David Forden, CIA case officer who handled pivotal Cold War operation

[Ryszard Kuklinski], dies at 88

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/david-forden-cia-case-officer-who-handled-pivotal-cold-war-operation-dies-at-88/2019/02/13/4384c19a-2fb2-11e9-8ad3-9a5b113ecd3c_story.html

[I personally knew both Ryszard Kuklinski and David Forden. The latter was

my neighbor in my condo building. - TM]

David Forden, C.I.A. Handler in Cold War Intrigue, Dies at 88

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/obituaries/david-forden-dead.html

US reporter apologises for error on Polish WWII history

http://thenews.pl/1/10/Artykul/406610

Poland's envoy recognizes individual Holocaust crimes, firmly rejects

complicity

https://www.timesofisrael.com/polands-envoy-recognizes-individual-holocaust-crimes-firmly-rejects-complicity/

Poland Summons Israeli Ambassador to Clarify Netanyahu Comments on Poles in

Holocaust

https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2019/02/15/world/europe/15reuters-israel-poland.html

Polish PM Cancels Israel Visit Amid New Holocaust Tensions

https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2019/02/17/world/europe/ap-eu-poland-israel.html

Poland PM cancels Israel trip after Netanyahu's Holocaust comment

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47272718

Polish premier pulls out of Visegrad Israel summit after Nazi comments

https://www.dw.com/en/polish-premier-pulls-out-of-visegrad-israel-summit-after-nazi-comments/a-47558951

Pompeo Trip Marks U.S. Re-engagement With Long-Overlooked Central Europe

https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2019/02/10/technology/10reuters-usa-pompeo-hungary.html

Top Takeaways From Secretary Pompeo's Central European Trip

https://www.cepa.org/pompeo-central-europe-tour

Pompeo and Pence send a poor message with their bumbling tour of Europe

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/pompeo-and-pence-sen

d-a-poor-message-with-their-bumbling-tour-of-europe/2019/02/16/35c74e08-314a-11e9-813a-0ab2f17e305b_story.html

Pence Praises Poland's Actions on Huawei as U.S. Pressure Mounts

https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2019/02/13/world/middleeast/13reuters-huawei-europe-poland-pence.html

Polish MoD optimistic about US permanent base

http://thenews.pl/1/10/Artykul/406811

U.S. Says in Talks With Poland on Troop Increase

https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2019/02/13/world/europe/13reuters-usa-pompeo-poland.html

[Or maybe not...]

Pentagon: No US troop buildup in Poland 'at this point'

https://www.dw.com/en/pentagon-no-us-troop-buildup-in-poland-at-this-point/a-47501119

Ten Months to Save NATO?

https://www.cepa.org/the-summit-of-reckoning

NATO Secures the Western Balkans

NATO Is More Than Just a Security  Organization, says Janusz Bugajski

https://www.cepa.org/nato-secures-the-western-balkans

Vladimir Putin finds unlikely ally in Polish farmers

https://www.dw.com/en/vladimir-putin-finds-unlikely-ally-in-polish-farmers/a-47471687

The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is a Russian trap

And Germany has fallen into it

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2019/02/16/the-nord-stream-2-gas-pipeline-is-a-russian-trap

NordStream 2 - fight is not over

http://www.warsawvoice.pl/WVpage/pages/article.php/44385/news

US to revoke visa requirement for Poles?

http://thenews.pl/1/10/Artykul/406513

Swedish court refuses extradition of Stalinist-era judge [Stefan Michnik] to

Poland