had a new auditing system that reviewed nearly 100 percent of that 702 query system, eliminating anyone who touched the database and “made a mistake, whether intentional or not.”
Patel noted that the FBI also identified a system that bans anyone who misuses the systems.
“You cannot have access to the 702 query system if you improperly query that system at all at any time in your career,” he said.
5. Top Chinese Official Contacted About Fentanyl
Patel was also questioned about the FBI’s ongoing efforts against drug trafficking across the nation and the foreign origins of illegal drugs, such as fentanyl.
He told lawmakers that he contacted a top Chinese law enforcement official on the issue of precursor chemicals that are used to produce fentanyl.
“The companies in China, mainland China, do produce the precursors and the cutting agents that they send, ship overseas, through various countries, into the Mexican drug cartels who produce it,” he said.
“So they basically are the cooks in terms of the ingredients.”
🇺🇸 FBI DIRECTOR PATEL: 120 MILLION AMERICANS COULD HAVE DIED BY FENTANYL IF NOT FOR ME
Rep. Tiffany:
"Has there been a concomitant reduction or a reduction in the amount of fentanyl that is coming into America? "
FBI Director, Kash Patel:
"There has been a massive reduction… https://t.co/iN62Rx33Mo
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) https://twitter.com/MarioNawfal/status/1968365584170799338?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Patel said he decided to “engage in a conversation to say, ‘Hey, can we have a certain number of these precursor chemicals listed in China so that they become illegal and illegal to trade.’”
The FBI director said the agency has been working with its counterparts in India, Guatemala, and other countries “because the transshipment routes of the precursors, the Mexican drug cartels have gotten creative and, instead of coming directly to America, are going into these countries.”
He credited the partnerships in helping to shut down “the ability to ship the precursors into those countries, which are ultimately destined to America.”
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Heard it from this guy. Some of the stuff he says is a bit out there, but I think he is onto something on this front.
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Britain Arrests 3 Alleged Russian Spies As Trump Visits
Britain Arrests 3 Alleged Russian Spies As Trump Visits
There is evidence of the continuing 'spy war' between Russia and the Western allies, and efforts to crack down on potential recruitment networks. British police announced Thursday the arrest of three people on suspicion of spying for Russia, including a 41-year-old man, 46-year-old man and 35-year-old woman, in the county of Essex, northeast of London.
International media reports are highlighting that it comes just as President Trump is visiting the Royal Family: "The arrests also coincide with US President Donald Trump's state visit to the UK, a NATO ally, during which the topic of ending Russia's war in Ukraine is expected to be one of the top agenda items in bilateral talks with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer," https://www.newsweek.com/trump-nato-uk-russia-spy-arrests-2131776
reports. "NATO allies have sounded the alarm over a rising number of Russian intelligence plots to carry out acts of sabotage inside their countries - some of which have been successful - as Moscow and the West clash over the war in Ukraine," the publication adds.
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Metropolitan Police Commander Dominic Murphy, Head of the Counter Terrorism Command, https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-arrest-three-people-spying-for-russia/
to the press: "Through our recent national security casework, we’re seeing an increasing number of who we would describe as ‘proxies’ being recruited by foreign intelligence services."
As is typical with British authorities very little information has been given on the case. What was disclosed is that the three were detained as part of a counter terrorist investigation into suspected National Security Act offenses.
And yet what investigators have on them can't be too bad or damaging, given media reports say they've already been released on conditional bail, pending further investigation. Two locations in Essex were searched by police.
The past couple years of war in Ukraine has been accompanied by 'sabotage acts' and mystery arson incidents across Europe, and also inside Russia. Many observers have said these incidents are part of a broadening covert shadow war targeting each side's industrial and military production infrastructure.
For example, citing British police in this latest alleged spy arrest, https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/18/europe/three-arrested-essex-russia-intelligence-intl
at a warehouse run by a Ukrainian man in Leyton – a town in east London – carried out by proxies on behalf of Russia’s Wagner Group, as an example of this. However, he stressed that Thursday’s arrests were not connected to that investigation."
Various European police and intelligence services have lately been warning their populations of Russian attempts to recruit so-called "disposable agents" through social media for espionage and sabotage.
Earlier this month, for example, German police and intelligence services allege these operations often involve untrained individuals committing acts like arson, property damage, or photographing or monitoring sensitive installations.
The King and Queen hosted President and Mrs Trump at St. George’s Hall tonight for a state banquet. 🇬🇧🇺🇸
The high point of the US State Visit to Britain saw speeches made by both His Majesty the King and President Trump, in celebration of the https://twitter.com/hashtag/specialrelationship?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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People are at first unwittingly recruited through online forums and popular social media sites, and as conversations proceed, targeted individuals are offered sums of money in return for carrying out criminal acts.
Telegram is one specific platform named by European authorities as being used by Russian intelligence to recruit unwitting actors. Interestingly, it was of course Telegram which lately came under suspicion and a far-reaching crackdown by French authorities, especially during last year's Pavel Durov arrest saga.
However, it's anything but certain whether the small group that Britain has rounded up are in fact spies, given in the past citizens of various countries have come under suspicion for having any links whatsoever to Russia or Russian citizens. It could just be timed to make a splash in the headlines amid Trump's state visit.
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