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Trump’s ‘Deep State’ rhetoric debunked by Tim Wiener

Tim Wiener, formerly of the New York Times, is one of the country’s leading intelligence writers. His histories of the CIA (Legacy of Ashes) and the FBI (Enemies) are brisk best-sellers that render harsh judgement on these agencies. (He is too harsh according to the CIA.) In a long review essay for the New York...

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Trump’s Deep State Strategy: Conquer by Dividing

President Trump is taking action against his so-called deep state critics, a sign of the intensifying power struggle in Washington between an authoritarian president and an unnerved and alarmed national security establishment. On Monday the White House announced Trump is considering revoking the security clearances of former CIA directors John Brennan and Michael Hayden, former director of national...

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Timothy Snyder Explains the Great Russian Disinformation Campaign  

Yale historian Timothy Snyder was among the first to recognize the effectiveness of influence operations launched by the Russian intelligence services. Vladimir Putin’s campaign to destabilize Ukraine 2014 was the model. Russia’s  intervention in America’s 2016 election did not have the paramilitary component of “little green men” (plainclothes special operations commandos) seen in Ukraine but...

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June 20: Reliable News & Inside Views

UNITED STATES Trump: ‘I Was Never a Deep-State Guy’ As reported by the sometimes unreliable right-wing Daily Mail. Brennan: ‘Hard to Believe’ Trump Tries to  Avoid Civilian Drone Deaths: Obama’s CIA Director talks to liberal MSNBC. ASIA South Korea’s National Intelligence Service Hosts Summit on North Korea:  KBS, the Korean public radio network, reports. MIDDLE EAST...

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Four CIA employees died in action in 2017

CIA Pays Tribute to its Fallen in Annual Memorial Ceremony https://t.co/JGvNJmWJTZ Four stars were added to the Memorial Wall this year, each one etched for a hero who died in the line of duty for their country.#InMemoriam pic.twitter.com/QohHjFuyN7 — CIA (@CIA) June 17, 2018