Report: CIA Had Foreign Intel Services Spy on 2016 Trump Team
Posted on AllSides February 14th, 2024
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The U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) illegally mobilized foreign intelligence agencies to target advisers to Donald Trump long before the summer of 2016, according to a report. "Multiple credible sources" told journalists Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger and Alex Gutentag that the IC, including the CIA, asked fellow members of the "Five Eyes" intelligence alliance to follow Trump's associates and share the intelligence acquired. The journalists said the sources were close to a House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HSPCI) investigation. The Five Eyes alliance consists of the U.S., United Kingdom, Canada,...
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