Tag: Russia

Attorney General William Barr appears before a subcommittee.

William Barr says FISA report release is 'imminent'

Daniel Chaitin · November 13, 2019 4:44 pm

On Tuesday, Russia hinted it might be planning to use its most advanced air defense system, the S-400, to push U.S. forces out of Syria. This would allow the country to defend its military bases on Syria's Mediterranean coast and to create an air defense bubble around any advancing forces elsewhere in the country. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

National Security

Inside the S-400: The Russian missile system creating a wedge between Trump and Erdogan

Russ Read · November 13, 2019 2:47 pm

He was probably trying to recruit students for Russian intelligence services. (valdaiclub.com via AP)

Not 'intelligence': Mystery professor Joseph Mifsud appears to turn up in new audio claiming to be a 'networker'

Caitlin Yilek, Daniel Chaitin · November 13, 2019 2:47 pm

Beltway Confidential

George Kent must not read the New York Times, which broke the story about Ukraine's 2016 election interference

Eddie Scarry · November 13, 2019 12:50 pm

National Security

Sen. Josh Hawley: Trump's efforts to refocus foreign policy being 'resisted' from within

Russ Read · November 13, 2019 12:49 pm

Top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, William Taylor, departs the Capitol after testifying in the Democrats' impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump, in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

William Taylor's testimony is problematic for Trump, but undercut by Obama

Tom Rogan · November 13, 2019 12:23 pm

President Donald Trump points to the audience after speaking to the International Association of Chiefs of Police Annual Conference and Exposition, at the McCormick Place Convention Center Chicago, Monday, Oct. 28, 2019, in Chicago.

ANALYSIS: Trump’s Ukraine-CrowdStrike conspiracy theory front and center in impeachment hearing

Jerry Dunleavy · November 13, 2019 12:19 pm

Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz testifies before a House Committee on the Judiciary and House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform joint hearing.

DOJ inspector general reaches 'critical final step' for report on alleged FISA abuses

Daniel Chaitin · November 12, 2019 7:29 pm

Beltway Confidential

A game plan for Trump's meeting with Erdogan on Wednesday

Tom Rogan · November 12, 2019 4:07 pm

John Durham interviewed Australian diplomat whose tip prompted Trump-Russia investigation

Jerry Dunleavy, Daniel Chaitin · November 12, 2019 2:41 pm

MSNBC contributor floats unsubstantiated theory that Trump was compromised by Russia decades ago

Mike Brest · November 12, 2019 1:51 pm

Former National Security Council Director for European Affairs Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, right, arrives to review his testimony before a closed-door interview in the impeachment inquiry on President Donald Trump's efforts to press Ukraine to investigate his political rival, Joe Biden, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Another day, another imploded Trump White House ‘bombshell’ news report

Becket Adams · November 12, 2019 2:57 am