Russian President Vladimir Putin won reelection yesterday, remaining Russia’s president for at least another six years. The Russian leader has been the head of the country since 1999, serving as either president or prime minister in that time. Putin …
Continue ReadingTensions between President Trump and former high-ranking intelligence community officials have been rising in the wake of the firing of FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe. McCabe was fired on Friday after an internal FBI investigation found he acted inappropriately in …
Continue ReadingRussia has expelled twenty-three British diplomats in retaliation for the expulsion of twenty-three Russian diplomats by Great Britain, last week over the alleged assassination attempt of a Russian ex-pat living in England since 2010.
“Russia’s response doesn’t change the facts …
Continue ReadingFormer Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe believes his firing was political and that it has to do with his willingness to corroborate information former FBI Director James Comey has given to Congress as well as the special counsel about interactions …
Continue ReadingRussians who have worked at Russia’s infamous “troll factory” corroborate much of what was written in Robert Mueller’s indictment of thirteen Russian individuals and three entities last month for meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Operatives working at the …
Continue ReadingThe U.S. announced new economic sanctions against Russia this morning for their role in meddling in the 2016 presidential election as well as other acts of aggression having to do with cyber-espionage.
“Treasury sanctions Russian cyber actors for interference with …
Continue ReadingU.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley blamed Russia for a chemical attack carried out against a Russian ex-patriot living in England since 2010 and said that U.S. is standing in unity with its long-time ally, Great Britain.
“Let me …
Continue ReadingThe United Kingdom responded forcefully to a suspected chemical attack carried out against a Russian ex-patriot living in England since 2010, today. Sixty-six-year-old Sergey Skripal and his 33-year-old daughter Yulia, were found slumped on a bench in Salisbury, a cathedral …
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump has replaced Secretary of State Rex Tillerson with current CIA Director Mike Pompeo. The President made the announcement on Twitter shortly before 9 a.m. this morning.
“Mike Pompeo, Director of the CIA, will become our new Secretary …
Continue ReadingRepublicans on the House Intelligence Committee concluded their investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election finding no evidence of collusion with the Trump campaign, it was announced today.
Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX), the Congressman leading the investigation for …
Continue ReadingBritish Prime Minister Theresa May says her government has concluded that the substance used to poison a Russian ex-patriot on British soil last week was a nerve agent stockpiled in the Soviet Union during the Cold War, leading her to …
Continue ReadingSpecial counsel in charge of the Russia investigation Robert Mueller has gathered evidence that contradicts congressional testimony about a meeting in the Seychelles Islands in the Indian Ocean between Russian and Emirati officials, and an individual with ties to the …
Continue ReadingA 66-year-old former Russian spy and his 33-year-old daughter have been hospitalized with a serious illness in England. Sergey Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, have been hospitalized in Salisbury, a cathedral city in Wilshire, England, about ninety miles southwest of …
Continue ReadingA former member of the Trump campaign gave a series of interviews today in which he pledged to not cooperate with a subpoena issued by special counsel in charge of the Russia investigation, Robert Mueller, and that President Trump knew …
Continue ReadingAccording to Jane Mayer of The New Yorker, Christopher Steele, the former British intelligence officer and author of the now famous Steele dossier authored a second memo. That second memo alleges that it was the Russian government that persuaded …
Continue ReadingRussian President Vladimir Putin painted a chilling picture when during his annual state-of-the-nation speech, he announced the development and deployment of several weapons systems that would render defense systems “useless” against them, he said.
Intercontinental ballistic missiles systems, with …
Continue ReadingDemocrats on the House Intelligence Committee have released their long-awaited rebuttal memo to the Republican memo alleging abuses by the FBI in obtaining FISA warrants. We cover some of the main takeaways in today’s episode. We also discuss the departure …
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