In late July, the U.S. State Department published evidence that Russian artillery had fired across the border with Ukraine to strike Kiev’s armed forces—the latest escalation of the months-long, Russian-backed insurgency.

David Cenciotti picked up on a Swedish report claiming a U.S. Air Force RC-135 spy plane—busy snooping along Russia’s western border—violated Sweden’s air space as it fled Russian fighter jets. “Violations of Swedish air space occur quite frequently,” Cenciotti wrote.

Another American spy plane—a Navy EP-3—flew over Libya on July, presumably listening for insurgent radio chatter as U.S. troops speedily escorted American diplomats out of the country amid devastating militia fighting.

“Instability has wracked Libya since a loose rebel coalition ousted former dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011,” Joe Trevithick reminded us. “These militias continued to challenge the authority of the country’s new central government.”

At least one of the militia commanders—notorious former general Khalifa Haftar—seems to have ties to the CIA, according to Peter Dörrie.