When Global Witness, the anti-corruption advocacy group, projected a series of messages on the facade of Trump Hotel four blocks from the White House on Wednesday, the advocacy group exposed a key element of U.S. foreign policy in the Trump’ presidency: it’s for sale behind closed doors. Is the President’s defense of the Saudi crown...
Author: Jefferson Morley (Jefferson Morley)
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What Do Democrats Do With the CIA?
It was a get-together only a Washington policy addict could love. On a cold winter night, I took a Metrobus to a weekday evening presentation at the National Press Club, two blocks from the White House. The event was organized by a former CIA director. It featured four former government officials and a national security...
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Russia’s FSB: We’re Ready to Publish Correspondence With U.S. on Alleged Election Interference.
Nikolai Murashov, the deputy director of the FSB’s National Computer Incident Coordination Center (NCCIC), said Tuesday that Moscow was ready to disclose the full correspondence between Russia and the United States on the alleged election interference, but said that it would need Washington’s consent to do so, the state-run RIA Novosti news agency reported Tuesday....
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Conspiracy Theorist Corsi Sues Mueller, CIA and NSA; Flubs FISA Reference
Jerome Corsi, besieged conspiracy theorist, is suing Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller, the CIA, FBI, and NSA for allegedly surveilling him, although Corsi is a little hazy on the legal basis for his case. In a lawsuit filed Sunday, Corsi asserted that “Defendants Mueller, DOJ, NSA, CIA, and FBI have engaged in ongoing, illegal, unconstitutional surveillance…...
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Beth Kimber Becomes First Woman to Run the CIA’s Clandestine Service
This appointment is testament to the enduring influence of John Brennan at today’s CIA. To the distress of some traditional officers, Brennan insisted on diversity as a fundamental institutional value for an intelligence agency. The appointment of Gina Haspel and now Beth Kimber are part of his legacy. The CIA workforce is now nearly 50...