Ali Watkins
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US Officials Are Warning About A Russian Cybersecurity Company's US Government Ties
Kaspersky has denied links to the Russian government, but US officials are raising doubts.
The CIA's Director Went In Hard Against WikiLeaks — Unlike His Boss
Mike Pompeo has kept a low profile since taking office. In his first public remarks, he aligned himself with his agency's staff over the White House and slammed WikiLeaks.
A Former Trump Adviser Met With A Russian Spy
Carter Page told BuzzFeed News that he had been in contact with at least one Russian spy working undercover out of Moscow’s UN office in 2013.
It's Hard To Overstate Just How Strange The House Intelligence Committee Drama Is
Devin Nunes’ public statements Wednesday — made unilaterally, without even talking to his co-chair Adam Schiff — are threatening to ruin one of the last real bipartisan traditions on the Hill.
Former Top Trump Aide Mike Flynn Was Investigated By The FBI, Source Says
A high-level US intelligence official tells BuzzFeed News Flynn was being investigated by the FBI as recently as December.
Former Trump Adviser Carter Page Is Offering To Help The Senate Investigate Russia
“As continuation of our initial cooperation in resolving the illegal activities committed by Clinton campaign associates against me and many other Americans during the 2016 election, I wanted to provide some essential and very timely information.”
Inside The Investigation To Get To The Bottom Of Russia’s Role In The Election
The Senate Intelligence Committee has been given sweeping powers, unseen since the Watergate era, to investigate Russian meddling in the US election. As its scope grows to include suspected ties between the Trump camp and Russia, investigators are starting to worry politics have overhyped the probe.
This Is The Russian Ambassador Whom Trump's Administration Kept Meeting
Sergey Kislyak, Russia’s ambassador to the US since 2008, is in the news again for his talks with Attorney General Jeff Sessions. But Kislyak isn’t exactly known for rubbing elbows with lawmakers.
Medical Examiner Contradicts NYPD: Dead Russian Diplomat Had No Head Wound After All
The FBI also helped investigate the sudden death of Sergei Krivov on Election Day, despite telling BuzzFeed News it had not. No explanation was given for either discrepancy.
The Senate Intelligence Committee Found Itself Shaken With One Phone Call
Staff and members scrambled Monday to salvage the panel’s investigation after its chairman said he'd tried to steer reporters away from stories on Russia and Trump, at the White House’s request.
Actual Intelligence Officials Are Laughing At The Idea Of The “Deep State”
The first rule of the deep state is you don’t talk about the deep state.
The Senate Intelligence Committee Hates Being In The Spotlight. Now Trump And Russia Have Put It There.
The Senate Intelligence Committee thinks it could be America’s last hope to understand what really happened between Russia and Trump.
The Strange Case Of The Russian Diplomat Who Got His Head Smashed In On Election Day
How did Sergei Krivov die? And why did the NYPD close the case?
Key Members Of The Intelligence Community Say They Haven’t Been Briefed On The Flynn Investigation
The chair and vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee say they have not yet received the transcripts of Mike Flynn’s phone calls.
With Flynn Gone, Where Does Trump Go On Russia?
Though former National Security Adviser Mike Flynn is out the door, his hand-picked Russia team remains at the NSC. Now they’ll have to handle Moscow on their own.
Democrats And Republicans Balk At NDAs For Congressional Staff Working On Trump's Travel Ban
Members and former staff say the reported move to have congressional staff sign nondisclosure agreements is unprecedented and warn that it could represent a breach of the separation of powers.
Trump's Immigration Order Is Seriously Complicating The CIA's Job
“There’s concern on a lot of fronts," one US intelligence official said of the rushed executive order that suspended travel for citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries.
That New “Black Site” Plan Isn’t New, It Came From Mitt Romney’s Campaign
A draft of a 2012 executive order proposal for Mitt Romney’s “First 100 Days” is nearly a verbatim match to a draft executive order proposal published by multiple outlets Wednesday.
This Draft Order Would Make "Radical Islam" The Real Enemy In The Trump White House’s Eyes
In a change to a draft executive order, the Trump administration formally broadens the Bush-era “war on terror” to militants they label as “Islamist terrorist groups.”
Trump Brings Politics To The CIA
“It was unsettling,” one US official told BuzzFeed News.
