For the past nine months, a senior Justice Department official has been reviewing FBI and DOJ compliance with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Now three Republican members of Congress want to know what he has learned. Last March Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed John Huber, U.S. Attorney for Utah, to investigate alleged “irregularities” in...
Author: Jefferson Morley (Jefferson Morley)
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5 Easy Tweets: How Bolton Walked Back Trump’s Syria Withdrawal
President Trump’s plans to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria have been disrupted by his national security adviser John Bolton. After consulting with senior Israeli officials, Bolton announced Sunday that 2,200 U.S. troops will remain in the war zone for longer than the president announced on December 19. “The timetable flows from the policy decisions that...
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The CIA’s Rising Profile in Politics
Not since former CIA director George H.W. Bush was elected vice president in 1980 have former U.S. intelligence officers played such a prominent role in U.S. electoral politics. Three former CIA officers are now serving in Congress. Two newly-elected Democrats Abigail Spanberger of Virginia and Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, have joined incumbent Will Hurd, Republican...
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Fate of Arrested American Linked to Russian Spy Maria Butina
Russia’s arrest of Paul Whelan, a court-martialed Marine Corps private, on espionage charges, has triggered speculation about a possible trade for Maria Butina, convicted Russian agent and one of the world’s worst spies in 2018 According to a Russian news agency, Whelan was arrested in Moscow last week, just minutes after receiving a USB memory...
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Hacker Attack Targets German Politicians But Not the Far Right
Imagine if the DNC email hack of 2016 was combined with the hacking of former President Bush, the hacking of all members of Congress except for the Freedom Caucus, and the hacking of, say, investigative reporter Seymour Hersh, and comedian Chris Rock. That’s is the unfolding spectacle now gripping Germany. From Bild, a leading newsweekly...