Category: NSA

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Gina Haspel

Trump’s Feud With the Intelligence Community Deepens

The dis-integration of the Trump administration continues. The long-integrated intelligence operations of the White House and the national security agencies are now out of sync. The normal governmental process by which the national security agencies present timely intelligence and policy options to a president who chooses among them is not functioning. “The system is broken,”...

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NSA Glasses

No Shutdown at the NSA’s Memory Bank

The gift shop at the National Cryptologic Museum in Annapolis Junction Maryland is open for business. Which is to say, life goes on, somewhat normally, at the National Security Agency, despite the partial government shutdown, now in its fifth week. The museum is located halfway between Washington DC and Baltimore in a sea of parking...

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Trump at Bush funeral

Abrupt Withdrawals Leave Trump Besieged by the National Security Establishment

The phrase “the deep state” means different things to different people. The Deep State news blog reports on all of them by covering the world’s secret intelligence agencies. On December 19, The Deep State news blog (deepstateblog.org) achieved its fall 2018 fundraising goal of $9,000. Thanks to 44 donors, we have paid off the cost...

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Flynn Cooperation Memo Hints at Trump’s Russia Deal

Thanks to disgraced National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller now has material evidence of a secret deal between President-elect Trump and the Russian government about U.S. sanctions. At least that’s what a seven page memo filed in federal court earlier this week, strongly suggests. Flynn, a former general served as Trump’s national...