Radio War Nerd EP #66—Yasha Levine on Russia Hacker Panic (Patreon)

Guest: Yasha Levine, author and journalist

Technology reporter & Soviet emigre Yasha Levine joins the War Nerd from the evil lair—St Petersburg, Russia—to talk about the latest developments in the Russia hacking panic and how the Washington DC freakout is being received inside Russia itself . . . 

Afterwards, the War Nerd talks about leaked and shocking John Kerry conversation with FSA rebel representatives . . . Sunni sectarian targeting of Shia for mass murder in Iraq and Syria . . . Ames recalls his brush with Tom Friedman's head . . . 

Total Time: 2:33:54

Direct link  to this episode's mp3 here 

Yasha Levine is the author of the forthcoming book Surveillance Valley  (Public Affairs, Fall 2017). He has written articles  for The eXile, PandoDaily, NSFWCorp, Wired, The Nation and others. He lives in St. Petersburg, Russia.