S7 Ep12: Espresso Martini 2

On the second episode of Espresso Martini, Chris & Matt do their best to cover events from the jam pact month of October.

Topics discussed

• Elon Musk takes over Twitter
• Russian espionage foiled in the US and Europe
• Mysterious Chinese "Police stations" have been discovered in UK, USA & Europe
• Spy Entertainment

Links

The Dry Cleaner is screening at the Horsham Film Festival on 30th November
Tickets are available here: https://www.everymancinema.com/Booking/horsham/8814967

Articles discussed in the show:

No, Elon and Jack are not “competitors.” They’re collaborating
https://davetroy.medium.com/no-elon-and-jack-are-not-competitors-theyre-collaborating-3e88cde5267d

Elon Musk Spoke to Putin Before Tweeting Ukraine Peace Plan: Report
https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-blocks-starlink-in-crimea-amid-nuclear-fears-report-2022-10

US army doctor and wife charged with Russia spying 
https://topsecretumbra.substack.com/p/its-raining-traitors

Russians expelled from the Hague
https://euobserver.com/world/156289

Chinese ‘police station’ in NYC that spies on dissenters run by shady charity on IRS blacklist
https://nypost.com/2022/10/08/chinese-police-station-spies-on-dissenters-linked-to-shady-us-charity/

More on the police stations
https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-police-china-london-glasgow-investigating-unacceptable-chinese-police-stations-in-britain/

Former RAF pilots in China training Chinese pilots to shoot down western aircraft
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/oct/18/raf-pilots-chinese-military-law-change-james-heappey

US charges alleged Chinese spies in telecoms probe case
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63378817

UK sent RAF pilots to teach Chinese counterparts and allowed students to attend British military colleges
https://news.sky.com/story/uk-sent-raf-pilots-to-teach-chinese-counterparts-and-allowed-students-to-attend-british-military-colleges-12732462


Articles we did not get time to cover

Wired: How the World Will Know If Russia Is Preparing to Launch a Nuke
https://www.wired.com/story/russia-ukraine-nuclear-attack-surveillance/

Spy Talk: “A Bold New look at China’s Audacious Spies”  by Matt Brazil titled
https://open.substack.com/pub/spytalk/p/a-bold-new-look-at-chinas-audacious?r=19kty&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

“Terror Granny” plotting German civil war to bring back the Kaiser
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/terror-granny-accused-of-plotting-german-civil-war-to-bring-back-the-kaiser/ar-AA12Ywv7

The Hunt for Phish: How Agents Netted a Terrorist Jewel Thief 
https://www.coffeeordie.com/phish-isis-jewel-thief


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