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Tulsi Gabbard's uphill battle to win confirmation as the nation's top intel chief

NPR

Tulsi Gabbard's uphill battle to win confirmation as the nation's top intel chief Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democrat who joined the Republican party this year, is facing an uphill battle to win Senate confirmation as country's top intel chief. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Senators have spent the past several weeks meeting with President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet picks that include some more …

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2 weeks ago

Trump's controversial picks Pete Hegseth, Tulsi Gabbard visit Senate for support

India Today

Two of President-elect Donald Trump's most controversial nominees, Pete Hegseth and Tulsi Gabbard, sought support from US senators on Monday, but it remained uncertain whether they would get the near-unanimous Republican backing they will need to win confirmation. Former Fox News personality Hegseth held a second meeting with Senator Joni Ernst, a combat veteran and sexual assault survivor seen as …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Trump says he will nominate Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida to be attorney general

LA Times

President-elect Donald Trump chose Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida to serve as his attorney general on Wednesday, bypassing more experienced options in favor of a loyalist who has built a national reputation as a disruptor and has pledged to dramatically overhaul the Justice Department. Trump announced the decision in a post on his Truth Social network, saying: “Matt will end …

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1 year, 5 months ago

US Senate report highlights Capitol riot intelligence ‘failures’

Al Jazeera

FBI downplayed threats of violence by Trump supporters ahead of January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, report says. Washington, DC – United States intelligence agencies “received numerous early warnings” ahead of the 2021 attack on the Capitol but failed to accurately assess the threat, a new Senate report has said. “In advance of the attack, multiple news agencies, …

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3 years, 6 months ago

US Senate report outlines security failures during Capitol breach

Al Jazeera

The January 6 riot was marred by government, military, and law enforcement missteps, the Senate report says. A Senate investigation of the January 6 riot and breach of the US Capitol has uncovered broad government, military and law enforcement missteps ahead of the violent attack, including a breakdown within multiple intelligence agencies and a lack of training and preparation for …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Takeaways: What hearings have revealed about Jan. 6 failures

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Many questions remain unanswered about the failure to prevent the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. … BUT FEW WILLING TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY The acting Capitol Police chief, Yogananda Pittman, told a House appropriations subcommittee in February that the force “failed to meet its own high standards as well as yours.” She listed several missteps: not having …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Avril Haines: Senate confirms to new director of national intelligence, the first Biden Cabinet nominee confirmed

CNN

CNN — The Senate confirmed President Joe Biden’s first Cabinet nominee Wednesday evening, voting to approve his pick for director of national intelligence, Avril Haines, on his first day in office Haines’ confirmation as the first woman to lead the US intelligence community, which was approved in the Senate by 84 to 10, continues a recent Senate precedent of confirming …

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4 years ago

Progressives tell Biden: Don't roll out the red carpet for "torture enablers"

Salon

It was painful enough to live through the U.S invasion of Iraq that caused untold devastation and human misery for no justifiable reason. Haines, who has an inside-the-Beltway reputation for being nice and soft-spoken, was a little too nice to CIA agents who hacked into the computers of Senate Intelligence Committee investigators looking into the CIA use of torture — …

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4 years, 4 months ago

This damning Senate intelligence report deserves your attention (opinion)

CNN

Editor’s Note: Frida Ghitis, a former CNN producer and correspondent, is a world affairs columnist. In 2016 operation, as the new Senate report shows, the Kremlin slid its tentacles deep inside the Trump campaign, and instead of informing law enforcement, key members embraced it. Remember all those communications between Trump’s now-rescued friend Roger Stone and Wikileaks, which released emails from …

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4 years, 4 months ago

Senate Report: Former Trump Aide Paul Manafort Shared Campaign Info With Russia

NPR

Senate Report: Former Trump Aide Paul Manafort Shared Campaign Info With Russia Enlarge this image toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort passed internal Trump campaign information to a Russian intelligence officer during the 2016 election, a new bipartisan Senate report concludes. Manafort, who was later convicted for financial …

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