Who is on this subjectordered by the date of their first quote here
4 of 5 lanes rest on fewer than 5 quotes and are marked thin. Offsets are days from the middle first-quote date, 10 Feb 2026 — a date, and nothing else. It is not a claim about who reached a view first.
- Sir Richard Dearlove 7 6 Jul 2022 – 13 Mar 2026 -1315 d
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Marc Rowan
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3 Sep 2025 – 3 Sep 2025
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Howard Lutnick
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10 Feb 2026 – 10 Feb 2026
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- H.R. McMaster 1 thin 31 Jul 2026 – 31 Jul 2026 +171 d
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Scott Bessent
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10 Aug 2026 – 10 Aug 2026
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The chronologysourced and dated, oldest first
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Sir Richard Dearlove
Dearlove argues the UK is Europe's leading intelligence power and led support for Ukraine.
“The UK is Europe's leading intelligence and security power, and of course we also are one of Europe's leading defense powers, and I think you just have to see what's happened in Ukraine and the way that we would have been able, as it were, to lead on the support for the Ukrainians.”
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Marc Rowan
Rowan notes the trend extends beyond AI to defense and other future sectors remaining private.
“And it is not just AI companies. The defense companies of the future, they're also still private in many instances.”
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Sir Richard Dearlove
Dearlove says Palantir's sinister reputation is completely misplaced due to public misunderstanding.
“the reputation you've earned, the sinister reputation is completely misplaced because people don't really understand what the achievements of Palantir are.”
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Sir Richard Dearlove
Dearlove criticizes UK budget for failing to prioritize national security and defense spending first.
“how could you possibly have a budget statement in parliament in the current state that we're in where the chancellor of the exchequer doesn't refer to national security and defense?”
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Sir Richard Dearlove
Dearlove advocates two-year national service option for NHS or military to build social cohesion.
“I think it would create greater social cohesion. I think it would create a better sense of national identity.”
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Sir Richard Dearlove
Dearlove argues Europe has built social democracy on American defense subsidies and must now pay itself.
“We've created a cozy social democratic environment on the back of American taxpayers, and we've gotta wake up and understand our vulnerabilities and pay for this ourselves.”
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Howard Lutnick
Lutnick states he met Epstein only three times over fourteen years after becoming neighbors in New York.
“That I met Jeffrey Epstein when he moved when I moved to a house next door to him in New York. Right? And I met him then.”
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Howard Lutnick
Lutnick says he met Epstein only three times over fourteen years after moving next door to him in New York.
“I met Jeffrey Epstein when he moved when I moved to a house next door to him in New York. Right? And I met him then.”
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Howard Lutnick
Lutnick claims only about ten emails connected him with Epstein over fourteen years and denies any relationship.
“There may be 10 emails connecting me with him, probably about 10 emails connecting me with him over a fourteen year period. I did not have any relationship with him.”
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Sir Richard Dearlove
Dearlove criticizes UK government for wrapping intelligence budget into defense budget to inflate spending figures.
“Actually, at the moment, and I'm pretty critical of this, the overall SIV has been wrapped up into the defense budget to make the defense budget look bigger, which is a bit of a cheat because the government are very keen to show that they're increasing defense spending.”
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Sir Richard Dearlove
Dearlove says UK needs 5% GDP defense spending, government should cut welfare but won't due to left wing influence.
“They need to up to 5%, and all they have to do is to cut the welfare budget. But of course, this government is the prisoner of its left wing and they can't do that.”
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H.R. McMaster
McMaster says U.S. military faces a huge bow wave of deferred modernization and failure to procure at scale.
“I think what we're seeing in our military to a large extent is there's a huge bow wave of deferred modernization, and I think a failure to procure weapons and and capabilities at scale.”
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Scott Bessent
Bessent states Graham believed the federal government's first obligation is to keep people safe.
“Course, Lindsey Graham believed that the first obligation of the federal government is to keep its people safe.”
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Where they overlapsame programme, same subject
- Forbes Breaking News also carries H.R. McMaster and Scott Bessent on this subject, at different times.