Hello and welcome to Background Briefing, available 24-7 at Background Briefing.org, I'm Ian Masters,

and today we'll examine a number of stories and issues in the news.

We'll begin with Ukraine's ingenious drone attacks on Russian bombers deep inside the country

at bases in Siberia and Murmansk, as well as today's underwater drone attack on the

Kirsch Bridge linking Russia with Crimea, and discussed the new era of asymmetrical warfare

in which cheap Ukrainian drones destroyed $7 billion worth of Russian aircraft,

making the expensive ships, planes and tanks, the Pentagon buys largely obsolete and vulnerable.

Joining us is William Markin, one of America's premier military experts,

who has been a consultant, two wide-ranging organizations,

including the United States Air Force, the United Nations Secretary General,

Human Rights Watch, and the Natural Resources Defense Council.

The best-selling author of more than a dozen books,

including The Generals Have No Clothes,

The Untold Story of Our Endless Wars.

His latest book is, On That Day, the definitive timeline of 9-11.

He is currently the senior editor for Ken Clippenstein's substack at canclippenstein.com, where their latest article is Homeland Security's pre-crime push,

Snitch Fund and AI, Vi to Stop Attacks like Boulder.

Then we'll look into the latest attacks on Jews and Jewish Americans

following the April fire bombing of Governor Shapiro's residence,

the May assassinations of two Israeli embassy employees,

then Sunday's attack on peaceful demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado, calling for the release of hostages held by Hamas.

Joining us is Haley Soifer, the chief executive officer of the Jewish Democratic Council of America,

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