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 attaché 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 — at home and from abroad.

ANALYSIS – One of the most egregious efforts at election interference in 2020 was when the Joe Biden campaign successfully quashed the bombshell New York Post story of Hunter Biden’s laptop.  The laptop has proven to hold a treasure trove of incriminating evidence against the Bidens. But it was effectively kept from the American people in the final weeks of the campaign through a concerted conspiracy between the Biden campaign, Big Tech social media companies, the major news networks, and a group of former spies. And one of those who helped hide it from the public is now an on-air…

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ANALYSIS – This should be one of the biggest stories in America. The bloated, overreaching, over-powerful, over-taxing federal government gave nearly half a TRILLION of our tax dollars for so-called “COVID-19 relief” to grifters, scammers, and fraudsters.  If that doesn’t cause national outrage, nothing will. They used to say sarcastically, “a billion here and a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking about real money.” Well, this is $400 billion worth of real money, and the monstrosity we call the federal government literally gave it away to criminals. Often the fraud involved identity theft and crooks overseas. Sadly, some of those…

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TUESDAY PDB – Yes, we could lose. Five urgent steps to prevent American military defeat in the Pacific. As Washington finalizes the fiscal 2024 defense budget and annual defense authorization bill, the U.S. is on a path toward military defeat in the Pacific. China’s strategic investments threaten to outpace the Pentagon’s ability to expand munitions stocks, integrate emerging technologies and weapon systems, and maintain the ability to fight at long distances from America’s shores. Repeated wargaming of Taiwan conflict scenarios in the 2027 time frame demonstrates that even if the United States acts promptly and decisively once the conflict begins, American military forces would often…

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ANALYSIS – Can Americans in Taiwan count on Joe Biden? As tensions rise, and communist China’s belligerence and threats increase, the United States is reportedly planning worst-case scenarios for getting American citizens (AMCITS) out of Taiwan.  This is according to The Messenger, which cites three senior government sources, The inter-agency planning, which has supposedly been going on for six months, has been deeply influenced by Team Biden’s disastrous and chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the emergency evacuations of Americans from Ukraine and Sudan.   “Ukraine drove a relook at what the plans were,” said one source. But Team Biden has also taken…

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ANALYSIS – Joe Biden and his far-left l*ons think the bizarre rainbow ‘Tr*ns Pride’ flag deserves to be displayed center stage on the White House portico, flanked by American flags on either side.  It was featured prominently during Biden’s Pride Month celebration at the White House on Saturday. This, despite the fact that it violates the U.S. flag Code which specifically requires the American flag to be placed in the center of any flag display. The U.S. Flag Code §7. (e) reads: “The flag of the United States of America should be at the center and at the highest point of the…

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ANALYSIS – As we all know, Russia and the U.S. together possess almost 90% of all the nuclear weapons globally. This was recently confirmed by the latest report on world nuclear forces by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). But, as I have written previously here, China is the country to watch as it is engaged in a massive effort to catch up to the top two. And that will make for a far more dangerous world. The independent Institute listed the other seven nuclear-armed states as the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea, and Israel. Meanwhile, the Swedish…

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MONDAY PDB – Trump almost dared prosecutors to indict him. – A strong Trump indictment—but is it strong enough? The evidence against the former president is powerful, but the jurors aren’t the only ones who will need convincing. When an incumbent administration prosecutes the leading candidate against the president, it should have a case that is so compelling that it attracts the kind of bipartisan support that forced Nixon to resign. STILL, BIG QUESTION, WHY NOT HILLARY? HILLARY DESTROYED EVIDENCE – Why Trump was charged on secret documents and Clinton, Pence were not. Apparently unlike Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton and Mike Pence, Donald Trump actively…

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ANALYSIS – We are rightfully covering all aspects of the ongoing legal proceedings against former President Donald Trump, especially the most recent federal indictment.  But we also need to ask – what about the federal investigations into Joe and Hunter Biden? They are potentially far more serious. Bill Barr, attorney general under Trump, said the protracted investigation into Hunter Biden, which is being led by U.S. Attorney David Weiss, is damaging the nation. “I think it’s time to fish or cut bait and find out what actually happened in that investigation,” Barr said, according to The Blaze. The Hunter investigation has the…

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ANALYSIS – In what appears to be a breaking new development, China is reportedly establishing new infrastructure in Cuba to spy on the United States, with China paying Cuba “several billion dollars” for the privilege. This, according to U.S. intelligence, as reported by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). If accurate, this would be a slap in the face to Joe Biden as he feverishly attempts to reestablish more friendly relations with the communist superpower. It would also be a major national security setback for the United States. The collection of foreign communications is undertaken by China’s Ministry of State Security and…

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ANALYSIS – Former President Donald Trump faces a slew of legal onslaughts, the latest being a federal indictment by Joe Biden’s Department of Justice (DOJ) for violating the Espionage Act by mishandling classified information. Like the FBI raid on his Florida home, this divisive and politically charged indictment is an unprecedented development that makes him the first former president in U.S. history to face criminal charges by the federal government. And the political fallout will be huge. Trump denies any wrongdoing and is calling the indictments a witch hunt. And yes, he has been unfairly targeted before – many times.…

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