It is safe to say President Trump did not read the new National Intelligence Strategy of the United States released on Tuesday. Which is a good thing. The document shows the intelligence community (IC), meaning the 17 U.S. intelligence agencies, is mobilized against the threat posed by Trump, his incoherent impulses on war and peace, and...
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Mueller: Alleged Russian Agent Had Contact with Manafort After Trump’s Election
These contacts, reported by Daily Beast, are doubly significant if Manafort’s former aide, Konstanin Kilimnik, is a Russian intelligence agent. Kilimnik, a dual Russian-Ukrainian citizen, studied at the Russian military’s main university for languages, which has led to speculation that he has ties to Russian military intelligence. Kilimnick denies he is agent. In the new filing,...
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Leaked FBI Testimony Doesn’t Bolster Trump’s ‘Deep State’ Theories
With Democrats now in control of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, new details are emerging about the Republican investigation of the FBI’s handling of the investigation of presidential candidate Donald Trump. Two transcripts, leaked to the New York Times and the Epoch Times respectively, show how senior FBI officials viewed Donald Trump’s rise...
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Republicans Ask for Update on Justice Department’s FISA Review
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...
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Russian Intelligence Probed for Dirt on Investors Who Backed Clinton
Buzzfeed provide a glimpse of another Russian intelligence operation targeting the U.S. government. The Russian’s target in this case was the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, which enforces U.S. sanctions against Russia and Iran, as well as money laundering laws. The Russians sought information about the business partners of William Browder, a...