The Ukrainian War Update (Oct. 20, 2025): harsh comments and the thin blue line...
Much to discuss this week, including on-the-ground battles, the dim prospect of Tomahawks, actual...
Preston Smith
The crypto-scam--and why you need to look out for your elders...
Greetings and salutations, and have you checked on your parents lately? Today's blog will...
Russian spy games in Poland are legion--and dangerous
Spy games have almost become the norm. In the first days of October the...
Ukrainian War Update: enough good, bad and ugly for all...
BLUF: Russia's 2025 summer offensive has been "disrupted" rather than defeated. Ukraine has bottled...
Late August and early September drug busts--and Mexican cartel presence--denote worrying signs for CEE
Apart from drones and jets violating Nato/EU airspace, September revealed yet more threats to...
Politics, Patriots on the way... and a nightmare at Kupiansk
If there were ever any doubt, the politics surrounding Ukraine are... still not clear....
Russian drones shot down in Polish airspace [summary as of 8:55 Sept. 10, 2025]
In what has been deemed an “unprecedented violation,” Russia sent more than 10 drones...
The grift lives on--i.e. individual scams that sting...
Back to the beginnings this week, as this investigator has plodded through 14 days...
Russia gaining ground, but Ukraine appears to have outlasted the summer offensive...
Once again, the propaganda cycles are running wild in Ukraine, with Russia attempting to...
Due diligence, the need for actual human investigators and... travel woes
More and more often (sometimes distressingly so), this consulting detective is confronted with due...