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 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 Biden promises more aid for Ukraine, more punishment for Russia in State of the Union address. During the State of the Union address, President Joe Biden again promised that U.S. troops…

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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 fromย 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 RUSSIA THREAT NUCLEAR MISTAKE โ€“ Putin nuclear order stirs fears, uncertainty in US. Russian President Vladimir Putinโ€™s order to heighten the alert status of his nuclear forces has raised fears in the U.S.…

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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 Putin just pushed the world into an even bigger energy crisis. Even without sanctions, Russiaโ€™s war will increase the shortage of oil and gas. NATO and Putinโ€™s bad assumptions. A former…

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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 theย Presidentโ€™s Daily Brief, but almost as good โ€“ย 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. *NOTE โ€“ Daily โ€˜RUSSIA WAR BRIEFโ€™ on the Ukraine Invasion Provided SEPARATELY READ TODAYโ€™Sย PDBย BELOW: NATIONAL SECURITY HE ALREADY IS โ€“ย Joe Biden Has Only Days to Avoid Becoming Jimmy Carter. By Niall Ferguson. Rampant inflation, foreign policy fiascoes and failed sanctions โ€” is America back in…

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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 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 Brief. READ THE โ€˜RUSSIA WAR BRIEFโ€™ BELOW SUMMARY Russia-Ukraine war: What to know on day five. As the Russian offensive enters its fifth day, we take a look at the key events during the day. RUSSIAN INVASION DANGEROUS BRINKMANSHIP…

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As Russian forces continue to pound Ukrainian military positions and advance on the capital, Kyiv, the government is seeing the value of an American-style Second Amendment as it hands out small arms and calls on its citizens to resist the invading troops. Business Insider reported thatย Ukraineโ€™s president has called on citizens to take up arms and join the fight. They can join the โ€˜area defense forcesโ€™ and will be given weapons as long as they have ID. https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1496785547594924032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1496785547594924032%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Famericandefensenews.com%2F2022%2F02%2F26%2Fukraine-handing-out-guns-to-fight-russians-as-capital-kyiv-encircled%2F Ukraineโ€™s Armed Forces also said in a tweet. โ€œAll those who are ready to take up arms, join the ranks of the…

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ANALYSIS โ€“ย On the day Russian forces brutally invaded Ukraine, leftist TV mouthpiece Joy Behar complained that the war might derail her lavish Italian vacation plans. This provoked a serious online backlash against “The View” co-host. Barstool Sports writer Kevin Clancy, slammed liberal โ€˜Karenโ€™ Behar with snark onย Twitterย for her callous selfishness: The true horror of the worldwide pandemic and Russia invading Ukraine? Joy Behar hasnโ€™t been able to take her trip to Italy. Thoughts and Prayers for Joy. We hope she makes it through this tragedy. https://twitter.com/KFCBarstool/status/1497012593709436934?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1497012593709436934%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Famericandefensenews.com%2F2022%2F02%2F25%2Fleftist-joy-behar-complains-bloody-war-in-ukraine-will-affect-her-european-vacation-plans%2F Whatโ€™s the story? On Thursday, the showโ€™s left-wing panel began discussing the escalating war…

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With Ukrainian forces putting up a serious fight, and Russian troops encircling the capital of Kyiv, U.S. defense sources say Putinโ€™s invasion of Ukraine is meeting stronger resistance than expected. So far approximatelyย 50,000 of the roughly 150,000 troops Russia had amassed along the Ukrainian border have reportedly crossed into the country. Official Ukrainian sources claim success in repelling Russian advances in several places, causing heavy casualties among Russian forces.ย According to the Ukrainian defense ministry,ย as of early Friday,ย 2,800ย Russian troops had been killed,ย 80 tanks destroyed and more than 500 armored vehicles disabled. The Defense Ministryย addedย โ€œour forces have taken full controlโ€ of Mariupol…

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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 RUSSIA WAR PDB focuses on the unprovoked massive Russian invasion of Ukraine. NON-RUSSIA THREAT BRIEF Provided in SEPARATE PDB READ TODAYโ€™S RUSSIA WAR PDB BELOW: RUSSIAN INVASION The invasion of Ukraine: How Russia attacked and what happens next. Explosions thundered in Ukrainian cities shortly after President Vladimir V. Putin declared the start of a โ€œspecial military…

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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. RUSSIA WAR BRIEF in SEPARATEย PDB READ TODAYโ€™S PDB BELOW: NATIONAL SECURITY UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES โ€“ Ukraine conflict will have a significant impact on Asia. Look for the crisis to consolidate alignment among Asiaโ€™s democracies. In the midst of the Ukraine crisis created by Russian President Vladimir Putinโ€™s invasion of…

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