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.

ALERT โ€“ The Ukrainian Security Service, the SSU, has detained a Ukrainian woman who was allegedly caught โ€˜red-handedโ€™ passing intelligence she collected on President Volodymyr Zelenskyโ€™s location and itinerary to Russian agents. According to Ukrainian officials, the Russians would have used that intel to target Zelensky with a targeted airstrike during his visit last week to Mykolaiv, a southeastern city near the front. This latest assassination plot was reportedly uncovered before Zelenskyโ€™s trip. Still, he took โ€œadditional security measures.โ€ But this isnโ€™t all the alleged spy was doing. Ukrainian investigators found that the woman had been locating and photographing Ukraineโ€™s…

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ANALYSIS โ€“ย If you canโ€™t beat him, charge him. As Iย wrote earlier: โ€œFrom the four-year Hillary Clinton-manufactured โ€˜Russiaย collusion’ hoax to corrupt investigations to โ€˜deep state resistance’ within his administration to a partisanย impeachmentย โ€“ no [other] president has been so unfairly hounded in U.S. history.โ€ But the persecution clearly didnโ€™t end with Donald Trump leaving the White House. The absolute fear he could return to office has since resulted in multiple prosecutions, from idiotic nonsense such as his bookkeeping regarding hush money to a porn actress to sexual assault that reportedly happened 30 years ago. (RELATED: Democrat Rep. Says Republicans Defending Trump Are…

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MONDAY PDB โ€“ย US Marines already training to escort civilian tankers in bid to blunt Iranian interference. Marines newly deployed to the Middle East already are training for shipboard roles protecting oil tankers and other commercial ships from Iranian aggression. About 100 Marines have been training in Bahrain for specialized defensive teams that would travel briefly with commercial ships through and near the Strait of Hormuz, said a U.S. official speaking on the condition of anonymity. Putting Marines and sailors on civilian tankers is an unprecedented step in the post-World War II era and is meant to show Iran that the…

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ANALYSIS โ€“ Are Chinese security interests behind the recent discovery of an illegal biolab in California? The unlicensed lab, uncovered near Fresno, California contained at least 20 highly infectious agents, such as HIV, as well as mice genetically engineered to carry COVID-19. Afterwards, investigators found links to multiple Chinese firms and individuals. On-site inspections conducted between April and June reportedly discovered โ€œunsafe and unsanitary conditionsโ€ as well as improperly stored blood, bodily fluids, human and animal tissue, in addition to 20 infectious agents including E. coli, tuberculosis, streptococcus, hepatitis, malaria, HIV and Rubella and a lot of infected mice. โ€œWith…

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ANALYSIS โ€“ Welcome to โ€˜Biden Worldโ€™ โ€“ where much of America has quickly devolved into a third-world country. On top of the rampant crime and homelessness plaguing many Democrat-run cities, now add the disaster of adding millions of unemployed, unhoused, illegal foreigners to our city streets, thanks to Joe Bidenโ€™s immigration crisis. Democrats and the media ignored the crisis while it mostly affected El Paso or other GOP-run border towns and states. But with the โ€˜political stuntโ€™ by Republican governors to send Bidenโ€™s illegal migrants to Democrat states and cities, things are now getting real for them. (RELATED: Dem Mayor…

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ANALYSIS โ€“ From the beginning, conspiracies have surrounded the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. Stunned conservatives couldnโ€™t believe Republicans caused that mayhem. Some called it a deliberate false flag operation by the feds to entrap innocent Trump supporters and launch a massive witch hunt. Both last two things did occur. Meanwhile, the Democrats and media called the afternoon event an attempted coup and later, more steadily, โ€˜the insurrection.โ€™ It was neither. But it also wasnโ€™t a well-orchestrated false flag operation. The truth is just as bad but less planned. I was at the Capitol on Jan 6 as a…

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FRIDAY PDB โ€“ย Barack Obamaโ€™s โ€˜Pivot to Asiaโ€™ is finally here. It really got moving under Donald Trump but has been growing since. As the largest-ever version of the joint military exercise known as Talisman Sabre nears its end this week, the Army has seen its own set of firsts that have converged in two specific units the service sees as leading its future approach to warfighting. These new units take center stage in massive Pacific exercise. MEANWHILE โ€“ย Sprawling Pacific exercise revealed Air Force needs some doctrine โ€˜refresh.โ€™ Following the Air Mobility Commandโ€™s (AMC) largest readiness exercise in its history held…

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ANALYSIS โ€“ New intelligence and satellite imagery suggest that Communist China is moving ahead with its plan to develop a network of global naval bases. I firstย wrote about this major Chinese effortย in April 2022 in the wake of Chinaโ€™s new beachhead in the Solomon Islands. Back then, I called these overseas military facilities โ€˜nonbasesโ€™ since China refrained from naming them as such. I noted: โ€œMany believe that China’s People’s Liberation Army is busy establishing an overseas military network, even if they don’t use the term โ€˜base.โ€™โ€ The Peopleโ€™s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) currently only has one official overseas military base…

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THURSDAY PDB โ€“ A new, much bigger war may be coming to the Mideast. With the U.S., Russia, Israel and Iran involved, it could be huge. It might also give China the opportunity to strike Taiwan. BUT WHAT OTHER OPTIONS DO WE HAVE? โ€“ The perils of adding US forces in the Middle East.ย Last month, a Russian fighter had a near-miss with a manned American surveillance craft, while the U.S. has deployed F-35 stealth fighters to deter Iran in the Strait of Hormuz โ€“ just two examples of the escalating tensions in the Middle East. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY โ€“…

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ANALYSIS โ€“ Even though, after the recent Supreme Court ruling against Affirmative Action, the momentum seems to be shifting away from discriminatory Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) efforts nationally, one major, crime-infested, โ€˜Defund the Policeโ€™ city on the left coast hasnโ€™t gotten the message. Seattleโ€™s Democrat Mayor Bruce Harrellโ€™s office ordered fewer White males and officers with ‘military bearing’ be shown in promotional images and videos for the cityโ€™s struggling police force. The controversial documentย appears to be part of the mayor’s Comprehensive Police Recruitment and Retention Plan passed last year which prioritizes applicants with “diverse racial and immigration backgrounds.” It was…

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