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'Not normal times': Ex-intel officials brace for retribution following J.D. Vance vow

Vance has vowed to strip security clearances from dozens of former intelligence officials who signed a letter less than a month before the 2020 election warning that the Hunter Biden laptop bore the “earmarks of a Russian information operation.” The targeted individuals include some of the top intelligence officials from the administrations of at least two former presidents. Vance pledged …

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1 year, 2 months ago

The U.S. Government Is Still in Its Tumblr Era

Slate

A few months ago, as a debate was heating up over whether to renew an FBI surveillance authority known as Section 702, I was looking for an unsealed court document from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. “Just check their Tumblr.” Sure enough, I found the document on the Tumblr in question: “IC on the Record,” a website “created at the …

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1 year, 9 months ago

DOJ opens investigation into leaks of apparent classified US military documents

CNN

CNN — The Department of Justice has opened an investigation into the leaks of a trove of apparent US intelligence documents that were posted on social media in recent weeks. An agency spokesperson told CNN on Friday, “We are aware of the social media posts and are looking into the claims.” ‘No one noticed’ Images of some of the documents …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Senators: CIA has secret program that collects American data

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The CIA has a secret, undisclosed data repository that includes information collected about Americans, two Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee said. Wyden and Heinrich said the program operated “outside the statutory framework that Congress and the public believe govern this collection.” There have long been concerns about what information the intelligence community collects domestically, driven in part …

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3 years, 1 month ago

US struggles with intelligence blind spot as Russia builds up forces near Ukraine

CNN

CNN — After publicly sounding the alarm about Russia’s irregular military movements near Ukraine’s border, the Biden administration’s efforts to understand Russia’s intentions are being hampered by a key blind spot – the intelligence community’s limited visibility into Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle. “The intelligence community’s job in Russia has gotten progressively difficult,” said one congressional source regularly briefed …

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4 years, 7 months ago

GOP senators release list of Obama officials in latest effort to undermine Russia probe

CNN

CNN — Senate Republicans on Wednesday released a list of Obama administration officials who sought to “unmask” names of Americans in intelligence reports in the weeks before President Donald Trump took office, the latest salvo to discredit the FBI’s Russia investigation and accuse the previous administration of wrongdoing over the prosecution of Trump’s first national security adviser, Michael Flynn. Senate …

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4 years, 9 months ago

US intelligence agencies started tracking coronavirus outbreak in China as early as November

CNN

CNN — US spy agencies were tracking the rise of the novel coronavirus as early as November, weeks before that information was included in President Donald Trump’s daily intelligence briefing, a former US military official told CNN. ‘I don’t know exactly’ ABC News reported earlier Wednesday that the National Center for Medical Intelligence, a branch of the Defense Intelligence Agency, …

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4 years, 9 months ago

How US spies are tracking the coronavirus pandemic

CNN

Washington CNN — The US intelligence community is using its unique abilities to monitor foreign countries to keep track of the spread of the coronavirus pandemic and establish whether nations are being truthful about the extent of the outbreak. “I trust that the IC was looking very hard at China in the early days when the Chinese were less than …

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5 years, 2 months ago

How The Relationship Between Trump And His Spy Chiefs Soured

NPR

How The Relationship Between Trump And His Spy Chiefs Soured Enlarge this image toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images Even when he's praising his spy chiefs, President Trump can't resist taking a swipe. Sponsor Message Even while proclaiming an undisputed intelligence and military success, Trump took a moment to needle and to complain about "poor leadership" and time …

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55 years ago

Dan Coats Lost His Job for Telling Trump the Truth

Slate

It was only a matter of time before President Donald Trump started going after the intelligence agencies. Trump’s first director, Coats, had no such experience, aside from a brief stint on the Senate Intelligence Committee, but he had developed expertise on military issues. Among other things, the DNI gives the president his daily intelligence briefing, and in those reports, as …

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5 years, 6 months ago

Trump claim Obama begged for Kim Jong Un meeting dismissed by former US intelligence chief: 'I don't know where he's getting that'

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The former director of national intelligence for Barack Obama has …

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5 years, 10 months ago

James Clapper: Donald Trump May Be A Russian Asset ‘Whether Witting Or Unwitting'

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said he agreed with former acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe’s assessment that President Donald Trump could be a Russian asset. McCabe told CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Tuesday that the possibility of Trump being a Russian asset was why the FBI signed off on special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian …

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