Once upon a time, a long, long time ago–meaning last week–President Trump avowed there was no collusion between his presidential campaign and Russian state agents. And one of his most loyal allies on Capitol Hill agreed. Then came Thursday’s plea agreement from Maria Butina, the Russian graduate student who insinuated herself into Republican circles with...
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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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The Guardian’s Assange-Manafort Story: Bombshell or Bust?
The Guardian’s sensational story that Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort met with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is still unconfirmed by other news organizations. It is a tantalizing story but is it true? The fact that other news organizations have not been able to confirm it quickly makes the question more urgent as time passes. If...
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Ecuadoran Intelligence Monitored Manafort’s Meetings with Assange, Says The Guardian.
If true, the UK Guardian’s story about former Trump campaign manager Julian Assange is very damaging to the Wikileaks founder. Wikileaks denies it. The Guardian’s sourcing is vague in places. Sources have said Manafort went to see Assange in 2013, 2015 and in spring 2016 – during the period when he was made a key figure...
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Russian Spy Chief Dies: Hacked the 2016 Election and Bungled an Assassination Plot
Perhaps it was true, as Russian Defense Ministry said, that Russian spymaster Igor Korobov died “after a lengthy and grave illness.” Korobov, 63, had served as chief of Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate GRU for since 2016. When last seen in public he displayed the fit figure of a career military man. It would be equally accurate...