“Omali Yeshitela, he's over 80 years old, and he's written like 10 books and he’s a very intelligent person. He'd been involved in activism since the ‘60s. He was involved with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. And, they sent in like tanks in his home, and there were drones in his house, and he and his wife were terrorized. This is an 80-plus year old man, and it was overkill,” Kuzmarov explained. “It's really overkill, and it's no threat to America's security.”
“...it's possible that the Feds have something concrete on this Uhuru group, that they're taking it to trial, that they feel they can convince a jury. So, I don't know how strong their case is," said Kuzmarov. "I think on a broader level, it looks to be kind of a political witch hunt. And then, as far as the money invested, yeah, I mean, the US is like, you know, crying about Russian interference when, as it’s pointed out, this group had no influence at all.”
“...sometimes you get invited to a conference and this kind of, this organization invited you and maybe you have some connection with the Russian government, but you don't even know that, you know, you're going to a human rights conference,” the analyst explained.
“I think we're seeing a more authoritarian form, a more overt authoritarian government. I mean, in the past, dissidents have faced all kinds of harassment and marginalization, but usually they weren't outright arrested, or had the FBI raiding their home with tanks. And that's what we're seeing now,” he added.
“And yeah, Scott Ritter, I mean, he's a patriotic American who served in the Marine Corps and Marine intelligence. And they've really gone after him because, I think, he's an insider and they want to send a message to other people not to become whistleblowers," said Kuzmarov. "So they've really thrown the mat at him.”