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Dec 09 2019
News
FBI was justified in opening Trump campaign probe, but case plagued by ‘serious failures,’ inspector general finds
A Justice Department inspector general’s report examining the FBI investigation of President Trump’s 2016 campaign rebutted conservatives’ accusations that top FBI officials were driven by political bias to illegally spy on Trump advisers, but also found broad and “serious performance failures” requiring major changes.
The 434-page report issued Monday by Justice Department Inspector
Washington Post
Jan 02 2014
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Clemency for Edward Snowden? The public is skeptical.
The New York Times editorial board wants the United States government to grant Edward Snowden some form of clemency, but the American public probably isn't so warm to the idea. Most Americans harbor a basic disagreement with the Times on Snowden – a majority believes he was wrong to disclose classified National Security Agency programs, and that such disclosures harmed national security. The
Washington Post
Oct 06 2020
News
DNI Declassifies Handwritten Notes From John Brennan, 2016 CIA Referral On Clinton Campaign’s Collusion Operation
Top U.S. intelligence officials were so concerned heading into the 2016 election that the Russians were aware of and potentially manipulating Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s plans to smear Donald Trump as a Russian agent that they personally briefed President Barack Obama on the matter, newly declassified Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) documents show. CIA officials also
The Federalist
Oct 05 2014
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Judge orders release of Guantanamo videotapes
A federal judge on Friday ordered the public release of 28 videotapes of a hunger-striking Guantanamo Bay prisoner strike being forcibly removed from his cell and force-fed.
Lawyers for the prisoner, Abu Wa'el Dhiab, have challenged his treatment as abusive.
Numerous news media outlets, including The Associated Press, had asked the court on June 20 to unseal the videotapes, which
Fox News Digital
Sep 27 2019
News
A New Senate Report Shows How The NRA Built A Close Relationship With Russia
Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee have released a report that sheds new light on efforts by the Russian government to forge bonds with the NRA in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election, including previously unreported meetings between the former Russian ambassador and NRA leaders.
The 76-page report, titled “The NRA Russia: How a Tax-Exempt Organization Became a Foreign
BuzzFeed News
Sep 30 2014
News
Many Missteps in Assessment of ISIS Threat
By late last year, classified American intelligence reports painted an increasingly ominous picture of a growing threat from Sunni extremists in Syria, according to senior intelligence and military officials. Just as worrisome, they said, were reports of deteriorating readiness and morale among troops next door in Iraq.
But the reports, they said, generated little attention in a White
New York Times (News)
Jul 06 2020
News
POLITICO's Election Forecast: Trump, Senate GOP in trouble
President Donald Trump is now an underdog to win a second term, and Republicans’ Senate majority is in serious danger of being swept out with him, according to the latest edition of POLITICO’s Election Forecast.
A series of crises over the past three months has seen the political environment deteriorate markedly for Trump and his party. The percentage of voters who think the country is
Politico
Jun 20 2012
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Pro-Romney super PAC brings in nearly $5 million in May
Restore Our Future, the super PAC backing Mitt Romney, raised just under $5 million in May, according to documents filed with the Federal Election Commission Wednesday.
CNN Digital
Jun 20 2012
News
White House Intervenes in Holder Rift
The White House asserted executive privilege over documents sought by congressional Republicans, throwing into uncertainty a vote to sanction Attorney General Eric Holder with contempt of Congress.
Wall Street Journal (News)
Jun 20 2012
News
President Asserts Executive Privilege in Bid to Forestall Contempt Vote
The Obama administration asserted executive privilege in response to a planned Congressional vote to hold the attorney general in contempt for withholding documents about a failed gun-running investigation.
New York Times (News)