CIA
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National Security
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Law and Government
Biden’s CIA pick received Super Bowl group trip from Saudi ambassador
The veteran diplomat does not say in the disclosure what year he received the Super Bowl group trip, or who else attended.…
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Foreign Affairs
Biden’s CIA pick, William Burns, leads a think tank with close ties to China
Burns, who was paid $540,580 last year as president of Carnegie, will appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee for a confirmation hearing…
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Unyielding
Domestic extremists should be treated like insurgents in Mideast: former CIA officer
Grenier described former President Donald Trump as a charismatic leader to his supporters, who created the conditions for extremists to…
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Law and Government
Ex-FBI lawyer receives probation for altering email about Carter Page
Boasberg said that Clinesmith’s actions 'undermined the integrity of the FISA process,' but that he believed that Clinesmith was remorseful…
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Law and Government
John Brennan: There was ‘no spying’ on Trump’s campaign
‘I sat down for eight hours with John Durham and his team, answering all his questions, and looking back at…
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Law and Government
Time to make hay over revelations about Trump-Russia probe is running out
Congressional Republicans have long focused on requests that Obama administration officials made for intelligence reports that identified various Trump associates,…
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Law and Government
House Democrats ramp up effort to thwart Durham probe, call for ‘emergency investigation’
While Democrats have portrayed the Durham investigation as a witch hunt, one former FBI lawyer, Kevin Clinesmith, has pleaded guilty in…
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Law and Government
John Durham aide resigns, reportedly because of pressure to complete Trump-Russia probe
Durham associates expect the investigation to be shut down if Trump loses the election in November.
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Unyielding
John Brennan says he’s willing to meet with prosecutor investigating origins of Russia probe
Brennan asserted that he is in Trump’s “crosshairs” because he has “spoken out against the corruption, the incompetence, the mischaracterizations…
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Law and Government
In the foyer of the 20-room asylum: Interpreting the first round of unmasking revelations
In context - it's even worse than it looks.
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Law and Government
Biden, Comey, Brennan submitted Flynn ‘unmasking’ requests
The documents show that an unmasking request was made in Biden’s name on Jan. 12, 2017. Similar requests were made under the…
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Politics
Why you should care that Nunes says House intelligence focus is on ‘info CIA gave to FBI in 2016’
Laser-focused on the holy-of-holies "CIA intelligence" about Russiagate.
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Politics
Spygate: Case Agent 1 and the essential ‘operation’ versus ‘investigation’ perspective
Proaction - not reaction.
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Politics
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Law and Government
Report: U.S. Attorney Durham is after emails and call logs for John Brennan
The narrowing down gets serious.
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Law and Government
Report: A second ‘whistleblower’ may be coming forward who knows more about Trump-Zelensky phone call
Interesting question how another "whistleblower" can know more than we already do, since the transcript has been released.
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Media
Why are CNN and NBC apparently trying to ‘out’ a former CIA asset from Russia?
Spy game wags the dog?
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National Security
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Law and Government
DOJ wants to interview two CIA officers in Spygate probe
Probably where they should have started in the first place.
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Law and Government
Spygate reminder: Comey said to spike Assange deal to limit release of stolen government cyber tools in 2017
There’s strange, and then there’s extremely strange. The odd series of events in the saga of two sets of stolen…
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Law and Government
Ex-CIA officials, fuming over declassification, seemed fine with intel agencies leaking like a sieve in the past
It all seems to depend on whose ox is being gored.
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Law and Government
AG Barr reportedly working with CIA to review origins of Russia probe
Finally, rounding up the usual suspects.
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Law and Government
Email: Peter Strzok suspected CIA hadn’t shared info with FBI, was behind inaccurate media leaks
Honor among, er ... government agencies.
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Politics
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Law and Government
WaPo: FBI And CIA sources say they doubt allegation that Michael Cohen went to Prague
The Post has aggressively investigated the dossier’s assertions, said Miller. He said reporters for the paper 'literally spent weeks and months…
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Law and Government
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National Security
Catastrophic failure under Obama cost lives of many U.S. agents
Even liberal CNN has reported that Brennan supported the Communist Party candidate for President in 1976. It's an odd choice…
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Law and Government
CIA under Obama read congressional emails about intel community whistleblowers
The release of the documents brings to an end a four-year fight between Iowa GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley, the chairman of the Senate…
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Law and Government
Q.E.D.: America can’t talk about security clearances without acting like a bunch of big babies
Missing the point, in all the personalities and pettiness.
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Foreign Affairs
Breach in CIA comms system led to roll-up of entire spy network in China
That's a really bad hair day.
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Law and Government
A key in an unexpected place: Comey spiked 2017 immunity deal for Assange
What in the world is Comey doing?
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Media
As part of anti-Haspel coverage, NYT runs op-ed by wife of radical Islamist Taliban fighter
The New York Times seems destined to sink Gina Haspel’s chances of becoming CIA director — even if it means…
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