The Senate Intelligence Committee has reportedly concluded that it has no “direct evidence” of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian officials. Ranking minority member Mark Warner begs to differ. Is there “direct evidence” of collusion or not? The answer can be found in the story of Konstantin Kilimik, a longtime associate of Manafort who...
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Former GRU Translator at ‘Heart’ of Mueller’s Russia Inquiry
The Trump-Russia investigation is zeroing in on Konstantin Kilimnik, a translator trained by Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) and associate of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort. According to a heavily redacted, transcript of a closed door court hearing a senior attorney working for Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller III, said Mr. Manafort and Mr. Kilimnik...
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A CIA Analyst on How to Survive a Subversive President
In LobeLog, a highly credible anti-interventionist world news blog, Paul Pillar, a 28-year veteran analyst of the CIA, asks a key question: The security services that are supposed to guard against such subversion must answer to elected political leaders, lest such services become threats to democracy themselves. But what happens when elected leaders are the...
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Indictment Reveals How the Trump-Wikileaks Backchannel Worked
The indictment of Roger Stone, confidante of President Trump, has got Wikileaks worried. Julian Assange should be concerned too. The indictment, handed down by Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller and a Washington DC grand jury, makes Wikileaks look bad. In August 2016, the organization denied it had any “direct” connection to Stone, an answer that now...
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DNC Alleges Russia’s GRU Tried To Hack the Party After 2018 Election
Russian hacking wasn’t limited to the 2016 election, says the Democratic National Committee. In updating their lawsuit against the alleged hackers, the DNC says Russians tried a spearfishing attack late last year. From the non-profit National Security Archive. On January 17, 2019, the Democratic National Committee filed an amendment to their original lawsuit against the Russian...