S8 Ep16: Espresso Martini: An alleged Cuban Mole, Traders profiting off 7th October attack and Israeli Intelligence Failures

On todays episode we will be looking at what the Israeli Intelligence services may have known before the 7th October Hamas terrorist attack. We will then look at reports of traders who may have benefited from the attacks. We have a developing spy scandal involving an alleged Cuban mole within the US State Department, and we will wrap up looking at a developing situation between Venezuela and Guyana over an oil-rich disputed territory. 

On Extra Shot, our exclusive Patreon show that follows this, we will be looking at the financing of Hamas, the ongoing ideological debate within US universities over the 7th October attacks, aggressive Sonar use by the Chinese navy targeting Australian naval divers, and we will end at reports of Ukrainian action against the main railway between Russia and China. 

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Articles discussed in Espresso Martini

Israel Knew Hamas’s Attack Plan More Than a Year Ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/world/middleeast/israel-hamas-attack-intelligence.html

Unknown traders appear to have anticipated October 7 Hamas attack, research finds 
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/12/04/business/some-traders-appear-to-have-anticipated-october-7-hamas-attack-research-finds/index.html

Former career US diplomat charged with secretly spying for Cuban intelligence for decades 
https://apnews.com/article/cuba-bolivia-former-ambassador-arrested-e30bf2d027e32ac8b66ff051062273dc

Cuban Spy Service Dazzles Again
https://open.substack.com/pub/spytalk/p/cuban-spy-service-dazzles-again?r=19kty&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

‘Despotic’ Maduro accused of risking Venezuela-Guyana  conflict over oil-rich region 
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/01/venezuela-oil-guyana-essequibo-vote-nicolas-maduro


Articles Discussed on Extra Shot

Hamas’s Main Source of Funding Might Surprise You 
https://newrepublic.com/article/176962/hamas-finances-funding-sources-palestinian-authority?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tnr_daily&utm_term=&utm_content=

A Tale of Two Ivory Towers  
https://www.newsweek.com/tale-two-ivory-towers-opinion-1845433

Australia says, China navy used sonar pulses against divers
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/67461081

Ukraine's Security Service blows up railway linking Russia and China
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/11/30/7431023/


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