Author: Paul Crespo

Paul Crespo is the Managing Editor of American Liberty Defense News. As a Marine Corps officer, he led Marines, served aboard ships in the Pacific and jumped from helicopters and airplanes. He was also a military attachรฉ with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) at U.S. embassies worldwide. He later ran for office, taught political science, wrote for a major newspaper and had his own radio show. Paul has also been a defense contractor with the Pentagon. He brings decades of experience and insight to the issues that most threaten our American liberty โ€” at home and from abroad.

FOR YOUR EYES ONLYย โ€“ American Liberty News (ALN) โ€“ in collaboration with theย Center for American Defense Studies (CADS)ย โ€“ provides our readers theย PDB: Not the Presidentโ€™s Daily Brief, but almost as good โ€“ PAULโ€™S DAILY BRIEFING. Get Your Best Daily Defense and Foreign Affairs Intelligence Here in One Brief. Todayโ€™s PDBย includes a variety of critical, global national security issues. READ TODAYโ€™Sย PDB BELOW: National Security Does the National Guard have to follow Pentagon orders?ย Sometimes.ย The Pentagon says the National Guard has to abide by its policies, but the reality is more complicated. Stunned by Putinโ€™s war, nations rewrite their playbooks on defense.ย Western nations are beginning…

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The Russian attack on, and subsequent fire at Europeโ€™s biggest nuclear power plant, Zaporizhzhia โ€“ located in Ukraine, has raised serious concerns about the safety of all 15 of the countryโ€™s nuclear plants. The head of Ukraineโ€™s nuclear-power utility earlier had called on international monitors to intervene to ensure the safety of the countryโ€™s 15 Soviet-era reactors even before Russia seized Zaporizhzhia. (RELATED: Russia War Brief โ€“ Ukraine Counterattacks and Strikes Russian Armored Column Stalled Outside Kyiv) Recall, the worldโ€™s worst nuclear reactor accident occurred in 1986 at Chernobyl in northern Ukraine bordering Belarus when it was still part of…

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FOR YOUR EYES ONLY โ€“ American Liberty News (ALN) โ€“ in collaboration with the Center for American Defense Studies (CADS) โ€“ provides our readers the PDB: Not the Presidentโ€™s Daily Brief, but almost as good โ€“ PAULโ€™S DAILY BRIEFING. Get Your Best Daily Defense and Foreign Affairs Intelligence Here in One Brief. Todayโ€™s PDB includes a variety of critical, global national security issues. Daily โ€˜RUSSIA WAR BRIEFโ€™ on the Ukraine Invasion Provided SEPARATELY READ TODAYโ€™S PDB BELOW: NATIONAL SECURITY Congressman argues US deterrence strategy failed to protect Ukraine and could fail Taiwan too. The Russian invasion of Ukraine should show American military and congressional leaders the importance of arming Taiwan…

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FOR YOUR EYES ONLYย โ€“ With the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine requiring special daily focus, American Liberty News (ALN) โ€“ in collaboration with theย Center for American Defense Studies (CADS)ย is providing our readers the dailyย RUSSIA WAR BRIEF: This Special Daily Report is separate from PAULโ€™S DAILY BRIEFING (PDB). Get Your Best Daily Updates on Putinโ€™s Unprovoked War with Ukraine here in One Report. READ THE โ€˜RUSSIA WAR BRIEFโ€™ BELOW RUSSIAN INVASION Russiaโ€™s invasion of Ukraine: List of key events from day nine.ย We take a look at the major developments in Russiaโ€™s invasion of Ukraine. Fire extinguished at Ukraine nuclear power plant, Europeโ€™s…

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FOR YOUR EYES ONLY โ€“ With the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine requiring special daily focus, American Liberty News (ALN) โ€“ in collaboration with the Center for American Defense Studies (CADS) is providing our readers the daily RUSSIA WAR BRIEF: This Special Daily Report is separate fromย PAULโ€™S DAILY BRIEFING (PDB). Get Your Best Daily Updates on Putinโ€™s Unprovoked War with Ukraine here in One Report. READ THE โ€˜RUSSIA WAR BRIEFโ€™ BELOW RUSSIAN INVASION Russian troops seize first major city. Kherson falls under Moscowโ€™s control as UN warns of โ€˜biggest refugee crisis this centuryโ€™ amid mass exodus. Ukraine jets hit Russian column; Russia has used…

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FOR YOUR EYES ONLY โ€“ American Liberty News (ALN) โ€“ in collaboration with the Center for American Defense Studies (CADS) โ€“ provides our readers the PDB: Not the Presidentโ€™s Daily Brief, but almost as good โ€“ PAULโ€™S DAILY BRIEFING. Get Your Best Daily Defense and Foreign Affairs Intelligence Here in One Brief. Todayโ€™s PDB includes a variety of critical, global national security issues. Daily โ€˜RUSSIA WAR BRIEFโ€™ on the Ukraine Invasion Provided SEPARATELY READ TODAYโ€™S PDB BELOW: NATIONAL SECURITY PRUDENT OR COWARDLY? Pentagon postpones nuclear missile test launch amid Ukraine crisis. The Pentagon announced that it is postponing a nuclear missile test launch scheduled for this week to avoid any possible…

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As Russian forces remain stalled in several places in Ukraine amid fierce resistance and their own inadequacies, โ€˜Vlad the Invaderโ€™ Putin appears hell-bent on increasing the brutality of his invasion. There are now various reports that Russian troops are using thermobaric (fuel-air explosive) weapons which could include the fearsome TOS-1 โ€˜Blazing Sunโ€™ multiple rocket launcher. Thermobaric weapons, also known as vacuum bombs, which suck up oxygen at ground level, creating a partial vacuum suffocating those in the blast zone, are also capable of vaporizing human bodies and crushing internal organs. Reports sayย that these deadly vehicles, also known as โ€˜Buratinoโ€™ have…

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One of the two greatest equalizers in the current Ukraine conflict is the U.S.-made Javelin anti-tank missiles. The other would be the U.S.-made Stinger anti-aircraft missile. In this piece we will focus on the former, and Ukraineโ€™s love for the devastating tank-busting weapon. Being a devout Catholic country, many Ukrainians have dubbedย Mary Magdalene, known as theย โ€œApostle of the apostles,โ€ย and a symbol of redemption, as St. Javelin. In a viral meme, Mary Magdalene can be seen cradling the non-religious FGM-148 Javelin portable fire-and-forget anti-tank missile. And though they may not actually be praying to her, she is becoming quite the symbol…

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Mocking Russiaโ€™s Vladimir Putin (aka: โ€˜Vlad the Invaderโ€™) the hacking group โ€˜Anonymousโ€™ renamed Putinโ€™sย $100 million luxuryย yachtย from โ€œGracefulโ€ to โ€œFCKPTNโ€ by messing with online maritime tracking data. The group, which has pledged to support Ukraine and has attacked Russian state broadcaster RT โ€“ also initially changed the boatโ€™s location information to make it appear to have crashed into Snake Island in Ukraine. The hackers later changed its destination to โ€œhell.โ€ https://twitter.com/Theanonleaks/status/1498068773911281669?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1498068773911281669%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Famericandefensenews.com%2F2022%2F03%2F02%2Fanonymous-hackers-rename-putins-yacht-fckptn-and-send-it-to-hell%2F Putinโ€™s super yacht has an indoor pool, spa, dancefloor, gym, bar, and a helipad. On another websiteย Vesseltracker, the callsign of Putinโ€™s yacht is still set to โ€œANONYMO.โ€ The Independentย reportedย that: The hackers also said…

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FOR YOUR EYES ONLY โ€“ With the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine requiring special daily focus, American Liberty News (ALN) โ€“ in collaboration with the Center for American Defense Studies (CADS) is providing our readers the daily RUSSIA WAR BRIEF: This is a Special Daily Report separate from PAULโ€™S DAILY BRIEFING (PDB). Get Your Best Updates on Putinโ€™s Unprovoked War With Ukraine Here Daily in One Report. READ THE โ€˜RUSSIA WAR BRIEFโ€˜ BELOW RUSSIAN INVASION Russia takes increasing aim at Ukraine urban areas on seventh day of war. Russia continued its assault on Kyiv and Kharkiv, attacking the regional police and intelligence headquarters. The invading…

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