Seth Hettena

Author, sawdust maker, bad boxer.

Posts

We’re Responding to Russia. Don’t Tell the President July 2, 2019
Walter Soriano: The Security Consultant for Russian Oligarchs, the CIA … and Diego Maradona? June 7, 2019
A Russian Oligarch is Investing in U.S. Companies. Should We Be Worried? June 5, 2019
The pee tape May 21, 2019
The definition that’s letting Trump off the hook April 12, 2019
Who is Fima Shusterman? January 24, 2019
Benchslapped: The Eric Dubelier File January 23, 2019
Some Useful Trump/Russia Definitions January 15, 2019
Is the President a Russian Agent? January 13, 2019
Who is Victor Boyarkin? December 29, 2018
What Was the Internet Research Agency? December 20, 2018
Trump/Russia Review in TLS October 14, 2018
Trump’s Latest Favor for Russia: A Pass on Election Interference September 29, 2018
Lanny Davis and Metabolife August 28, 2018
Yours Truly In The New York Times August 6, 2018
Watergate’s John Dean on the Chennault Affair July 23, 2018
The Problem with (Helsinki) Summit Notes July 13, 2018
Mr. Johnson Goes to Moscow July 6, 2018
Hanging with Mr. D June 25, 2018
Exclusive: Trump’s 1987 Moscow Casino Deal June 18, 2018
Five Myths about the Trump-Russia Investigation June 14, 2018
Who Is Ilya Medvedovsky? June 12, 2018
The Problem with Russian Backdoors May 29, 2018
A Mobster President? May 20, 2018
How I came to write Trump / Russia, on sale today May 8, 2018
Bit of Personal News March 17, 2018
The Steele Dossier Murder January 24, 2018
Five surprises in Glenn Simpson’s testimony January 13, 2018
Fusion GPS Speaks January 3, 2018
Devin Nunes v Fusion GPS December 21, 2017
Trump and the Russian Beauty Queen November 27, 2017
Trump Ocean Club November 20, 2017
Exclusive: FBI’s Wiretap Application for Vyacheslav Ivankov November 16, 2017
Who is Bill Browder? (Updated) October 24, 2017
The Russian Gangster Who Loved Trump’s Taj Mahal October 6, 2017
Who is Tevfik Arif, Part II October 3, 2017
Who is Tevfik Arif? Part I September 30, 2017
Facebook, Jared Kushner and Russia September 19, 2017
The Scorpion and The Frog September 16, 2017
Exclusive: Felix Sater’s 2010 White House Visit September 12, 2017
Felix Sater’s Wall Street Days September 2, 2017
Felix Sater and Michael Cohen: Childhood Friends. August 30, 2017
Trump and the Yalta Yacht Club August 27, 2017
Trump’s Russian Deposit Boxes August 24, 2017
NEW: Eric Trump: “a lot of Russians” buying Trump SoHo August 22, 2017
The Useful Idiots of the Left August 18, 2017
Mogilevich, Putin and Trump August 17, 2017
Trump’s Dubai Dreams August 2, 2017
Trump-Russia, 2008 edition July 27, 2017
Jared Kushner Timeline July 24, 2017
Mueller Said to Be Looking into 2008 Palm Beach Mansion Sale July 20, 2017
Who Is Sam Clovis? July 5, 2017
What Was Michael Cohen’s Role at the Trump Organization? July 3, 2017
Jared Kushner’s Shady Real Estate Deal? June 28, 2017
More on Robert Mueller and Mogilevich… June 19, 2017
Is Robert Mueller Examining Trump’s Links to Mogilevich? June 16, 2017
Carter Page Mystery Solved? May 26, 2017
The Russian Mobster Who Hid out in Trump Tower and the Taj Mahal May 22, 2017
Did Trump Really Have A £1 Billion Cash Stockpile During the Financial Crisis? May 15, 2017
Trump and the Sculptor: A Tale of Corruption, Organized Crime and Murder May 4, 2017
Before He Bought Trump’s Mansion, This Russian Billionaire Was Jailed for Murder May 1, 2017
Another Useful Idiot May 1, 2017
Donald Trump and the Russian with the Million-Dollar Watch April 24, 2017
RT — The Foreign Agent in Your TV Set April 15, 2017
Why Did a Russian NHL Player Sue Trump’s Lawyer, Michael Cohen? April 14, 2017
A Missing Piece of the Puzzle April 13, 2017
Carter Page Timeline April 12, 2017
Op-Ed: Trump’s $95 million home sale to Russian deserves scrutiny April 7, 2017
The Godfather Goes to Washington (Updated) April 5, 2017
Unwitting Agents, Useful Idiots, Donald Trump and other dupes April 1, 2017
Fake News as a Weapon: Trump, Russia and the World of Rumors March 31, 2017
Obama and GCHQ tale is Russian disinformation March 18, 2017
The Yuge Trump-Russia Timeline March 12, 2017
Sergey Kislyak Timeline March 2, 2017
Michael Cohen’s Ukraine business February 28, 2017
Russian Mafia in Trump Tower … and the Mogilevich connection February 23, 2017
Michael Flynn Timeline (Updated ) February 19, 2017
Why Putin Hates America February 17, 2017
Trump Dossier Timeline February 11, 2017
A Michael Flynn-Russia Timeline February 10, 2017
Report: FSB Helped CIA Pinpoint Election Hacks February 6, 2017
Today in Trump-Russia February 3, 2017
A Mole in the White House? January 31, 2017
What Is Russia’s Centre for Information Security? January 28, 2017
San Diego’s Spook Shop October 1, 2016
Test Post July 13, 2016
San Diego’s Biggest Investment Advisor Firms March 2, 2016
Mark Cuban files brief supporting … Ray Lucia? February 24, 2016
Anatomy of a Gas Price Spike – Why Are Gas Prices So High in California? Part II February 18, 2016
Why Are Gas Prices So High in California? Part I February 14, 2016
Facing a Big Decision? Math is Your Friend. January 26, 2016
Is Net Energy Metering a Subsidy for the Rich? January 22, 2016
How I Chose My Solar Installer January 22, 2016
MasterCard Fraud January 20, 2016
My SolarCity Experience January 19, 2016
Going Solar, Part II January 15, 2016
Going Solar, Part I January 15, 2016
Time to Reactivate This Blog January 14, 2016
Ray Lucia's SEC Response September 7, 2012
SEC Charges Ray "Buckets of Money" Lucia with Peddling Buckets of Bullshit September 5, 2012
San Diego FBI, Nidal Hasan, and the Webster Report July 20, 2012
LA’s Elliott Broidy to be served justice for the rich July 19, 2012
A Professional’s View of Ray Lucia’s Nontraded REITs July 1, 2012
Saudi Takedown Notice June 29, 2012
San Diego Island to Become ‘Battle Lab’ June 28, 2012
Peak Oil June 14, 2012
Mexican SIGINT June 13, 2012
Docs Reveal Secret $1B Saudi Property Empire June 10, 2012
Brent Wilkes Is Unjailable June 9, 2012
Study Confirms Ray Lucia is Selling Snake Oil June 8, 2012
US: Brent Wilkes Is Still a Douchebag June 4, 2012
Narco-Grenades: Made in the USA May 31, 2012
1st Annual Conference of Screwed Ray Lucia Investors May 31, 2012
Brent Wilkes, enough is enough May 30, 2012
Who is Christopher Rusch? May 28, 2012
Randy Duke Cunningham: I plan to live in a cabin in the Ozarks, hunt and write books May 21, 2012
Gerald Parksy Deposed today in Villalobos Case May 3, 2012
The Ben Stein-Ray Lucia Mutual Admiration Society April 4, 2012
Ray Lucia Is Wrong on REITs March 30, 2012
You Are Not Safe Online March 7, 2012
What Facebook Knows About You December 10, 2011
If you don't care about your Facebook privacy then carry on November 29, 2011
Great Quotes October 26, 2011
Brent "The Enigma" Wilkes Continues to Drain Taxpayers October 25, 2011
Great Opening Lines October 12, 2011
RIP Steve Jobs October 6, 2011
Awlaki FBI FOIA Request October 4, 2011
Some of you may have heard… October 3, 2011
Anwar al-Awlaki's Death September 30, 2011
Fitness in 100 words September 28, 2011
Reader haunted by encounter with man who attended San Diego mosque September 9, 2011
Who is Jim McCarthy of CounterPoint Strategies? August 1, 2011
Fabiani Watch: Trust Me I'm a Lawyer June 10, 2011
Mark Fabiani, foreign agent November 13, 2010
CalPERS fires Pacific Corporate Group October 11, 2010
Did an LA money man give up ex-NY Comptroller Alan Hevesi? September 29, 2010
Not Funny, Your Honor September 24, 2010
RICO lawsuit filed in SD over NY pension corruption September 23, 2010
A Good Dose of Schadenfreude September 22, 2010
Pacific Corporate Group Disclosure Letter to CalPERS September 15, 2010
Cleaning House, CalPERS Dumps Pacific Corporate Group as Advisor September 12, 2010
Leon Shahinian's $63k Big Apple visit September 8, 2010
Duke to Judge: "You can only push a man so far, your honor" September 7, 2010
Brent "The Enigma" Wilkes surfaces in attack ad September 1, 2010
Inside the CalPERS Sausage Factory August 31, 2010
San Diego attorney on Roger Clemens defense team August 30, 2010
Dana Perino Out as Mina Lobbyist August 24, 2010
The Yacht Always Gets Them August 24, 2010
Carly Fiorina and the HP Pretexting Scandal August 24, 2010
More Bank Failures August 21, 2010
Investoradio Interview August 19, 2010
Introducing Union-Tribune bathroom tissue… August 16, 2010
The "Buckets of Money" Seminars: Who Pays? August 13, 2010
Is Relational Investors' Ralph Whitworth Worth His Big Paycheck? August 6, 2010
Everyone loves an early inflation August 5, 2010
Relational Investors wants seats on Occidental's board August 3, 2010
Who is Doug Edelman? August 2, 2010
The Enigma Impresses the Poker World July 31, 2010
Teddy Bear Collector Admits Stealing San Diego County Pension $ July 29, 2010
Former Clinton official Mark Lindsay is "educating" Congress on Mina/Red Star July 28, 2010
Out on Bail, Brent "The Enigma" Wilkes Plays His Cards Right July 27, 2010
Irwin Jacobs one of decade's biggest earners July 27, 2010
Palin spokesman also part of the Mina/Red Star team July 27, 2010
EXCLUSIVE: Secretive defense contractor hires Dana Perino in DC lobbying push July 26, 2010
Life in the Downtown Market? July 22, 2010
A Goldline History: Glenn Beck, Spooks, Drugs July 21, 2010
Glenn Beck Fuels Gold Hysteria — And Profits July 19, 2010
Sunstone Walks Away from the W Hotel July 15, 2010
Steinbrenner the Felon July 15, 2010
WSJ's Latest Lerach Attack July 15, 2010
When George Steinbrenner ratted out Merrill Lynch, Teamsters July 14, 2010
Vantage Pointe: Who Holds the Note? July 14, 2010
Vantage Pointe: Quebec's Folly July 12, 2010
Fannie Mae Has It Right on PACE July 11, 2010
ALTA Responds to "Title Insurance is a Scam" June 30, 2010
CalPERS: A Legal Ponzi Scheme June 28, 2010
The Scam Known as Title Insurance June 25, 2010
The State of San Diego's Pensions June 23, 2010
2010 Top San Diego Money Managers June 12, 2010
Negative Equity in the San Diego Housing Market June 8, 2010
San Diego County Pension Lowers Rate of Return June 4, 2010
What San Diego Cared About in May May 28, 2010
Anwar Awlaki: Book Critic May 25, 2010
Anwar Awlaki Justifies the Killing of Innocents May 24, 2010
Now That's a Boiler Room! May 20, 2010
SD Pension Says Alec Gores Carries Headline Risk May 19, 2010
Our Dumb Future May 18, 2010
Farewell to a best friend May 16, 2010
Golden State of Default May 15, 2010
Bersin: I shouldn't have lawyered it May 14, 2010
Google Slayers May 5, 2010
Goldman's Day in the Klieg Lights May 3, 2010
The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer May 3, 2010
Ray Lucia Defamation Threat April 20, 2010
SD Co. pension responds to my story April 16, 2010
Ex-UT Veteran Edits A Second Pulitzer Story April 13, 2010
Ex-NYMet Kevin Mitchell Owes $5m in Taxes April 12, 2010
PSI Hearings on WaMu Next Week April 10, 2010
The Golden State (for Workers' Comp) April 7, 2010
Leveraging Your Retirement April 5, 2010
The Incredible Bread Machine April 1, 2010
Bersin In March 27, 2010
Anwar al-Awlaki Timeline March 27, 2010
CIA Passed Up Chance To Catch Ex-SD Imam March 27, 2010
Meet San Diego's Most Overpaid Executive March 26, 2010
SD's Bill Lerach March 25, 2010
Coughlin Stoia Still Dominates (For Now) March 24, 2010
Brent Wilkes, Master of Delay March 24, 2010
Former SD Imam Calls for Jihad on US March 19, 2010
SD County Pension Boosts Leverage March 19, 2010
Did You Know… March 18, 2010
SBInet: "Can we Get a Refund?" March 18, 2010
Laura Duffy, Salon Owner March 17, 2010
DHS Halts Border Security Boondoggle March 17, 2010
Partying With SD's Coughlin Stoia March 15, 2010
Michael Lewis' The Big Short March 13, 2010
Meduse in SD March 12, 2010
Massa Party March 11, 2010
Listen, Read, Watch March 10, 2010
Eric Massa's San Diego ties March 9, 2010
Ray Lucia's brokerage settles SEC charges March 8, 2010
Toyota sudden acceleration lawsuit in SD March 5, 2010
Where's Alan? March 4, 2010
San Diego a mecca for gay prosecutors? March 1, 2010
AG Subpoenas Encore Capital Group February 27, 2010
What Happened At La Jolla Bank? Part II February 25, 2010
What Happened At La Jolla Bank? February 24, 2010
(Quiet) Mideast Diplomacy via UCSD February 23, 2010
Where's Alan? February 19, 2010
USS Nimitz in China February 18, 2010
Editorial Writing At Its Most Pathetic February 17, 2010
Washington Post Corrects Awlaki Story February 17, 2010
Coughlin Stoia's Money Machine February 12, 2010
Former Rep. Charlie Wilson Dead at 76 February 10, 2010
Al-Jazeera Speaks to Ex-SD Imam February 9, 2010
"King of Pork" John Murtha Dead at 77. February 9, 2010
Coughlin Stoia and the Angelides Commission (Updated) February 3, 2010
The James S. Copley "Library" February 3, 2010
Where's Alan? February 2, 2010
How Ex-SD Imam Will Be Marked For Death February 1, 2010
San Diego Is A Union Town January 30, 2010
Issa Wants Those Fed Memos January 29, 2010
The Embarrassing Case of Jesus Navarro (Updated) January 29, 2010
CIA has authority to kill US citizens January 27, 2010
Report: US Mulls Killing Former SD Imam January 25, 2010
Long slog for US Marines in Afghanistan January 22, 2010
More on San Diego's Relational Investors January 15, 2010
San Diego's Relational Investors and CalPERS January 14, 2010
The Arrest of El Teo January 14, 2010
Forbes on Tom Gores and the U-T January 11, 2010
Was former San Diego imam in the Predator's sights? January 11, 2010
Pentagon blames FBI in DC for al-Awlaki mixup January 10, 2010
FBI on Aryan Skinheads in San Diego January 6, 2010
Former SD imam has "gone operational" December 30, 2009
Mitch Wade lawyer nominated for US Atty December 29, 2009
A "technical error" December 29, 2009
Super Yacht Attessa in San Diego December 28, 2009
What is PETN? December 27, 2009
Anwar al-Awlaki Reported Killed in Airstrike December 24, 2009
FBI Finger-Pointing over Anwar Awlaki December 22, 2009
Two Mossad Operatives Institutionalized December 21, 2009
Anwar Al-Awlaki Timeline December 16, 2009
Pakistani President Ali Zadari on Money Laundering December 13, 2009
Chavez Not Fooling Around With Oil December 8, 2009
John O. Brennan, counterterrorism czar December 7, 2009
Who was Anton Surikov? (Updated) December 4, 2009
Detecting Border Tunnels December 3, 2009
From the Middle East to the Middle West December 1, 2009
The Most Expensive Road in the World? December 1, 2009
India to join NSA's eavesdropping program? November 23, 2009
Anwar al-Awlaki, infidel November 23, 2009
The Spy Who Conned Me November 22, 2009
Jihadis have learned from Internet pirates November 20, 2009
Rhetoric of Rage: Limbaugh + North Korea November 19, 2009
The Story of Semtex November 18, 2009
Are Embedded Journalists Lawful Targets? November 17, 2009
Imam Aulaqi and Yemen's image problem (Updated) November 11, 2009
Fort Hood and the San Diego 9/11 hijacking connection (Updated) November 9, 2009
"Focused lethality" and modern warfare November 2, 2009
In Russia, corruption is worn on the wrist October 26, 2009
Brent Wilkes: Justice Delayed October 9, 2009
How defense giant SAIC made $3.5b in 5 years October 9, 2009
CIA Lawyers and the "Legal Principles" memo October 1, 2009
The Strange Case of Mohdar Abdullah September 24, 2009
The return of Soviet-style "active measures?" September 17, 2009
Money for Nothing September 14, 2009
Sheikh Khalid bin Mahfouz September 8, 2009
Don't Believe the Hype August 23, 2009
The Partnership August 19, 2009
Foggo Talks to the NY Times August 17, 2009
Who's buying guns? April 3, 2009
Newspaper Bankruptcy Watch April 1, 2009
Nice quarter, guys March 31, 2009
Newspaper Bankruptcy Watch: The San Diego Union-Tribune March 25, 2009
Trent Reznor, Economist March 19, 2009
Meredith Whitney: "The worst is ahead of us" March 19, 2009
More on hedge funds and pensions March 6, 2009
Newspaper Bankruptcy Watch: Reader's Digest March 5, 2009
Guess I'll stick with this writing thing, then March 3, 2009
Couple of stories out March 3, 2009
How bad can this economy get? March 3, 2009
Newspaper Bankruptcy Watch: Gannett Co. March 2, 2009
Buffett on derivatives: "it's not just whom you sleep with…" March 2, 2009
Foggo & Wilkes, Jerry Lewis & Tom DeLay March 1, 2009
Porter Goss on Foggo and the CIA February 26, 2009
The Citigroup "Death Star" February 25, 2009
The economics of porn February 25, 2009
Stress tests = no more self-regulation February 24, 2009
China to US: "We hate you" February 21, 2009
Newspaper Bankruptcy Watch: Lee Enterprises February 21, 2009
China's financial war chest goes shopping February 20, 2009
Brother, can you spare a jet? February 19, 2009
Newspaper Bankruptcy Watch: Lee Enterprises February 19, 2009
David Swensen, Yale's Financial Wizard February 18, 2009
Ho Hum. Another Massive Financial Fraud. February 18, 2009
The Great Unwind February 15, 2009
No. 39 February 15, 2009
Trillion-dollar question February 15, 2009
Why Banks Failed the Stress Test February 13, 2009
DNI: Economics the No. 1 threat to the U.S. February 13, 2009
CBO: Stimulus debt "crowds out" private capital February 12, 2009
Wall Street Follies February 11, 2009
Cunningham Case Prison Watch February 10, 2009
Larry Summers and D.E. Shaw February 10, 2009
Shadow Banking February 10, 2009
Public Acceptance of Evolution February 9, 2009
Does LIBOR cost the US $1 trillion each year? February 8, 2009
Madoff victims: San Diego edition February 6, 2009
Madoff victims: L.A. Edition February 6, 2009
Bankers turned prostitutes February 6, 2009
The Greatest Bank Robbery in U.S. History February 5, 2009
But Dogs Need Stimulus too, Mr. President February 5, 2009
Carlsbad Half-Marathon January 26, 2009
Deflation Debate January 24, 2009
Newspaper Bankruptcy Watch: The New York Times January 23, 2009
Google saves green by going green January 23, 2009
Eric Holder, on hold January 22, 2009
Wired for War January 21, 2009
Newspaper Bankruptcy Watch: Lee Enterprises January 20, 2009
The Real Cost of Gold II January 18, 2009
Sweet Deal! January 15, 2009
Newspaper Bankruptcy Watch: The New York Times January 14, 2009
The Real Cost of Gold January 10, 2009
Newspaper Bankruptcy Watch: Lee Enterprises January 8, 2009
The (Alleged) Reasoning Behind Wilkes' Release January 8, 2009
Wilkes Released January 6, 2009
Alpha engine hits the brakes December 19, 2008
Inouye denies it December 17, 2008
Who paid for Cunningham's bribes? You did. December 15, 2008
Mitch Wade's Sentence: 30 months December 15, 2008