USA Today: Federal contractor arrested after NSA document published on news site

USA Today: Federal contractor arrested after NSA document published on news site

Kevin Johnson and William Cummings , June 5, 2017 A federal contractor was arrested in Georgia Monday in connection with a classified NSA report on Russian election interference published by the online publication The Intercept. CLICK IMAGE ABOVE for direct link to USA Today story. According to the top secret document, Russian military intelligence conducted a cyberattack on at […]

The Intercept: TOP-SECRET NSA REPORT DETAILS RUSSIAN HACKING EFFORT DAYS BEFORE 2016 ELECTION

The Intercept: TOP-SECRET NSA REPORT DETAILS RUSSIAN HACKING EFFORT DAYS BEFORE 2016 ELECTION

Matthew Cole, Richard Esposito, Sam Biddle, Ryan Grim June 5 2017 RUSSIAN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE executed a cyberattack on at least one U.S. voting software supplier and sent spear-phishing emails to more than 100 local election officials just days before last November’s presidential election, according to a highly classified intelligence report obtained by The Intercept. CLICK IMAGE for direct link to […]

Reuters: Deutsche Bank ignores U.S. Trump/Russia query: Democratic staffer

Reuters: Deutsche Bank ignores U.S. Trump/Russia query: Democratic staffer

By Tom Sims. June 4th, 2017 Germany’s largest bank has failed to respond to a request from Democrats on a U.S. House of Representatives panel for details about U.S. President Donald Trump’s possible ties to Russia, a Democratic staffer said on Sunday. CLICK IMAGE for direct link to Reuters story. Several Democrats on the U.S. […]

NYT: Bank at Center of U.S. Inquiry Projects Russian ‘Soft Power.’ Behind the Kushner-Gorkov meeting

NYT: Bank at Center of U.S. Inquiry Projects Russian ‘Soft Power.’ Behind the Kushner-Gorkov meeting

By BEN PROTESS, ANDREW E. KRAMER and MIKE McINTIRE JUNE 4, 2017 It has offices in a sleek Manhattan skyscraper. Its bonds are accessible to millions of American investors. And it holds ties to some of New York’s biggest banks. CLICK IMAGE for link to NYT story. Despite this presence on Wall Street, detailed in previously unreported financial records, Vnesheconombank, […]

NYT: Trump Administration Returns Copies of Report on C.I.A. Torture to Congress

NYT: Trump Administration Returns Copies of Report on C.I.A. Torture to Congress

By MARK MAZZETTI, MATTHEW ROSENBERG and CHARLIE SAVAGE JUNE 2, 2017 WASHINGTON — Senators, spies and a president spent years in a pitched battle over how the history is told of one of the most controversial chapters of America’s campaign against terrorism, the detention and interrogation of prisoners in secret C.I.A. jails. CLICK IMAGE for link to NYT story. But recent moves […]

ABC News: Lawmakers ask whether looming debt left Jared Kushner vulnerable to Russian influence

ABC News: Lawmakers ask whether looming debt left Jared Kushner vulnerable to Russian influence

By BRIAN ROSS MATTHEW MOSK Jun 2, 2017Congressional investigators are seeking to determine whether President Trump’s son-in-law was vulnerable to Russian influence during and after the campaign because of financial stress facing his family firm’s signature real estate holding – a Manhattan skyscraper purchased at the height of the real estate boom. CLICK IMAGE ABOVE for direct […]

salon.com: While you were working, the Trump-Russia situation got a bit dicier

salon.com: While you were working, the Trump-Russia situation got a bit dicier

    MATTHEW ROZSA FRIDAY, JUN 2, 2017 A number of recent developments have made the Russia scandal even more of a headache for President Donald Trump and his administration. The investigation expands to Michael Flynn  CLICK IMAGE ABOVE for link to salon.com story. Special counsel Robert Mueller is going to probe former national security adviser […]

WP: Does Sean Spicer know anything any more?

WP:  Does Sean Spicer know anything any more?

By Peter W. Stevenson June 2  It seems as though White House press secretary Sean Spicer is having trouble answering the media’s questions these days. At Friday’s briefing, Spicer used the phrase “I don’t know” four times in response to reporters’ questions. Other times, he simply said he hasn’t discussed the topic at hand, or couldn’t answer […]

Yahoo News: How the Trump administration’s secret efforts to ease Russia sanctions fell short

Yahoo News: How the Trump administration’s secret efforts to ease Russia sanctions fell short

Michael Isikoff Chief Investigative Correspondent June 1, 2017 In the early weeks of the Trump administration, former Obama administration officials and State Department staffers fought an intense, behind-the-scenes battle to head off efforts by incoming officials to normalize relations with Russia, according to multiple sources familiar with the events. Unknown to the public at the time, […]

CNN: Sources: Congress investigating another possible Sessions-Kislyak meeting

CNN: Sources: Congress investigating another possible Sessions-Kislyak meeting

By Jim Sciutto, Jamie Gangel, Shimon Prokupecz and Marshall Cohen, June 1, 2017 Washington (CNN) Congressional investigators are examining whether Attorney General Jeff Sessions had an additional private meeting with Russia’s ambassador during the presidential campaign, according to Republican and Democratic Hill sources and intelligence officials briefed on the investigation. CLICK IMAGE ABOVE for link to CNN video & story. Investigators […]

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