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I am told by spokespeople for both
@SenatorBurr
and
@MarkWarner
that it would be ***standard practice*** for intel committee to tell a potential whistleblower to hire counsel and file a complaint with an agency IG or the IC IG.
**Bipartisan. Both parties say this.**
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Former IC IG Atkinson issues a remarkable statement on his removal from office by Trump.
“It is hard not to think that the President’s loss of confidence in me derived from my having faithfully discharged my legal obligations as an independent and impartial Inspector General”
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House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff has subpoenaed Acting DNI Maguire, alleging Maguire is unlawfully withholding a whistleblower disclosure involving an “urgent concern.”
Below/here the letter accompanying Schiff’s subpoena:
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Also the Mueller report, in its first 14 words: "The Russian government interfered in the 2016 presidential election in sweeping and systematic fashion."
Though a translator, Putin praised the Mueller Report, saying "on the whole he had a very objective investigation and he confirmed no traces whatsoever of collusion between Russia and the incoming Administration, which we said was absolutely fake."
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New - Leaders of the intelligence community will not appear before the House Intel Committee next week for a public hearing on the top threats facing the country, despite a formal request from Chairman Schiff for them to commit to a public and closed-door session on February 12.
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One Democrat lawmaker says Amb. Sondland may indeed be facing a criminal referral for perjury
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CIA added two stars today to its Memorial Wall, which commemorates officers who gave their lives in service. There are now 139 stars on the wall.
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NEW: 12 former directors and deputy directors of the CIA and a former DNI signed a letter of support Brennan, calling the signal sent by the White House’s decision to strip him of his security clearance “inappropriate” and “deeply regrettable.”
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A committee official now says the House Parliamentarian has ruled that the members who forced their way into the SCIF are in violation of House deposition rules. Some members refused to remove electronic devices from the secure spaces, the official said.
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NEW AND IMPORTANT. The IC IG releases lengthy statement in apparent response to some news reports (and all-caps tweets) about rules for filing whistleblower disclosures.
Long story short, the whistleblower did everything right.
Excerpts to follow.
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“The Committee can only conclude ... that the serious misconduct at issue involves the President of the United States and/or other senior White House or Administration officials,” Schiff’s letter said.
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Schiff said 10+ days had passed since Maguire was obligated to deliver a complaint deemed "credible" by the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community
Per Schiff, ODNI is "improperly" citing complaint's "confidential and potentially privileged communications" as its reason
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@Marekwalkuski
Dziękuje bardzo za uwagę. Nazwisko panieńskie Andrzejczak, bardzo dumną ze swoich Polskich korzeni. (Poezje Szymborskiej, Miłosza stoją tuż obok Pana Herberta.) // “bądź odważny gdy rozum zawodzi bądź odważny”// Serdecznie pozdrawiam! 🇵🇱
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Kind of amazing how much the Khashoggi story has receded from the headlines, even -- especially -- on a day when Saudis appeared to admit the killing was premeditated.
.
@PressSec
says Pres Trump was briefed today by CIA Director Gina Haspel, back from Turkey on a trip to hear its intelligence on the killing of Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. "She briefed the President on their findings and her discussions," says Sanders.
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How former Polish foreign minister
@radeksikorski
put it: "Identical to the 1930s...the leader of a major nation-state was telling us publicly that he has a plan of conquest. And our mistake was to think, 'This is too nuts; he can't possibly mean it.' Both of them did mean it."
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The subpoena requires ODNI to produce the complaint and relevant records, including any correspondence with the White House, by September 17; otherwise Maguire will be directed to testify at an open hearing September 19.
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Happening now -
@SecState
Blinken on electric guitar, doing his best Muddy Waters at tonight’s Global Music Diplomacy Initiative launch.
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"Two of [Ratcliffe's] predecessors under Trump — Dan Coats and Joseph Maguire — were under similar pressure to politicize intelligence, and they did not cave."
Trump’s intel chief is undermining U.S. intelligence. He should resign, writes
@MichaelJMorell
and Mike Vickers
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CIA Director William Burns says the US intelligence community had begun to assemble a "detailed and disturbing picture" of Putin's plans for a new major invasion of Ukraine in the early fall of 2021; Putin appeared at the time uncommitted but "defiantly leaning" toward aggression
📢 WATCH NOW 📢
@CIA
Director William J.Burns shares his thoughts on the current state of geopolitics
#FTWeekendFestival
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NEW: HOPE HICKS, White House Communications Director, is scheduled to testify before the House Intelligence Committee tomorrow.
Her previously scheduled appearance was abruptly postponed last month. Not clear whether limitations have been placed on the scope of her testimony.
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SCHIFF issues blistering statement:
"...By ending its oversight role in the only authorized investigation in the House, the Majority has placed the interests of protecting the President over protecting the country, and history will judge its actions harshly...
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US has intelligence confirming ISIS claim of responsibility for Moscow attack, per US official. Sources note a steady stream of intel, some highly specific, dating to November of ISIS desire to strike in Russia. US advised Kremlin under Duty to Warn.
@margbrennan
@CBSDavidMartin
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New statement from ODNI on the origins of COVID-19:
“The Intelligence Community ... concurs with the wide scientific consensus that the COVID-19 virus was not man made or genetically modified.”
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Schiff says on
@FaceTheNation
that the FBI has started offering more information on the Trump/Russia counterintelligence investigation(s) and that his earlier threat to subpoena Director Wray appears to have “had an impact”
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A Senate Intelligence Committee aide said that SSCI was aware of the issue and “is exploring options."
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“We received the HPSCI's subpoena this evening. We are reviewing the request and will respond appropriately,” a senior intel official said. “The ODNI & Acting DNI Maguire are committed to fully complying with the law and upholding whistleblower protections and have done so here.”
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Not known for mincing words, Fiona Hill doesn’t:
“I refuse to be part of an effort to legitimize an alternative narrative that the Ukrainian government is a U.S. adversary, and that Ukraine—not Russia—attacked us in 2016.”
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Atkinson concludes his statement with a pointed message to would-be whistleblowers: “Please do not allow recent events to silence your voices.”
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House Speaker
@SpeakerPelosi
has requested an all-members briefing from ODNI/CIA on reports of Russian bounties on US service members.
“The questions that arise are: was the President briefed, and if not, why not, and why was Congress not briefed.”
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@RepAdamSchiff
at
@CFR_org
on FBI's counterintelligence investigation:
"We have not been able to get a clear answer yet" from the IC or FBI as to whether it is open, closed or morphed into something else.
"It's troubling that we can't get a straight answer to that question."
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@MarkSZaidEsq
: "I can unequivocally state that neither any member of the legal team nor the whistleblower has ever met or spoken with Congressman Schiff about this matter." (3/3)
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NEW from whistleblower attorney
@MarkSZaidEsq
(1/3):
"There was no contact between the legal team and Congress until nearly a month after the whistleblower complaint was submitted to the Intelligence Community's Inspector General.
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Side-by-side not great for Amb. Sondland, who testified that “Nothing was ever raised to me about any concerns regarding our Ukraine policy.”
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Hope Hicks refused to answer when asked if the following people had asked her to lie:
Ivanka Trump, Eric Trump, Donald Trump, Jr., Jared Kushner, Steve Bannon, Paul Manafort, Corey Lewandowski, Michael Cohen
...and “a litany” of others
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ODNI declines comment on whether, apart from an oral briefing, intelligence on the matter was ever included in the President's Daily Brief.
DNI Ratcliffe, following an earlier statement from the White House press secretary, denies on the record that either Trump or Pence were briefed on intelligence reported by NYT/multiple outlets:
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“I don’t have any clue who George Nader is,” says Rep. Mike Conaway, who leads House Intel’s Russia probe.
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Poignant day to mark the passing of Gary Schroen, who led the team of American CIA officers to be first on the ground in Afghanistan after 9/11. Statement from CIA Director Burns -
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“It’s dangerous...because the power to declassify is also the power to selectively declassify, and selective declassification is one of the ways the Trump White House can spin a narrative about the origins of the Russia investigation to their point of view.” - Jeremy Bash
Giving Barr declassification authority for this investigation is a really bad idea. The agencies can cooperate but must retain their legal responsibility for protecting sources. Congressional intelligence committees need to stand in the door on this one.
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Democratic congressional leaders have sent a joint letter to FBI Director Chris Wray requesting a “defensive counterintelligence briefing” for all members of Congress prior to August recess, in a sign concerns about foriegn interference are mounting ahead of November.
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Recapping Russia’s 2016 influence campaign
@JohnBrennan
says “based on my intel background and instincts I do think votes were changed. How many and in which states, I don’t know.”
Says the impact of Russian attempts overall on the election is “unknowable.”
#hayden2020vision
Coming to tonight's Hayden Center event, "2020 Vision: Intelligence and the US Presidential Election"? Please tweet about it using
#Hayden2020Vision
@mvhaydencenter
@ScharSchool
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Joe Biden, in a statement released today, says he is “putting the Kremlin and other foreign governments on notice.”
If elected, he says, foreign interference will be treated as an “adversarial act” and will be met with “substantial and lasting costs”
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Schiff opens: "The questions presented by this impeachment inquiry are whether ... President Trump sought to condition official acts ... on Ukraine’s willingness to assist with two political investigations that would help his reelection campaign"
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New: U.S. Ambassador to the E.U. Gordon Sondland will appear for a closed-door deposition before House committees on Tuesday, October 8, per a congressional source. Same format as Volcker’s appearance.
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Pelosi gets a burst of applause before Merkel takes the stage
#MSC2019
@ischinger
points out that the
#MSC2019
has largest Congressional presence ever. Welcomes Speaker Pelosi at her first attendance
@MunSecConf
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Emerging from the closed-door David Holmes deposition,
@tedlieu
says Holmes confirmed he heard the Trump-Sondland call and described Holmes’ testimony as “damning” for Trump. h/t
@juliaboccagno
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“We are still having productive discussions with the committees on the timing of the Worldwide Threat Assessment hearings,” a spokesperson for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) said Friday.
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New: Current & former intel officials are questioning the purpose and propriety of DOJ scrutiny of the analytical judgments that led IC agencies to conclude that Putin ordered a campaign to boost Trump's electability
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CIA Director William Burns: Vladimir Putin has been stewing in a "combustible combination of grievance and ambition for many years." He went to war on the basis of a number of assumptions that led him to believe Russia faced a favorable landscape... "he's been proven wrong"
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"I have never been a political or partisan person," Atkinson wrote. "To the contrary, I have spent my entire seventeen-year career as a public servant acting without regard to partisan favor or political fear."
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A committee official confirmed no public hearing would be held next week and that discussions were ongoing. “We…look forward to their agreeing to attend the one public oversight hearing with all major IC agencies the Committee holds each year,” the official said.
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CIA Director Burns says Xi and Chinese leadership are "unsettled" by events in Ukraine and how they have driven Europe and the US closer together. They are also wary of the potential "reputational damage" their close association with Moscow could produce
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Polish soldiers hold Ukrainian mothers’ children while they collect supplies and warm drinks
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The IC has assessed Putin is increasingly isolated and unpredictable, and may not always act rationally
I wish I could share more,but for now I can say it’s pretty obvious to many that something is off with
#Putin
He has always been a killer,but his problem now is different & significant
It would be a mistake to assume this Putin would react the same way he would have 5 years ago
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Russia and other actors continue to support "particular groups" within the U.S. as part of a malign influence campaign, say DNI Haines and FBI Director Wray. "It does continue to be a phenomenon; we should expect it to continue to be a threat."
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CIA added one star today to its Memorial Wall, which honors fallen officers. There are now 140 stars in the wall.
“We’ll never forget their sacrifice. We’ll never forget their devotion,” Director Burns said.
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Senate aides familiar with that panel’s discussions likewise said no hearing date had been set.
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New - “Treasury is targeting the private planes, yacht, and associated front companies of Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the Russian financier behind the Internet Research Agency and its attempts to subvert American democratic processes,” Mnuchin says.
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The second whistleblower is represented by the same legal team representing the first. S/he provided protected disclosures to the ICIG and hasn’t been asked by Ds or Rs to appear before congress, per
@MarkSZaidEsq
@AndrewBakaj
The Whistleblower gave false information & dealt with corrupt politician Schiff. He must be brought forward to testify. Written answers not acceptable! Where is the 2nd Whistleblower? He disappeared after I released the transcript. Does he even exist? Where is the informant? Con!
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Ukraine’s Zelensky, in an interview just ahead of long-anticipated talks with Putin, with a message to U.S.:
“We’re at war. If you’re our strategic partner, then you can’t go blocking anything for us.”
In a new interview, Ukraine's president pushes back against
@realDonaldTrump
for blocking aid to Ukraine. "I think that’s just about fairness. It's not about a quid pro quo."
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DAG Rosenstein, after receiving a sustained standing ovation from the audience, launches into prepared remarks announcing a new report from the Cyber-Digital Task Force on how USG is combating cyber attacks/influence campaigns.
The report is here:
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New: House Intelligence Committee releases transcripts of the closed-door depositions of Marie Yovanovitch and Michael McKinley.
Transcripts for Kurt Volcker and Gordon Sondland are expected to be released next, the committee says.
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And if you read nothing else, just this concluding paragraph should do:
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ODNI has informed the House & Senate Intel committees it will cease providing in-person briefings on election security and that future updates will be offered in writing, per two officials familiar with the matter. Comes at the direction of DNI Ratcliffe.
Confirming
@jaketapper
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Vindman "will testify that he watched with alarm as 'outside influencers' began pushing a 'false narrative' about Ukraine that was counter to the consensus view of American national security officials, and harmful to United States interests."
Breaking News: A White House official who listened to President Trump's Ukraine call will testify that he considered it so damaging he reported it to a lawyer
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NEW: Schiff assembles a “purpose-built” team of 7 staffers who will be dedicated full-time to the committee's investigation of alleged connections between Trump, his campaign associates, and Russian officials – others will assist on a "surge" basis
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ADNI MAGUIRE STATEMENT:
“At no time have I considered resigning my position since assuming this role on Aug. 16, 2019. I have never quit anything in my life, and I am not going to start now.
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Schiff fires a warning shot of his own, exhorting Mueller to say all he wants to say and reiterating there is no “law, regulation or Department policy” restraining Mueller from doing so.
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Just now - House Intel Committee votes to release Michael Cohen’s testimony and related exhibits to the public by a vote of 12 – 7.
Countdown begins to House Intelligence Committee’s vote to publicly release Michael Cohen transcripts and exhibits - members are scheduled to meet at 5:30
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STRATCOM: “We saw Mr. Putin’s statement on his nuclear forces. STRATCOM remains at an appropriate posture and remains ready should the president call upon us.” Via
@CBSDavidMartin
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The Disclosure of Urgent Concern form the Complainant submitted on August 12, 2019 "is the same form the ICIG has had in place since May 24, 2018, which went into effect before Inspector General Atkinson entered on duty" as the IC IG on May 29, 2018, following his swearing in
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Burns: "It's a big mistake to underestimate the significant intelligence capabilities that the Ukrainians themselves have. This is their country. They have a lot more information than we do and a lot more intelligence than we in the U.S. and amongst our allies do."
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Per sources emerging from the room where Taylor is testifying, his remarks have been "detailed," "very dramatic" and "damning" for some in the administration, generating noticeable reaction to multiple things he said
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Amb. Bill Taylor is appearing in compliance with a subpoena issued by the intel committee this morning after the State Department moved, as it has done with other witnesses, to block his appearance/testimony
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Fmr DNI Coats, in previously scheduled event, on whistleblower complaint:
"Nothing came to me," he said. "I left on Aug 15..The very next day that was presented to Joe. I feel so bad for Joe. He is caught in a squeeze here and the lawyers are divided."
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As an update: I’ve stepped away to tend to this new beginning... but I look forward to seeing & reading everyone here again soon ♥️
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Although the form requests information about whether
the Complainant possesses first-hand knowledge about the matter about which he or she is lodging the complaint, **there is no such requirement set forth in the statute** (emphasis mine)
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New: Trump expected to announce today that State Department will formally nominate Poland for entry into the Visa Waiver Program — allowing Poles to travel to the U.S. visa-free. 🇵🇱
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Turkish investigators, who spent 9 hours searching..diplomatic premises on Mon & Tues, were expected to extend their inspection to the Saudi consul’s residence...Complicating the search, Erdogan said, was the fact that some rooms had been freshly repainted
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@RepSwalwell
asked FBI Director Chris Wray whether the polling data cited by Treasury today was indeed given to Kilimnik by Trump campaign Manager Paul Manafort- a link not made explicit.
Wray said he’d circle back to ensure he gave a “precise” answer.
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New: More than a dozen CIA officers serving in multiple overseas locations have returned to the U.S. to seek care this year after reporting symptoms consistent with "Havana Syndrome;" at least one incident occurred as recently as March, per sources.
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Recently spotted heading into the HPSCI SCIF:
@RepAdamSchiff
,
@NancyPelosi
, who has since left, and, most recently,
@DevinNunes
, who didn’t say a word.
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Stoltenberg says Russia's objectives "are not limited to Ukraine," and says the alliance is now deploying "elements" of the NATO Response Force "on land, at sea and in the air" to further strengthen its posture and "respond quickly to any contingency"
🔴 LIVE NOW
🎙️ Press conference following the extraordinary virtual summit of
#NATO
Heads of State and Government
📍
@NATO
HQ, Brussels |
#NATOSummit
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Schiff accuses AG Barr of acting like the president's personal defense lawyer, says he is not the "sophist" that Giuliani is and benefits from a "veneer of respectability to camouflage what he's doing."
"I think he's the second-most dangerous man in the country for that reason"
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The line of refugees from Ukraine at the Medyka border crossing in Poland at this hour. It’s 37 degrees; volunteers handing out blankets, hot tea and food as new arrivals wait to load onto buses heading to different towns.
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By law the Complainant–or any individual in the IC who wants to report information with respect to an urgent concern to the congressional intel committees-"**need not possess first-hand information in order to file a complaint or information with respect to an urgent concern**"
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A quiet end to Taylor’s explosive testimony - after nearly 10 hours behind closed doors, he leaves unseen by cameras. Chairman Schiff is not expected to speak this evening.
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Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee this morning are boycotting a public hearing convened on emerging technologies and national security, citing the committee's lack of hearings or briefings on FISA abuse.
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... it’s very much worth noting the country’s counterintelligence chief warned just this Monday of the growing threat from foreign adversaries leveraging new technologies for espionage:
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Indictment says Internet Research Agency around JULY 2014 registered with the Russian government. It:
- employed "hundreds" of individuals
- had a budget of "millions of US dollars"
- was organized into various "departments"
- sought to conduct "information warfare" against US
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Schiff adds that House Intel will be holding a "series of hearings" on Volume I of the Mueller report in the coming weeks
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Burns: "It was Putin's biggest mistake in planning for this invasion and then in launching it to underestimate the Ukrainians. And I think it's equally a mistake for any of us to underestimate what their bring to the table in intelligence terms in defending their own country."
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"Poland, after consultations between the President and the Government, are ready to deploy – immediately and free of charge – all their MIG-29 jets to the Rammstein Air Base and place them at the disposal of the Government of the United States of America."
Statement of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland in connection with the statement by the US Secretary of State on providing airplanes to Ukraine
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The confirmed death toll of U.S. citizens in Israel climbs to 22.
Per a State Department spokesperson: "At this time, we can confirm the deaths of at least 22 U.S. citizens. We extend our deepest condolences to the victims and to the families of all those affected."
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The Complainant **on the form he/she submitted in fact "checked two relevant boxes: The first box stated that, “I have personal and/or direct knowledge of events or records involved”; and the second box stated that, “Other employees have told me about events or records involved.”
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"It is my understanding that the Committee is following up on this matter," Taylor says.
Taylor makes news, testifying a member of his staff was told by Sondland that Trump “cares more about the investigations of Biden”
(Sondland expected to testify publicly next week)
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Although Complainant’s Letter acknowledged s/he was not a direct witness to the President’s July 25 call with the Ukrainian President, the ICIG determined that **"other information obtained during the ICIG’s preliminary review supported the Complainant’s allegations"**
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NSC's John Kirby says there continues to be a "very credible," "viable" and "imminent" threat from Iran to Israeli targets, noting President Biden is being briefed multiple times a day by his national security team. U.S. and Israeli counterparts are "taking it seriously."
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NEW - House Intelligence committee to vote on the public release of transcripts from Michael Cohen’s closed-door testimony in February/March of this year.
Happens Monday at 5:30p
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CIA Director William Burns: Vladimir Putin is "in a frame of mind in which he doesn't believe he can afford to lose; so the stakes are quite high in this phase."
"...I think he's convinced right now that doubling down still will enable him to make progress."
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"We don't see, as an intelligence community, practical evidence at this point of Russian planning for deployment or even potential use of tactical nuclear weapons," Burns says, adding, given past saber rattling, "we can't take lightly those possibilities"
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